Marion's husband recently cashed some stock options to fulfil a long held dream of owning an AMG Mercedes Benz. Marion says that when he's finished polishing it on a Sunday, they even sometimes go for a Drive!
Tom found his AMG at
As a company, AMG was formed in Germany in 1967 by two engineers that had previously worked for Mercedes, in order to produce racing engines. AMG started off by designing and testing racing engines. They expanded their business into building bespoke road cars, based upon standard Mercedes cars but it wasn't until 1993 that the first true AMG Mercedes Benz was unveiled with the C36.
You will notice that when you compare prices of the AMG Mercedes Benz against the production models, the upgrades do add significantly to the price ticket.
All AMG Mercedes Benz engines are built by hand, using a "one man, one engine" philosophy at the current AMG plant in Affalterbach, Germany. You can actually find out which engineer built any particular engine as on completion, each block is individually stamped with the guys signature. Throughout the Mercedes range, the AMG Mercedes Benz version is sold alongside the original at a premium because of all the upgrades.
Through the early 2000s, AMG Mercedes Benz focused on two engines, both V8, both 5.5.liter, one standard four stroke and the other a supercharged engine. AMG phased out both the naturally aspirated and supercharged 5.4 L engines in favor of the new, M156 V8, with optional turbo charging, beginning in 2006.
Current models of the AMG Mercedes Benz include the SLK55 and G55, the G signifying the turbo charged version.In the next size category, you can choose from either the SL63, the E63 or if you really want to stand out in the AMG crowd, you could go for the sleek Black Series CLK63.As if this wasn't enough, there is always AMG's offering of a true super car!
Available now in Europe, but disappointingly not until Spring 2010 in the U.S., the AMG Mercedes Benz SLS, a gull winged super sports car is unleashed. With a top speed of 197 mph, and that's electronically limited! The SLS boasts a 6.3ltr V8 that develops 571 hp at 6800 rpm .
The first of, we are certain, many accolades for the AMG Mercedes Benz SLS is to be voted the 2009 best sports super car in the world in a poll of readers from 25 Euro motoring magazines, though how a quarter of a million people can afford the $265,000 price ticket at the present is something to ponder.
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