On this episode of The Downshift, Motor Trends Senior Features Editor Jonny Lieberman goes to Affalterbach, the home of AMG, to build his own twin-turbo V8 by hand; as all AMG engines are.

From the very start, everyone and their dog knew that sticking a plug-in hybrid turbo inline-four engine in the C 63 was a terribly bad idea. Affalterbach and Stuttgart had to learn the hard way that ...

It’s no secret that the new Mercedes-AMG C63 S, with its 2.0-liter turbocharged four-cylinder plug-in hybrid, doesn’t have the same luster as its V8-powered predecessors. Sure, the super sedan packs ...

Up until 2013, Mercedes-Benz did not have a front-wheel-drive car in the North American market. However, that changed when the German automaker introduced the Mercedes-Benz CLA. It was also one of the ...

Mercedes-AMG’s decision to downsize the engines in several models, including the C 43 and C 63, hasn’t gone over well with buyers, but there’s finally some light at the end of the tunnel. Change is ...

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