On this episode of The Downshift, Motor Trends Senior Features Editor Jonny Lieberman goes to Affalterbach, the home of AMG, to build his own twin-turbo V8 by hand; as all AMG engines are.

Mercedes-Benz has given us some glorious V8 engines. Many of the modern ones featured powerplants from AMG. The company started in 1968 and rose to prominence after turning a W109 300SEL luxury sedan ...

Tijo is an engineer, mechanic, and an avid content creator with over 5 years of experience as an automotive journalist. His media and publishing journey began with CarHP and CarIndigo, and soon ...

From the very start, everyone and their dog knew that sticking a plug-in hybrid turbo inline-four engine in the C 63 was a terribly bad idea. Affalterbach and Stuttgart had to learn the hard way that ...

Mercedes-AMG’s next supercar isn’t going to be powered by one of its typical fire-breathing, eardrum-rupturing V8s. Instead, AMG’s next supercar will be uncharacteristically silent. “It’s clear that ...

AMG was founded in 1967 and worked alongside Mercedes-Benz for years developing racing engines and other performance upgrades. The company signed an agreement to develop vehicles for Mercedes-Benz in ...