Mercedes-Benz Fun Facts #3 - AMG

Mercedes-Benz FUN FACTS #3 AMG "You cannot really upgrade a Mercedes, you can only make it different.“ 66 NEW YORK Hans Werner Aufrecht, Founder of AMG KANSAS SAN FRANCISCO Driving from San Francisco to New York in 24 hours seems impossible? Not so much for the 1989 winning team of Jochen Mass, Manuel Reuter and Stanley Dickens who covered the according distance at the 24-hours-race in FUN 2 FACT Le Mans with their Sauber C9 AMG. FUN FACT Garage success stories exist for computers and bands only? Think again: In 1965 AMG founders Hans Werner Aufrecht and Erhard Melcher built their first 300 SE direct injection engine at Aufrecht's home... just for fun. FUN 4 FACT FUN FACT3 T08 300 SEL 6.8 AMG MAMG 300 SEL 6.3 428 hp 265 km/h AMG stands for: Aufrecht Melcher Großaspach - which are the family names of the founding fathers Hans Werner Aufrecht and Erhard Melcher as well as Aufrecht's birthplace Großaspach. 1200 250 hp Horse power 221 km/h max. km/h Random crazy number: The SLS AMG consists of 5,861 pieces, two of which are explosive capsules that will bomb out the doors in case your SLS AMG were to be flipped onto its roof. AMG has made a name for itself with the 300 SEL 6.8 AMG, for which they tuned up a 300 SEL 6.3. In order to make it as fast as possible, they reduced its weight by 195 kg and powered it up by 178 hp. FUN FACT FUN 6 FACT FUN FACT Standard sounds like this: The 1200 W in a serial Bang & Olufsen ICEpower Sound System in a Mercedes-Benz S 63 AMG has more power than 20 standard home stereo systems. 100 ms FUN FACT8 Fly like an eagle: The SLS AMG's open gullwing doors are about the same wing-span as that of full-grown sea eagle. The C 63 AMG BIlack Series AMG SPEEDSHIFT MCT 7-speed sports transmission shifts gears in the blink of an eye - literally! It only takes 100 milliseconds. FUN FACT FUN FACT 9. 500hp Mercedes-Benz "One Man - One Engine' is standard AMG policy. Except for the engine of the CLS 63 AMG Shooting Brake where Nico Rosberg and Michael Schumacher helped out the mechanic. Now there are three signatures on the unique engine badge. The blue whale's tail can generate up to 500 horsepower - just like a G55 AMG!