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  | Interesting read on the new AMG V8 Autoweek has a nice article on the new AMG V8 and the cars it will power: The designation 6.3 is rich with heritage at Mercedes-Benz. To aficionados, it represents a car more than an engine—one of the finest cars in Mercedes’ post-World War II stable. The original 6.3-liter V8 debuted in 1962 in the new M-B 600 uber-sedan, which was to the mid-’60s as the Maybach 57 is to 2006. Known internally as the M-100, the first 6.3 V8 was a he-man among boys, with engineering decades ahead of the curve. It featured fuel injection, aluminum cylinder heads, overhead camshafts and sodium-filled valves, with forged pistons, rods and crank. Each hand-built copy was bench-tested for 265 hours, 40 of which were consecutive at full load. . . . . The AMG 6.3s will reach the United States as 2007 models. The CLK cabrio arrives in July (expect a substantial price increase over the existing model’s $83,275) and the ML in August, with the CLS and R-Class (there’s an interesting concept) some time after that. Buyers will no doubt be waiting. . . . In 2006 the 6.3 is impressive, if not incredible. The 7.0-liter LS7 Corvette V8 generates similar power (505 hp, 470 lb-ft, 7100-rpm redline), with one fixed-timing cam and pushrods. Zimmerman says there is probably 50 more horsepower in the AMG 6.3, if AMG can figure out how to eliminate intake or exhaust flow restrictions in the various vehicles. If the market demands substantially more, it’s back to a blower of some sort. Mercedes has a remarkable history of supercharging, by the way, dating all the way back to the early 1900s. http://www.autoweek.com/apps/pbcs.dl...4&Profile=1006 M
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| Re: Interesting read on the new AMG V8 wow that pic with the S65 is amazing..the new lineup from AMG is KILLER 
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| Re: Interesting read on the new AMG V8 Yeah looking at that S only makes the anticipation of the CL that much stronger. I wonder if we're going to have to really wait until fall to see it? I could have sworn it was on for debut this month when the new MB musuem opened? M
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