DTM picks Mercedes C63 AMG as official Safety Car
The Mercedes-Benz SL63 may have been picked as the official safety car for F1 but its little brother, the new C63 AMG, was chosen for the role in Europe’s Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters DTM series. The new car will start its role as the official safety car in the second DTM race of the season at Oschersleben in Germany this weekend. Although based on the regular C63 sedan the new safety car gets a series of modifications to the brakes, suspension, cooling and exhaust system to keep it running thought...

Mercedes AMG partners with Bang & Olufsen for car audio & video
Danish audio-video masters Bang & Olufsen have announced today their partnership with Mercedes’ AMG performance division. They join Audi and Aston Martin as the company’s primary automotive partners. The primary focus of the agreement will be for in-car entertainment systems, both audio and video-based. One of the systems the sound company makes for Audi is a $6,000 option that features motorized tweeters that recess into the dashboard when the system isn’t in use. Bang &...

Mercedes SL65 AMG Black Series develops 670HP, sheds 570 pounds
Mercedes-Benz and its in-house tuner AMG recently revealed its updated SL fleet but there’s one important model that we still are yet to see. The car is the upcoming SL Black Series from AMG, a super-sports version of the SL that could potentially upset the SLR flagship in the performance stakes. Numerous prototypes have been spotted testing in Germany, each of them sporting new bumpers, widened fenders and a GT wing, and now we the first solid details on the car’s final specifications. The latest...

MG TF could be scrapped for good
After briefly rekindling production of the MG TF roadster at the carmaker’s Longbridge plant in May of last year, new owner Shanghai Automotive SAIC quickly stalled operations because of quality issues with some of the components it had bought from the bankrupt MG Rover. Now it appears production plans for the resurrected MG TF might be well and truly dead and the project possibly scrapped forever. The death of the two-seat roadster first came about in April 2005 when MG Rover collapsed. Hope was...

Report: 5.0L turbo to replace current AMG V8 & V12
Now that AMG is no longer focused on chasing big horsepower numbers, efficiency is quickly become the new performance benchmark for the Affalterbach-based tuner. Not even exclusive performance firms like AMG are immune to the effects of stricter emissions and fuel economy standards being phased in over the next decade, so expect to see downsized engines, more diesels and even hybrid engines introduced by the performance house. According to a new report, AMG will replace its still-new 6.2L V8 and 6.0L...

SAIC-Nanjing acquires European rights to MG name
Chinese automaker Nanjing purchased much of the MG brand while then-rival SAIC took ownership of other names under the MG umbrella, including several Rover models. Not included in either deal, however, were rights to distribute under the MG trademark in Europe. That has been rectified, however, for a mere €1.25 million. The acquisition of trademark rights in the MG name means SAIC-Nanjing can legally distribute MG cars in fifteen countries, including Russia, Italy and the Netherlands, reports...

SAIC-Nanjing acquires European rights to MG name
Chinese automaker Nanjing purchased much of the MG brand while then-rival SAIC took ownership of other names under the MG umbrella, including several Rover models. Not included in either deal, however, were rights to distribute under the MG trademark in Europe. That has been rectified, however, for a mere €1.25 million. The acquisition of trademark rights in the MG name means SAIC-Nanjing can legally distribute MG cars in fifteen countries, including Russia, Italy and the Netherlands, reports...

Fast and exhilarating, Mercedes C63 AMG excels at one-upmanship
Nobody needs the Mercedes C63 AMG. Well, maybe some people do -- or at least think they do. But they also must have fulsome bank accounts, so the rest of us may not be particularly understanding of their needs. We're talking here about a select few for whom an expensive luxury car like a Mercedes-Benz does not satisfy. They yearn for something more, something special and beyond the norm. In other words, they desire something their contemporaries don't have - or perhaps don't even want. In the realm of...

In The Autoblog Garage: 2008 Mercedes SLK55 AMG
Click above for a high-res gallery of the 2008 Mercedes SLK55 AMGIt sits there, all tension and sinew, ready to pounce on lesser cars. Start it up and it barks with a clear V8 voice that thumps off the neighbor's house, setting them discreetly peeking from behind their lace curtains. This is an SLK? Oh yeah. No longer a blocky Benz with dwarfism, the SLK55 AMG ripples with muscle and delivers speed like a spin kick to the temple. A bad-ass Mercedes, indeed. Of course, the SLK55 AMG is still relatively...

Kicherer Tuned Mercedes CLK63 AMG Black Edition
The prevailing notion that sports cars are just a pleasure for two was now contradicted by Kicherer. The renowned Mercedes embellishing specialists from Stockach have enriched the CLK 63 AMG, which is actually a two-seater, with a sporty back seat. When you take the north loop in less than 8 minutes with this bolide, all those seats will definitely provide more fun – and adrenaline – than any rollercoaster. And what is more, those additional seats guarantee a Black Edition with a significantly...