Final month, an Autocar report steered that Mercedes was planning to introduce a V8 model of the AMG C63. The report acknowledged that the corporate was growing a brand-new V8 mild-hybrid engine that might energy the revised C63 due in 2026.
Effectively, Mercedes-Benz has now clarified that there aren’t any such plans on the desk. Whereas different AMG fashions will definitely get a brand new V8 engine, it received’t be dropped beneath the C63’s hood.
“We are able to verify that AMG is growing a brand new V-8 engine. Nonetheless, we ask in your understanding that we don’t touch upon an in depth rollout plan,” a Mercedes spokesperson instructed Motor1.
The brand new engine in query is claimed to be based mostly on the prevailing 4.0-liter twin-turbo V8. Stories counsel that it’ll get a flat-plane crankshaft as a substitute of a cross-plane unit, and might be paired with a mild-hybrid system.
Mercedes will debut its brand-new V8 mild-hybrid on the upcoming AMG CLE 63.
Supply: Motor1