High Performance Systems, LLC (HPS) has successfully installed a HPS supercharger system into a 2006 SLK55 AMG Mercedes-Benz. The install was completed at their partnering installation facility, Mech-Tech Motorsports. The horsepower gains of 103 were validated on a Dyno Jet. Optican Tuning from Germany provided software tuning. The customer, located in Scottsdale, Arizona, is thrilled with the entire product. Pics can be found on the HPS website here. 

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• Pics of the 2006 SLK 55 AMG Mercedes-Benz are located here

 

TrueBlueSolutions: Clean and efficient solutions in all classes

Mercedes-Benz PR / Feb. 29 / Stuttgart / Geneva: The grand rehearsal at the beginning of this year already made heads turn, when the striking Vision GLK entered the SUV stage and was celebrated as a compact character actor marking a new design approach in this vehicle class. At the 2008 Geneva Motor Show, Mercedes-Benz is going a step further and adding the Vision GLK BLUETEC HYBRID to the line-up. This study illustrates the possibilities of the "TrueBlueSolutions" strategy in the compact SUV segment, true to the guiding Mercedes-Benz theme of producing the world’s most efficient and clean drive systems.

 

The Vision GLK BLUETEC HYBRID achieved this goal by combining the new BLUETEC four-cylinder diesel engine generation with a hybrid module. This combination generates an overall output of 165 kW/224 hp, and a torque of 560 Nm. Superior performance can be taken as read in view of these figures. And yet the Vision GLK BLUETEC HYBRID returns a fuel consumption of only 5.9 l per 100 km.