Mercedes-Benz’s in-house performance arm releases a Black Series model as the halo to a particular range, and that doesn’t happen too often. Well, the time has come for a new AMG GT Black Series. The car was previewed by Mercedes this week, along with its racetrack sibling that will attack the GT3 world. “We are […]
On this very day, 29 January, 140 years ago the story of the modern motor car began. Karl Benz filed a patent for his Motorwagen in 1886, forever changing the world. Benz’s patent, followed by Gottlieb Daimler’s motorised carriage, or Motorkutsche, set the wheels in motion for one of the most significant inventions of humankind, […]
Mercedes-AMG has a great legacy of producing wild coupes. Cars such as the CLK Black Series and SLS have been objects of desires since they debuted. Now another model will be added to that list in the shape of a CLE-based Mythos Edition that is currently undergoing testing in Sweden. Mercedes released the images you […]
Mercedes-Benz South Africa will introduce the latest C63 AMG into the local market soon. Before that happens, we’ve been takin a look at the lineage of high-performance C-class AMGs. You can read Part One and Part Two by clicking these highlighted links. Sit back and enjoy the History of the C-Class AMG – Part 3 […]
Mercedes-AMG has been busy. The in-house performance division of the marque recently developed the open-top SL (read more here). This week the company unveiled the second-generation Mercedes-AMG GT at Monterey Car Week. Follow Double Apex on Instagram and Facebook where we share more car content. Buy now and take advantage of free delivery in South […]
The world of performance motoring is increasingly moving towards electrification, but no one seems to have mentioned that to a few engineers at Ford. The company has just unveiled the wildest pony car ever made by the factory, called Mustang GTD. The Mustang GTD was born from the concept of the Mustang GT3 race car […]
Production-based GT racing has been on the rise these last few years. A clear indication is the revival of events such as the Kyalami 9 Hour. The largest of the GT classes is GT3. However, GT4 and now GT2 are on the rise. The Mercedes-AMG GT2 is a good example of OEMs getting behind the […]
A few days ago Mercedes-AMG unveiled the all-new C63S (read our original report here). The range leader of the W206 family packs a mighty wallop thanks to an all-new powertrain with a major electrified component. In the months ahead we can expect the Merc to take on its rival from Bavaria. We take a look […]
The AMG Hammer must certainly be considered the car that launched this performance company onto the world stage. Before Mercedes took ownership of the independent tuning house, AMG had been working its magic on models from Stuttgart for decades. One such car was the famous Hammer. The example seen here recently exchanged hands for a […]
The Mercedes-AMG GT Black Series is already a pretty serious piece of kit. It has a flat-plane crankshaft in the twin-turbo V8 and produces a whack-load downforce from an adaptive aero package. It was/is a Nurburgring lap record holder. But what if you preferred one that was even wilder. Enter the Mercedes-AMG GT Track Series. […]
Mercedes has been supplying Safety and Medical Cars to Formula One for over 25 years. No fewer than 20 cars from Stuttgart have fulfilled these important roles during this period. This week new Mercedes-AMG F1 Safety and Medical Cars have been shown ahead of the 2022 season. Check out all the 2022 F1 cars in […]
UK automotive website Car Wow arranges some of the best drag races you’re likely to see on the internet. They pull together some really unique races, such as this Bugatti Chiron against a Formula One car or even this one-make face off between a range of high-performance Audis. However the two cars in this V8 […]
Some time ago we were invited to attend the open day of a local Mercedes-Benz collection, known as the Mercseum. Warehoused just outside of Cape Town, this wonderful privately-owned collection is something to behold. Follow us on Instagram and on Facebook for more iconic, beautiful, and unique cars and collections. Widespread of machinery Over thirty models represent nearly […]
SL is one of Mercedes’ most enduring nameplates, going back nearly 70 years to the iconic 300 Super Light, later shortened to 300SL of the 1950s. This week an all-new Mercedes-AMG SL made its debut on the world stage. The R232-generation SL has been shown to us in various guises for months. Mercedes’ PR division […]
The Mercedes-AMG GT Black Series is a car that we have been keenly following since well before it debuted. We were the first in the world to reveal the car’s power output, months ahead of anyone else (as we reported here). We even had pics of the car ahead of its international reveal (link here). […]
When we drove the Mercedes-AMG GT63 S a few years ago at its world launch it was the most powerful model produced by the brand (watch our video review at this link). The title then passed onto the track-focussed GT Black Series. But that mantle has now passed back to the four-door coupe with the […]
In this week, exactly 50 years ago AMG announced itself to the world with a memorable class victory, and second place overall, at the 24 Hours of Spa endurance race (see video at the bottom of this post). To commemorate that historic win Mercedes-AMG has created three special edition GT3 racers called the 50 Years […]
Another week and another new supercar has been unveiled. If we had a hundred bucks for every new supercar we wrote about we’d be able to buy one of the supercars we write about. Be that as it may, a new model debuted today, called the Aston Martin Valhalla. This is an all-new offering from […]
About three years ago Mercedes-AMG announced its most focused model ever, Project One. After years of super saloons, performance coupes and sportscars wearing the Three Pointed Star, it is finally time for a genuine hypercar to leave the gates of Affalterbach. As we see in the video below of Mercedes-AMG One spied testing at the […]
A few weeks ago we brought you news of the 992 Porsche GT3, a new variant that was added to the current Porsche 911 family (original story below). Today we have South Africa pricing for the high-performance machine. Check the bottom of this post for the expected local price when the GT3 goes on sale […]
The Mercedes-AMG GT Black Series is the most extreme expression of the company’s current road-car offerings… or is it. The Wheelsandmore GT Black Series shows that there is always more to be extracted from even ultra-high performance cars. Follow Double Apex on Instagram and Facebook where we share more car content. Order from our online […]
Late last year we brought you news about the Lamborghini Huracan STO, which is the most extreme Huracan produced by the factory (our original story follows). Motor1 got an up-close look at the car with a guided tour from Lamborghini’s lead designer Mitja Borkert. You can learn more about the STO in the video at […]
The all-new Mercedes-AMG GT Black Series claims Nurburgring record for production cars, this is the news coming out of Germany today. In the hands of GT3 racer, Maro Engel the GT Black Series lapped the famous Green Hell in 6 min 43,616 sec for the 20,6 kilometre-long track (measured without the straight at track section […]
A few weeks ago Mercedes-AMG wowed the world with the apex derivative of its GT sports car line-up, called the GT Black Series (which you can read about at this link). Performance enthusiasts will know the Black Series moniker as AMG has been building the nameplate over many years. Black Series refers to the most […]
Just yesterday we brought you a story about the brand new Rolls Royce Ghost, a luxury saloon that is the entry level of the company’s range. Today we bring you news of the all-new Mercedes-Benz S-Class, which is the halo of the German automaker’s passenger car line-up but, in some ways, can be seen as […]
