Mercedes subsidiary AMG has announced that they will use V8 engines in Mercedes-Benz vehicles for another 10 years. In this period when the transition to electric motors is gaining momentum, these motors will only be found in high-end AMG vehicles.
With electric motors becoming more and more popular, the possibility of thumping eight-cylinder engines about to disappear from the market has become the biggest question in mind. Although electric motors are getting more powerful day by day and offer longer range fossil fuel powered engines The signal that it will continue to be used came from Mercedes.
In an interview with Road and Track, the AMG president answered the question about whether V8 engines have a future: “I think you have a future. We’ll continue to see V8s for the next decade, that’s for sure. We have customers who love their vehicles and I think we will have customers who will continue to buy these vehicles for a long time to come. There is a great demand for these vehicles all over the world.“
AMG will not develop a new generation of V8
While AMG won’t be developing a next-gen V8 engine, engineers are finding ways to update the existing powertrain. The improvements are not limited to this; The internal combustion engine is updated to be a central part of the plug-in hybrid model, as seen in the new GT 63 S E-Performance. The ICE is powered by a rear-mounted electric motor to produce a total of 831 hp (620 kW) and 1,033 lb-ft (1,400 Nm). making it the most powerful AMG ever.
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Although the V8 will remain in use for now only on high-end AMGs It is worth noting that this engine will continue to be found. As a matter of fact, the next-generation C63 (and by extension the GLC 63) will feature a heavily electric-powered four-cylinder engine adapted from the AMG 45 models instead of the 4.0-liter unit. The E63 is also likely to lose a few cylinders in the future, but it is not yet clear whether this will happen in the next-gen model.