AMG
has been around since 1967 – we bet you didn’t know that – and its
success story is amazingly interesting, mostly due to the immediate
success it had. The AMG project actually began as a side job for
Hans-Werner Aufrecht and Erhard Melcher. The two gained notoriety by
modifying the 300 SE’s engine into quite the racer, by installing direct
fuel injection back in the mid-1960s.
In 1967,
Aufrecht and Melcher left Benz-Daimler and started AMG in a small
workshop in a barn. The real success came in the 1970s when AMG
developed a 300 SEL 6.8
like no one had ever seen before. It was tuned up to 320 ponies at
4,750 rpm and 541 Nm (399 pound-feet) of torque at 3,500. This allowed
the heavy 300 SEL to hit 100 km/h (62 mph) in just 6.5 seconds, and
easily win its class at the 24-hour race in Spa Francorchamps and take a
second place overall finish.
The history lesson that Mercedes-Benz
gives us on the AMG brand is available online in its fullest and
progresses through each decade and even gives us a look at what the
future holds for AMG. It outlines the AMG E-Cell and talks about its racing future too, which continues to look rather promising.
So head on over to Mercedes-Benz’s site and have a look at the history of AMG.
It’s a pretty easy read and is broken down into small,
easy-to-understand sections. Happy B-day, AMG, we hope to see 45 more
from you!
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