Car News and Reviews

I am sure there are enough people who just love a Benz, even more might love AMG, or at least might be impressed by it’s achievements, but I am not so sure if there is one single person who loves a safety car, especially seeing it on a Formula 1 track during a race. What is that safety car doing? It is ruining the race! That’s the reaction that most people I know have when they see it coming on the track. In all the excitement of the race, most of us are unlikely to notice the safety car itself. At best, we might only see that it goes fast and all the other Formula 1 cars are following it and everybody wants for it to just go where it came from, and let the race continue. It is a very normal behavior  for any Formula 1 enthusiast but it is exactly this behavior that might have kept you away from discovering the great, specially tuned and equipped  Mercedes – Benz SL 63 AMG that serves as a safety car. And yes, now you can find all about it. Read the rest of this entry »

The successful C 63 AMG model has now increased performance due to the Performance Package Plus. This new optional feature is available to the sports drivers with a constant demand for more power and it increases the C 63 AMG engine’s output by 30 hp up to a smashing value of 487 hp! This amazing result is very close to the level of performance offered by C Class DTM racing cars which deliver 500 hp. With a little more effort AMG could have made a road car faster than a professional racing car. Since this performance package is available for both saloon and estate models the picture that automatically comes to my mind is a Mercedes C 63 AMG featuring the Performance Package Plus coming to the race track out of nowhere and leaving the professional DTM racing cars behind. But, enough with this kind of fantasies and let’s see why this performance upgrade for the C63 AMG is so great. Read the rest of this entry »