"AMG" (Aufrecht Melcher Großaspach) is an abbreviation which stands for: Hans Werner Aufrecht (A) and Erhard Melcher (M) who were partners, while Aufrecht's birthplace of Großaspach (G) supplied the third letter in the company name.
AMG was a private performance shop...totally independent of MB...that was known for really doing great looking and performing enhancements...generally very expensive...to MBs. things like multiple turbo chargers, airodynamics, etc. I believe they had race success too.
They began to make more their more common upgrades in almost a package form...were recognized by MB and finally MB bought the name and business and put it on production vehicles...of course really more as a sport or performance version of existing models.
Mercedes-AMG's population is 900.
Mercedes-AMG was created in 1967.
Mercedes AMG is the engineering company with purpose to make improvisation on Mercedes vehicle. .
One of them is "grander", but the Mercedes ML63 AMG is the fastest SUV.
Mercedes Benz E63 AMG
Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG was created in 2010.
A Sport Mercedes just has an AMG style bodykit and AMG style wheels on it. An actual AMG is a fully redone car. It has a handbuilt AMG engine, AMG brakes, AMG suspension, AMG exhaust, AMG interior, AMG body, AMG wheels, etc. an AMG is the ultimate high performance Mercedes.
Make: Mercedes Benz Model: SLS AMG
There is no such thing as a GL450 AMG. In fact, Mercedes does not make an AMG GL-Class. There is the more powerful GL550 but otherwise there is the ML63 AMG and G55 AMG GL450~$62k+ GL550~$85k+ ML63 AMG~$95k+ G55 AMG~$124k+
AMG was founded by Hans Werner Aufrecht and Erhard Melcher in 1967. AMG stands for "Aufrecht Melcher Grossaspach", where Grossaspach is the town which AMG was founded. At this time, AMG was the only company that tuned or modified Mercedes-Benz. 1971 Mercedes-Benz wins the 24 hr race at Spa with a 300 SEL 6.8, which was developed by the two AMG guys. 1978 AMG grows and moves to Affalterbach with 40 employees. 1988 AMG teams up with Mercedes-Benz and enters the German touring car championship (DTM) with 190E 2.5-16 evo cars. 1989 AMG wins the DTM series. 1990 AMG expands in Affalterbach and has now 400 employees. AMG gets contract with Daimler-Benz that extends beyond motorsports. 1992 AMG wins the DTM series. 1993 AMG and Mercedes-Benz develop their first car together, the C36 AMG. 1994 AMG wins the DTM series. 1995 AMG wins the DTM series. 1996 AMG wins the International Touring Car Championship. 1998 AMG wins the FIA GT Championchip with the CLK GTR. 1999 Mercedes-AMG GmbH is founded.
In the Twilight series, Carlisle Cullen drives a silver Mercedes S55 AMG.
Mercedes AMG High Performance Powertrains was created on 1983-10-11.