Mercedes-AMG History

Mercedes-AMG GmbH, commonly referred to as AMG, engineers, manufactures and customizes Mercedes-branded vehicles. AMG models are usually the costliest and highest-efficiency of every Mercedes class, except non-AMG V12 models present in the most costly nameplates of the lineup.

AMG was founded as a racing engine forge in 1967 under the title AMG Motorenbau und Entwicklungsgesellschaft mbH (AMG Engine Manufacturing and Growth, Ltd.), by former Mercedes engineers Hans Werner Aufrecht and Erhard Melcher in Burgstall an der Murr, near Stuttgart. The letters "AMG" stand for Aufrecht, Melcher and Großaspach, Aufrecht's birthplace (but at no time an AMG location). In 1990, with AMG having turn out to be a high-profile purveyor of modified Mercedes vehicles, Daimler-Benz AG and AMG signed a contract of cooperation, allowing AMG to leverage Daimler-Benz's extensive dealer network and leading to generally developed autos (the primary one being the Mercedes-Benz C36 AMG, in 1993). AMG Five Spoke Street Wheel 8JX16 Version 1

AMG began off by designing and testing racing engines. AMG initially produced a spread of unofficial improve and equipment packages primarily for the Mercedes-Benz R107 and C107,[5] Mercedes-Benz W116, Mercedes-Benz W123, Mercedes-Benz W124, Mercedes-Benz W126 Mercedes-Benz R129 and Mercedes-Benz W201 models.

The genuine AMG wheels have been often coupled with an AMG performance suspension package which included uprated/lowered springs and revalved shock absorbers.

Another well-liked beauty upgrade had been the AMG physique kits. AMG made the world's fastest passenger sedan on the time, nicknamed the Hammer,[6] by squeezing Mercedes 5.6-liter V8 tuned by AMG to 360 hp right into a midsized sedan. In 2012, Mercedes-AMG Chairman Olla Kallenius mentioned that Mercedes-AMG won't produce diesel engines to compete with BMW's tri-turbo diesels (BMW M Performance vary).

Starting in 2009, nonetheless, AMG began adopting the 7-speed AMG SpeedShift MCT computerized transmission.

AMG and Mercedes worked collectively on Mercedes-Benz W201 automobiles for the 1988 Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft (DTM, German Touring Car Championship). AMG was made the official partner.

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