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Byline: GREG KABLE
Mercedes-Benz's AMG division is creating a Performance Studio to support a range of low-volume enthusiast models, each based around traditional customization and modification work carried out at the company's workshops on the outskirts of Stuttgart, Germany.
"We are receiving ever more requests for more dynamic models, special equipment features and specific components,'' says Volker Mornhinweg, CEO of AMG. "The Performance Studio makes it possible for us to meet these requests in particular models. We plan to transfer technologies, from cars like the FIA safety car and the medical car used in F1 from the racetrack, into these high-end models.''
As outlined to AutoWeek, AMG's new Performance Studio is divided into three distinct tiers-all a step above the standard AMG fare. At the top is the Signature Series, which includes highly exclusive models fit for the racetrack and boasting significant design and technical differentiation from ...
Source: HighBeam Research, AMG outguns itself.(News)