Mercedes Benz SLS AMG ‘Gullwing’ Spied Testing

Mercedes Benz SLS AMG ‘Gullwing’ Spied Testing

SET TO REPLACE the Mercedes-Benz SLR - co-developed with F1 partner McLaren - the SLS ‘gullwing’ will be the first fully ‘in-house developed’ model for AMG.

Unlike the F1-inspired SLR, AMG has decided to incorporate influences from Mercedes’ iconic 300 SL gullwing coupe, including (naturally) the roof-hinged gullwing doors.

These new spy photos, while revealing little new [...]

2010 Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG: More Interior Images Released

2010 Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG: More Interior Images Released

Mercedes-Benz has let slip a handful of extra images showing the interior of its upcoming autobahn-stormer the SLS AMG, giving us a closer look at the cockpit of Benz’s V8-powered Ferrari-fighter.

We’ve seen much of the SLS’s interior before, but this selection of pics affords us an even better ‘driver’s eye view’ of the AMG built [...]

Mercedes-Benz 300SL Panamericana Concept Revealed

Mercedes-Benz 300SL Panamericana Concept Revealed

Mercedes is already busily working away on an all-new version of the 300SL in the form of the SLS AMG Gullwing, so what’s this one all about then?

Gullwing-America Company founder Arturo Alonso decided that the classic styling of the original 300SL was too good to part with and has announced the creation of a retro-inspired [...]

2010 Mercedes-Benz S63 AMG and S65 AMG Official Details And Images

2010 Mercedes-Benz S63 AMG and S65 AMG Official Details And Images

We had a taste last week when a series of leaked images showed up online, but now we can bring you the official pics and details of the Mercedes Benz S63 and S65 AMG saloons.

Unveiled at the Shanghai Auto Show this week, the luxury limos have received a number of mechanical and aesthetic revisions, but [...]

2009 Mercedes-Benz S And CL Class AMG Sports Packs Released

2009 Mercedes-Benz S And CL Class AMG Sports Packs Released

AMG is now offering a Sports package for the 2009 Mercedes Benz S Class and CL Class sedans, a first for both models.

AMG seems to be able to do no wrong when taking the magic-stick to the three-pointed star, and we like what we now see from Mercedes’ in-house tuning division.

In keeping with the exclusive [...]

Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG To Get Drop-Top Variant: Rumour

Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG To Get Drop-Top Variant: Rumour

Hollywood starlets and talentless socialites take note: a roofless variant of the upcoming Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG may hit the market by 2011.

With the outgoing Mercedes McLaren SLR Roadster proving popular amongst the world’s moneyed-up elite, it would be surprising NOT to see an SLS roadster pop up in the near future.

French car mag L’automobile says [...]

New CLK63 AMG? Not Happening, Says Mercedes-Benz

New CLK63 AMG?  Not Happening, Says Mercedes-Benz

For lovers of Mercedes-Benz’ AMG-enhanced CLK63, you’d best take a good long look at the images above and below as there will not be a replacement for the current model.

The problem, it seems, is competition from the marque’s own lineup. By switching from a C-Class to a E-Class chassis, the CLK63 has jumped a class [...]

2010 Mercedes Benz S63 AMG And S65 AMG Images Leaked

2010 Mercedes Benz S63 AMG And S65 AMG Images Leaked

Admit it: big, super-powerful luxury limos turn you on. You know it, I know it and Mercedes-Benz knows it.

The latter is on the verge of debuting its arousal-inducing S63 AMG and S65 AMG uber-limos at next week’s Shanghai auto show, but thankfully, Mercedes’ own German-language site has jumped the gun and kindly revealed both cars [...]

Mercedes-Benz Reveals Exterior Sketches, Interior For SLS AMG Supercar

Mercedes-Benz Reveals Exterior Sketches, Interior For SLS AMG Supercar

Mercedes-Benz’s partnership with McLaren has yielded many technological benefits for the Stuttgart manufacturer and produced one of the outstanding vehicles of the last decade, the SLR.

However, the British company has been excluded from Mercedes’ latest planned venture, the AMG SLS supercar, a successor to the SLR.

The SLS is a year away from being launched to [...]

Avert Your Eyes: Bape Founder Nigo’s AMG-Tuned 300SL Revealed

Avert Your Eyes: Bape Founder Nigo’s AMG-Tuned 300SL Revealed

Oh dear. We were hoping it wouldn’t turn out like this, but true to his form Japanese clothing tycoon Nigo has defiled yet another super-rare automobile.

A couple of weeks ago we reported that Nigo had ordered AMG to drop a six-litre V8 into a 300SL Gullwing. That’s applecart-upsetting news right there, but we were cool [...]

2010 Mercedes Benz E63 AMG Revealed

2010 Mercedes Benz E63 AMG Revealed

Forget embargoes, we’ve got all the details and official images of the new Mercedes Benz E63 AMG right here, right now.

The E63 was scheduled to be unveiled at the New York Auto Show in less than a week and Mercedes had done a good job preventing leaks, until now.

We brought you a glimpse of the [...]

1954 Mercedes-Benz 300SL Gullwing WITH AMG 6.0L V8?!?

1954 Mercedes-Benz 300SL Gullwing WITH AMG 6.0L V8?!?

Yeah, you heard me. The classic, the iconic, the hyper-glamorous 1954 300SL gullwing is in the midst of being re-imagined by that most eccentric of car buffs, Nigo, and a modern fire-breathing AMG V8 is on the ingredients list.

Nigo, for those that don’t know, is the founder of Japanese clothing company A Bathing Ape (BAPE, [...]

Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG: Undercover And On Camera

Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG: Undercover And On Camera

Mercedes-Benz’s long-awaited replacement for the SLR, the SLS AMG, MUST be getting close to its debut. Camo’d-up prototypes and development mules have been spotted touring the Nurburgring for some time, and the fine-tuning process should be complete by now.

But it still ain’t here yet, and it likely won’t be before 2010 rolls around. Boo hoo, [...]

Video: Damon Hill + SL55 AMG = Vomiting Journalist

Video: Damon Hill + SL55 AMG = Vomiting Journalist

We’ve all been there. Usually it’s at a track day while other times its a windy mountain road. No matter the setting we’re all undoubtedly familiar with those situations where your passenger gets a little queasy when you’re busy twirling the tiller.

Girlfriends and best friends are the usual victims, but ex-F1 champ Damon Hill found [...]

Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG Gullwing Official Details Released

Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG Gullwing Official Details Released

Mercedes-Benz has spilled the beans on its upcoming SLS AMG Coupe, which has - during the rumours and development stages - been referred to as the SLC or the modern day Gullwing. The Gullwing reference has stuck ever since spy shots showed the SLS was fitted with the same gullwing doors as seen on the [...]

Brabus Unleashes V12-Powered G-Class Monster

Brabus Unleashes V12-Powered G-Class Monster

Deep within the halls of this year’s Geneva Motor Show will lurk a dark and angry menace. Few dare to say its name, but hey – we’re a ballsy lot so we’ll happily mention the Brabus G V12 S Biturbo.

Brabus is synonymous with pushing the biggest Benz engine available into anything with a three-pointed star. [...]

AMG Posts New Sales Record For 2008

AMG Posts New Sales Record For 2008

24,200 AMG high-performance vehicles delivered worldwide
Germany is second-strongest market with 34 per cent growth
73 per cent increase for AMG sports package

Following the most successful year in its company history, Mercedes-AMG GmbH has reason to celebrate.

The year 2008 saw AMG - Mercedes-Benz’s performance arm - increase its unit sales worldwide by 19 percent, with 24,200 vehicles [...]

AMG Boss Calls An End To Horsepower War

AMG Boss Calls An End To Horsepower War

AMG has decided that it is possible to have too much horsepower… and has called for an end to the ongoing battle for bragging rights around the office water cooler. While there’s no guarantee that other manufacturers will follow suit, AMG is intending to blaze a new trail, that focuses less on massive outputs, and [...]

AMG To Sell Hi-Po Diesel Model "Within Three Years"

AMG To Sell Hi-Po Diesel Model "Within Three Years"

AMG boss Volker Mornhinweg has announced that the Mercedes-backed tuning company will release a diesel-engined high performance model by 2011.

The oil-burning sports car will most likely be based upon the C320 CDI, whose 3.0-litre V6 already cranks out a handy 165kW and 510Nm. Mornhinweg made no mention of just what AMG had in store for [...]

Video: Testing the AMG SL65 Black Series

Video: Testing the AMG SL65 Black Series

The power-mad engineers (bless them all) of Mercedes sports division AMG, have just released a video to whet your appetite for the new ‘top dog’ of the Mercedes AMG range: the AMG SL65 Black Series.

TMR brought you news of this powerhouse of a machine, stripped down and made leaner for the track, several weeks ago. [...]

Gullwing redux: Mercedes SLC Caught Testing

Gullwing redux: Mercedes SLC Caught Testing

Looking more like something from the upcoming Death Race movie, Mercedes Benz’s SLC supercar was spotted testing in prototype form recently, showing off its hallmark Gullwing doors to great effect.

Despite the heavy camouflage, we can still tell a few things about the AMG-developed SLC. Firstly (and perhaps most obviously), those gullwing doors channel the spirit [...]

Mercedes goes Black, doesn’t go back

Mercedes goes Black, doesn’t go back

Since being spotted testing at the Nurburgring back in May, the new Mercedes-Benz SL65 AMG Black Series has been one of the more hotly anticipated European sports cars this year. With 493kW and a monstrous 1001Nm of torque available from its twin-turbo 6-litre V12, it’s not hard to see why.

It’s not all about power though, [...]

Spotted: SL65 AMG Black Edition At The ‘Ring

Spotted: SL65 AMG Black Edition At The ‘Ring

Germany’s major manufacturers must be a bit miffed that a bunch of foreigners are attempting to earn the title of fastest sports car on the hallowed ground that is their Nurburgring Nordschliefe. Nissan’s GT-R, Lexus’ LF-A and Chevrolet’s Corvette ZR1 have all been spotted turning in hot laps at the world-renowned circuit, but now Mercedes-Benz’s [...]

Rumourmill gathers steam on Mercedes SLR replacement

Rumourmill gathers steam on Mercedes SLR replacement

CAR Online claims to have the scoop on the rumoured development of a new gullwinged Mercedes super-coupe that will take the place of the Mercedes-McLaren SLR (above) as the top-of-the-range performance flagship.

Codenamed the C197 and previously referred to as the SLC, the gullwinged coupe is expected to debut at the 2010 Geneva Motorshow where it’s [...]

Mercedes-Benz looking to buy into Aston Martin

Mercedes-Benz looking to buy into Aston Martin

Recent murmurs concerning a strategic alliance between Aston Martin and Mercedes-Benz are now escalating into suggestions that there will be a full financial partnership between the two manufacturers.

Autocar are reporting that Mercedes-Benz and Aston Martin are looking to become stake holders in their respective businesses. Mercedes-Benz are looking to buy a big chunk of Aston [...]

Mercedes-Benz SL 63 AMG and SL 65 AMG

Mercedes-Benz SL 63 AMG and SL 65 AMG

Following on from Mercedes-Benz’s recent reveal of their updated SL-Class comes the AMG versions. The Mercedes-Benz SL-Class is one of those cars that suits in equal measure, the enthusiast or the poseur. AMG’s version on the other hand is really only suited to the hardcore enthusiast with a love of horsepower and no concern for [...]

2008 SLK55 AMG facelift

2008 SLK55 AMG facelift

Just prior to Christmas we showed you the official images and provided some of the details concerning the facelifted 2008 Mercedes SLK range. At the time the only mention of the SLK55 AMG version was that the same supercharged 5.5-litre V8 used in the outgoing model was being carried over, unchanged – not that it [...]

AMG C63 v BMW M3 v Audi RS4 - Top Gear comparo

AMG C63 v BMW M3 v Audi RS4 - Top Gear comparo

A sensational comparison by Clarkson and the Top Gear team, pitting the E92 M3 Coupe against the insane AMG C63 and Audi RS4. In three parts, the Top Gear team leave no stone unturned in their attempt to agree on the pick of the trio. Click through for the vids.

[Source: Youtube via Autoblog]

2008 Mercedes-Benz SLK update

2008 Mercedes-Benz SLK update

Mercedes-Benz has released details of its updated 2008 SLK Roadster and are claiming it is more powerful yet more fuel efficient than the outgoing model. The SLK series Roadsters have, according to Mercedes come to symbolise the three pointed stars “dynamic band image”, and have successfully sold nearly half a million units since the release [...]

Mercedes-Benz C63 AMG Estate official release

Mercedes-Benz C63 AMG Estate official release

We’ve shown you the “leaked” images of the new AMG C63 Estate and can now provide you with the official press release information and images. Due to be unveiled next week at the Frankfurt Motor Show the Estate is the wagon version of the C63 sedan, itself officially released a day before BMW took the [...]

  • Next Page

If Unleaded Petrol hits $1.50 a litre, which of the following best decribes your likely response:

View Results

Loading ... Loading ...

Upcoming Feature

  • 2009 Honda Civic Type R

  • 2009 Nissan 370Z

  • 2009 BMW 335i Touring