Pity the folks at Mercedes-AMG. They had a lot to live up to. The C63, the company's long-running hot-rodded small sedan, had made a hell of an impression on car enthusiasts for more than a decade.

George has been writing about automotive/motorsport full-time since 2019. In addition to TopSpeed, he has previously contributed to The Guardian, Jalopnik, The Autopian, and Tazio. In recent years, ...

Mercedes-Benz’s AMG in-house tuning division has turned out some stunning four- and six-cylinder engines over the years, but its recent history has primarily been a binge of steroidal V-8s. As it ...

Since the formal merging of Mercedes and AMG in 2005 to form Mercedes-AMG GmbH the German performance subbrand has been on an interesting trajectory, especially with the relatively recent introduction ...

Significantly heavier than the car it replaces Lacks the drama and roar of a V-8 Imperfect roads excite constant body motions For six years, the Mercedes-AMG C63held an exclusive lock on V-8 engines ...

The new Mercedes-AMG C63 shocked fans by ditching its iconic V8 for a four-cylinder hybrid. But was the backlash inevitable?

Curiously, German automakers have gone against their own long-standing traditions here and there over the past couple of years. BMW’s design center is out to lunch and Porsche badges no longer make ...

Driving the Mercedes-AMG C63 S E Performance, I couldn't help but imagine a confused German engineer sitting in the passenger seat, wondering why I wasn't having as much fun as its 671 horsepower ...

I can’t begin to tell you how many DIY projects I’ve started without a full understanding of what I was getting myself into. The first time I tried rewiring an electric guitar ended in a rat’s nest of ...

It's common for race cars to have some connection—however small—with performance road cars. Usually this takes the form of "homologation specials," road cars built specifically to qualify a racing ...

The Mercedes-AMG C63 S E Performance is a tremendously powerful and exciting sports sedan that lives up to its name and competes with similarly luxurious and sporty alternatives like the BMW M3 and ...