February 4, 2011
AMGmarket.com News/Source: Daimler/Stuttgart – Mercedes-Benz started the year marking the 125th anniversary of the invention of the automobile with a successful month in January. Worldwide sales of the brand with the star were up 23 percent, marking another double-digit increase. A total of 82,700 vehicles were delivered last month (January 2010: 67,000). Dr. Joachim Schmidt, Executive Vice President Sales and Marketing Mercedes-Benz Cars: “January was a great month for Mercedes-Benz, and it marks an outstanding start to the new year. Continue Reading >
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August 2, 2010
Planning to participate in the AMG Driving Academy for thrills? Well, how about a discount? Here’s how you can save on AMG’s high performance driving school.
Mercedes-AMG offers Mercedes-Benz Club of America (MBCA) members special pricing to attend the AMG Driving Academy. The discounts are significant and it only costs $45 to join the club (www.mbca.org). You get it – join MBCA and you’ll qualify for the AMG Driving Academy special pricing discounts listed below (U.S. tracks – see below).
What is the AMG Driving Academy?
AMG Driving Academy offers the opportunity to develop performance driving skills under the guidance of professional racers and instructors. The high performance driving school takes place at two of the most legendary US circuits, Road Atlanta and Laguna Seca Raceway. AMG Driving Academy offers three distinct programs, each of which will push drivers to the limit in select AMG vehicles, including the most-advanced AMG vehicle ever built, the 2011 SLS AMG. Read on for discounts – Continue reading » »
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July 24, 2009
Some like it hot! Whether you noticed or not, the tunes trumpeting out of the SLK55 exhaust are more robust during cold starts but soon diminish as the engine warms. One owner of a 2009 SLK55 likes the cold start sound and he would like to keep it full-time. Any reader suggestions?
Here’s Bruce’s question – leave a comment if you have an answer for him:
I want to get more sweet V8 sound from my 2009 SLK55. I don’t care about the stereo. I want the exhaust to sound way better than it does. What is the best, least expensive way to do that? Is there a solenoid that closes down the sound, soon after a cold start. Because the cold start sound is great. It just doesn’t last long enough. Is there a “flapper mod” that would give the car more sound, or something else? What about an X-pipe to replace the resonator? Thanks for your help. My dealer has no suggestions…
Thanks, Bruce
I want to get more sweet V8 sound from my 2009 SLK55. I don’t care about the stereo. I want the exhaust to sound way better than it does. What is the best, least expensive way to do that? Is there a solenoid that closes down the sound, soon after a cold start. Because the cold start sound is great. It just doesn’t last long enough. Is there a “flapper mod” that would give the car more sound, or something else? What about an X-pipe to replace the resonator? Thanks for your help. My dealer has no suggestions…
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October 28, 2008
It is rather well known that Hans-Werner Aufrecht (A) and his partner Erhard Melcher (M) founded AMG in 1967 at Aufrecht's birthplace of Grossaspach (G); hence the name, "AMG." What is not as well known is their early history and the humble beginnings of AMG.
Back in the mid-1960s, there were two guys with a small garage in an old mill that were building engines for fast cars, really fast cars. When these two guys acted on their urge they spawned one of today's largest suppliers of exclusive high-performance cars. The two guys were Hans-Werner Aufrecht and Erhard Melcher, the founders of AMG Motorenbau und Entwicklungsgesellschaft mbH (AMG Engine Production and Development, Ltd.). Thankfully, the company name was later shortened to AMG.
Aufrecht and Melcher started in 1965 by preparing a racing engine for Manfred Schiek's 300SE. Two years later, the owners officially founded the company and began their humble beginnings in the "Old Mill" in Burgstall, Germany.
According to historical information provided by Mercedes-AMG, the first private customer of the new company was a Mercedes owner from Kiel. With a humble beginning there is always a good story. Here's the gist of the story going around today, which is said to be Friedrick Aufrecht's story. Friedrick is the brother of AMG co-founder, Hans-Werner. Continue reading » »
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October 26, 2008
Bernd Schneider is retiring from motor racing. At the age of 44, he will compete in his last DTM race at Hockenheimring on Sunday, October 26.
Schneider won a total of 43 races for Mercedes-Benz out of the 226 races in which he competed in the DTM series and the ITC, which became a DTM offshoot in 1995 and was held as the succeeding series in 1996. He started from pole position 25 times and achieved 59 fastest lap times. No DTM driver has been more successful.
Schneider won five DTM championship titles in 1995, 2000, 2001, 2003 and 2006, as well as the ITC Championship in 1995. In 1997 he won the title in the FIA GT Championship.
Bernd Schneider is now embarking on a second career at Mercedes-AMG. In future the record-holding DTM champion will be active for the high-performance brand within Mercedes-Benz Cars as a brand ambassador, instructor and test driver.
Bernd Schneider is the only driver in the current DTM line-up who has competed in both the earlier (1984 to 1996) and the new Continue reading » »
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