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AMG: Direct injection and Stop&Start in 2010

As you may recall, Mercedes' performance division, AMG, recently put up the white flag on the speed wars. This basically means that they are now looking for more efficiency rather than more brute horsepower. Their previous focus on power came at the expense of fuel economy, natürlich. How will the efficiency shift play out? AMG is welcoming direct injection and Stop & Start (micro hybrid) systems, which will be installed in all 2010 models, two years earlier than expected. The new piezo-electric injectors are the same as the ones ... Read more →

AMG puts up the white flag in the Autobahn power war Sam Abuelsamid

Over the past two decades, the big German automakers have been continuously cranking up the power levels of their high performance cars to absolutely insane levels. It's gotten to the point where ...

AMG confirms that it will launch high-performance diesel by 2011 Sam Abuelsamid

Volker Morningweg, the head of Mercedes' in-house tuning division AMG has confirmed that it will introduce its first diesel model within three years. Morningweg told AutoCar that the first diesel ...

AMG promises hybrid and diesel performance Mercedes Sam Abuelsamid

AMG is the wholly-owned subsidiary of Mercedes-Benz that transforms mainstream models into super performing beasts. As such it has never been known as a champion of efficiency, but this is about to ...

AMG considering direct injection, stop/start engines by 2012. Hybrids? Maybe Jeremy Korzeniewski

From time to time, technology has the ability to both improve the specific power output of an engine while also reducing its emissions. Such is the case with direct injection, so we are not surprised ...


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