May 18th, 2008 | AMG, Mercedes Benz, Plants/Manufacturing, Supercars, aston martin | No Comments
What started up as a rumor this Mercedes-Benz is able to commence furnishing Aston Martin providing engines has evolved to a full-blown partnership the current may input both automakers co-developing platforms and technology. The latest projection comes courtesy of Autocar, offering the current M-B is given buying a stake in Aston Martin and the Kuwaiti Investment Authority will in turn earn a seven-percent slice of the Daimler AG pie.
The partnership might force sense on a multitude of levels. Aston Martin, that is a tiny fish in a especially substantial pool, serves to wish to speculative severe elements based on information from mainstream suppliers yet its ties providing Ford are legally severed. Imagine AMG-levels of gas nestled inside Aston’s sensuous sheet metal. Yum. But the partnership wouldn’t be one sided. Recent alleges appearing out of Germany say who M-B is seeming to call a lightweight aluminum platform for the consequently production SL. Aston Martin has the technology to make it easier for boost this kind of an architecture, and provided Mercedes stepping away based on information from McLaren later year subsequent to generation of the SLR ends, M-B needs a new supercar manufacturer to join the party.
Thanks for the tip, Mike!
May 10th, 2008 | AMG, Coupes, Green, Mercedes Benz, Supercars | No Comments
As we’ve heard before, the next generation of AMG-massaged Mercs will have to balance high output with low emissions. That means more turbos, less displacement and (gasp) hybrids.
The big and bad 6.2-liter V8 won’t be around much longer. Instead, AMG is turning its focus towards a new, twin-turbo 5.0-liter V8 that will produce 570 hp and 665 lb.-ft. of torque, with output possibly reaching 700 hp and 885 lb.-ft. to replace the outgoing 612-hp V12 mill.
Forced induction is only part of the equation, as AMG is looking to a new hybrid-equipped V8, dubbed BluePower, that will either come with the X-Trac Flybrid system or a 100-hp electric motor integrated into the transmission. There’s also talk that AMG will be releasing its own plug-in hybrid by 2012 and that diesels will continue to become an important part of the brand.
The other issue with which AMG has to contend is Mercedes’ own turbocharged offerings. Future M-Bs will be sporting turbo’d V8s displacing 4.0-, 4.6- and 5.5-liters, with outputs ranging from 355 to 544 hp.
And what of the upcoming AMG supercar? Car says that the gullwing super coupe, codenamed C197, will debut in March of 2010 and be powered by the same 6.2-liter V8 (likely the last application of that engine) while sending all that energy through an eight-speed automatic gearbox.
[Source: Car]
May 9th, 2008 | AMG, Euro, Supercars | No Comments
The Pagani Zonda is still one of the most eminently desirable supercars on the street today, making Ferraris, Lamborghinis and Porsches look downright plebian. But after eight years on the market, the Zonda is due for replacement, with test mules popping up here and there. Following the spy video we brought you earlier this month, this shot of a suspicious-looking Zonda test mule was caught undergoing testing. Although it wears the same bodywork as the outgoing model’s, the suit fits a little looser after the Pagani’s gotten back to the gym, and there’s all sorts of vents and air ducts popping out all over the place. While Pagani seems hard at work in Modena preparing the successor to the current Zonda, AMG is reportedly working in Affalterbach on flipping the SLR’s supercharged V8 around for the Pagani’s mid-engine application.
[Source: AutoGespot]
May 3rd, 2008 | AMG, CARS NEWS, Euro | No Comments
The Pagani Zonda is still one of the most eminently desirable supercars on the street today, making Ferraris, Lamborghinis and Porsches look downright plebian. But after eight years on the market, the Zonda is due for replacement, with test mules popping up here and there. Following the spy video we brought you earlier this month, this shot of a suspicious-looking Zonda test mule was caught undergoing testing. Although it wears the same bodywork as the outgoing model’s, the suit fits a little looser after the Pagani’s gotten back to the gym, and there’s all sorts of vents and air ducts popping out all over the place. While Pagani seems hard at work in Modena preparing the successor to the current Zonda, AMG is reportedly working in Affalterbach on flipping the SLR’s supercharged V8 around for the Pagani’s mid-engine application.
[Source: AutoGespot]
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