Mercedes-AMG will expand the line of models with a new V8 motor

At the Miami Grand Prix, the Car & Driver portal talked with the unit’s boss Michael Shiba. The top manager of Mercedes-amg confirmed that the V8 engine will live, and on the way the next generation of gasoline units. The specialist noted that “sees in the existing portfolio there are many positions where you can imagine V8”; Another Shiba hinted at previously unprecedented eight -cylinder models.

Michael Shiba admitted that lovers of driving along the racing track prefer purely gasoline models a la GT 63 Pro than the heavy super-hybrids GT 63 SE Performance. Therefore, the new V8 will not necessarily be electrified. “There are many technological achievements in the future. We do not have to go so far in hybridization, ”said Boss Mercedes-AMG.

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Although on the way the new AMG GT electric electric arranged sedan is not confirmed by the gasoline AMG GT 4-Door Coupe. Michael Shiba said that the company will evaluate the prospects of further production. “Perhaps there is a successor, but I do not want to speculate on this topic,” the Boss Mercedes-AMG created the intrigue. The top manager summed up briefly: “We see that demand [на V8] There is still. And my goal is to fulfill the dreams of customers. ”

The customers did not evaluate the specific terms of abandonment of the V8 in the concern for a long time, because experiments with electrification and transition to low -engine engines did not evaluate. There are rumors that the Mercedes-AMG C 63 will be a victim of marketing errors and will give way to the family C 53 with a six-cylinder engine. However, the V8 will definitely not return to the “younger” family.

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