Guessing Game: AMG website hints at impending new model
Those octane junkies in Affalterbach never seem to tire of developing new, more powerful engines and shoehorning them into everything with four wheels and a three-pointed star. The Mercedes AMG website is featuring a cryptic bit of flash animation that shows the back end of an unknown new product speeding through a haze, accompanied by the caption that reads, "In July... the fog lifts." Hey, wait a minute... July... that's this month!
The indication that Benz' in-house tuning division is preparing, in short order, to release a new model naturally leads to speculation over just what that new model might be. One definite possibility could be the impending AMG version of the newly-released C-Class, on which spy shots and information have been trickling in of late. Aside from a C63 AMG, we can speculate based on AMG's current line-up of fire-snorting models, which places the division's latest 6.3-liter V8 in every Mercedes model except for three: the G-Class SUV, the outgoing C-Class wagon, and the SLK roadster, all of which still use the outgoing 5.5-liter engine.
Thanks for the tip everyone!
[Source: Mercedes AMG via eMercedes-Benz]
Releasing a new C63 AMG wagon based on the outgoing model would be an odd move when the new model is just around the bend, and the intentionally obscured image above – a screen capture from the website animation – while vague, clearly rules out the big, boxy G-Wagon. Darkened and blurred, the rear ends of the C-Class and SLK would look similar, although the top edge of the C's license-plate frame and tail-lights line up, unlike those on the SLK and in the image. One way or another, we'll be seeing soon enough.
Get a WordPress.com Blog
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Ken 2:03PM (7/02/2007)
Its got to be the new C63 AMG...or maybe if we are lucky, C65 AMG :-)
Reply
Steve Bae 2:10PM (7/02/2007)
probably GL
Reply
Gooch 2:47PM (7/02/2007)
The AMG atmos (remember that term, F1 fans?) V-8 is 6.2 liters; they use "6.3" to harken back to the glory days of the 300SEL 6.3.
When will they upgrade to a "6.9?" I had a ride in a supercharged E55 AMG -- lawdamighty that thing had torque.
This one kinda looks like a C-Class, but who knows? The taillights look a bit different, but other than that, the proportions say C-Class to me.
Reply
paul 3:52PM (7/02/2007)
that back end sure looks like an R-class....in fact im 99.9% sure its the R
Reply
The FedEx Man 4:51PM (7/02/2007)
They've got the R 65 listed as model on the Merc's UK site, albeit with a price of "£TBC", so it could be the R-Class.
http://www2.mercedes-benz.co.uk/content/unitedkingdom/mpc/mpc_unitedkingdom_website/en/home_mpc/passenger_cars/home/products/new_cars/r_class/models.html
Either that or it could be the first of the new C-Class estate models...you never know.
The FedEx Man 4:52PM (7/02/2007)
63 sorry not 65...I must be missing the 55's already :)
500 12:56PM (7/03/2007)
I seriously doubt it's the R-Class... I drive an R500 and that does not look like the rear of the R. Besides, the R63 AMG was announced like a year ago; this has to be something new.
The sound effects with the flash animation make it sound like a small, high-revving engine, don't they? My first thought from the pic was the B-class. Or perhaps they are going to finally show us the GLK?
http://www.motorauthority.com/wp-content/uploads/Mercedes_Benz/Spy_Shots/GLK/MB_GLK_h.jpg
peter 3:52PM (7/02/2007)
CLK65?
Reply
Harrison 5:01PM (7/02/2007)
It's got four exhaust pipes, and it's some kind of sedan with a manual transmission, so I'll say C-class.
Reply
Nik 5:47PM (7/02/2007)
The first thing I thought when I saw the silhouette was "B-Class!", but a B AMG would just be way to weird. I'll go with the R, although I don't know why they would bring it out at this point after the R has been on the market for so long. Maybe to push sales a little?
Def not a C-Wagon, that would make no sense since the current model is going out of production soon.
Reply
Phil 8:04PM (7/02/2007)
Could be the c-class hatch, that rear window does seem to slope pretty far.
Reply