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Mercedes-AMG GT3 teased ahead of Geneva debut

Mercedes-AMG will launch its new GT3 racecar at the Geneva Motor Show (5–15 March). Based on the AMG GT road car, the new customer GT3 machine will replace the successful SLS AMG GT3. The new AMG GT3 will be ready for competition in 2016. For now we’ve got the image above and a couple of […]

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Mercedes-AMG GT revealed

After a long build up the Mercedes-AMG GT is here. Mercedes is talking itself up with this car and AMG has lofty ambitions for its latest model. Just look at the first sentence from the press release below: The first Mercedes was a racing car, its most recent successor carries this heritage forward: with the […]

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Mercedes-Benz AMG GT photos leaked?

Mercedes-Benz is talking a big game for its new AMG GT, which is due for an official reveal next month. But as we’ve become accustomed these days images have a way of leaking out and spreading around the interwebz. It’s not totally clear if these two AMG GT images are genuine, but based on a […]

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Mercedes-Benz GT AMG to target 911

This rather nice looking rendering has been created by Autocar and accompanies its story on the Mercedes-Benz GT AMG. So what is this GT AMG thingy, then? Think of it as a sub-SLS sportscar which has been created to target what seems to be the default industry benchmark, the Porsche 911. It’s due to be […]

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Mercedes-Benz GLA 45 AMG revealed

As night follows day Mercedes-Benz has found another model to stuff its mighty 265kW/450Nm 2.0 litre turbocharged engine into. After servicing the hot hatch and saloon markets, Mercedes has now turned its hand to the all conquering mid-size SUV segment with the GLA 45 AMG. As its name suggests this is the lovechild of the […]

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Mercedes CLA 45 AMG Racing Series concept revealed

If you thought the Mercedes-Benz CLA 45 AMG was pretty cool, you’re going to love this Racing Series concept. At this stage it’s little more than a litmus test to see how interested the customer racing market responds to the car. Technical specs for the CLA 45 AMG Racing Series are being kept deliberately flexible […]

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New York 2013: Mercedes-Benz CLA 45 AMG

It’s only a few months since the covers came off the stylish Mercedes-Benz CLA sedan at the Detroit Auto Show in January and already we have the cooking AMG version. Of course, we knew the CLA 45 AMG was coming thanks to last week’s leaked pics. Most of the fruit is already known as it’s […]

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Mercedes-Benz A45 AMG revealed

The hot hatch world has a new hero. Mercedes-Benz. Yes, Mercedes-Benz, the company known for ferrying around African dictators in its armoured S Class saloons is now chasing the well to do dudes who used to wear their baseball caps backwards. Or something. The car up for discussion here is, of course, the A45 AMG, […]

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Mercedes AMG unveils 2013 F1 car

This is the Mercedes F1 W04, the car Lewis Hamilton hopes won’t leave him looking like a fool after his highly publicised switch from the vastly more successful (in recent years) McLaren team. It took a while for us to get a decent look at the car as well, following some rather pointless teasing from […]

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The sweet sound of AMG’s Black thunder

There’s nothing quite like the sound of a V8 engine at full noise. And Mercedes-Benz has found a way to create a unique aggressive tone to their hand built AMG V8 engines. Here then is the latest spy video of the SLS AMG Black Series and its 6.3 litre V8 in action. It sounds mental! […]

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Australia says no to SLS GT in favour of Black

As the saying goes, “Once you go black, you can’t go back” and that’s exactly what Mercedes-Benz Australia are doing by telling their bosses in Germany that they’re not interested in the new SLS AMG GT. Instead the locals are holding out for the SLS AMG Black Series, due for release in 2013. The SLS […]

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Mercedes C63 AMG Black lands down under

Mercedes-Benz Australia is making a big deal about the first C63 AMG Coupé Black Series making its way to our shores. And why wouldn’t they. With 380kW on tap from a handbuilt 6.3 litre V8 and a kick arse body kit it’s a car sure to win admirers from all walks of life. The car […]