Mercedes-Benz AMG V8

Mercedes-Benz's hot rod haus AMG victimised this period's City efferent demo to expose its new V8 engine to gathered international journalists. Legendary as the M157, the 5.5-litre V8 is the introductory of AMG's newest engine kinsfolk, using fit turbochargers and state-of-the-art honest solution with piezo injectors.

Despite the smaller -- by 747cc -- reaction to the reputable 6.2-litre V8, the M157 whips the course aspirated type. In 'classical' forge the biturbo V8 is smashing for 400kW and 800Nm patch an nonobligatory Action Accumulation ups the ante to 420kW/900Nm.

The goliath figures set AMG's gift at the top of the sumptuousness execution marketplace actor. The whopping force in the 400kW writing comes at 2000 revs and the Performance Container's 900Nm arrives at 2500 revs.

The biturbo V8 is mated to a new seven-speed coefficient with wet start-up pedal (a la SL63 and E 63). AMG attributes the engine's efficiency -- 10.5L/100km -- in portion to its new Speedshift gear.

We'll eldest see the 5.5-litre V8 in the updated AMG version of CL Coupe, which faculty be titled S-Class Coupe when it arrives in the quarter session this twelvemonth. The new indite follows the denotive rule for the CLK-turned-E-Class Coupe/Cabrio, the latter launched this week.

The M157 is shapely at AMG's installation in Affalterbach. The turbochargers use air-water intercooling with max assistance pressing at 1.0 barfor the 400kW variant, and 1.3 bar for the Performance Collection. Blunt petrol injection efficiency is aided by hurried playacting piezo-electric injectors and spray guided combustion.

The new engine does not follow the naturally aspirated 6.2-litre V8, M156, misused in the '63' models, rather, it adds other option to AMG's engine extent which also includes the biturbo V12 victimized in the S-Class.

It's speculated that we can also judge a course aspirated variant of the 5.5-litre V8 in small AMG Benz models such as the C-Class "in the artificial rising".

On smaller options: AMG execs also hinted at the actuation that the upcoming A and B-Class adps faculty be of power to them with canvass to an accounting in the auto collection.

AMG chairman Volker Mornhinweg told the Carsales Fabric that his assort's force for more preeminence agency adding statesman drivetrain options.

"What we give love when it comes to the later is a capability of distinct drivetrains for our quantity portfolio. That substance author than rightful our 6.3, which is many or lower in apiece of them," he said. "That is how we requirement to encourage writer discrimination for and among our firewood."

AMG execs also told journalists that word and machine options are beingness examined for curative to models including SUVs. An auto SLS is currently at the direction of the likes of Mornhinweg for investigation, and at the Geneve impart 'parent' Mercedes-Benz free details of two powerplant options for its F 800 Muse thought: intercrossed and interbred with hydrocarbon cell -- the latter gift a extent of up to 600km.