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For over 50 years, AMG has been one of Germany’s premier tuning and racing outfits. Maintaining a close relationship with Mercedes-Benz’s production team, and then becoming an official brand of the manufacturer.
The tuner’s output ranges from big V8 sedans, to low-slung coupes, and to turbocharged hot hatches. Stick around and, let’s give a quick history of AMG from the late 60’s up to the modern day.
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The company began in 1967, created by former Mercedes engineers Hans Werner Aufrecht and Erhard Melche as a racing engine shop.
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Thanks to its founders’ prior experience, AMG naturally gravitated to converting Mercedes models into race cars. The most notable early example of theirs was known as the “Red Pig,” built in 1971. It took a big 300 SEL sedan and stroked out the engine to a hearty 6.8 liters, making over 400 horsepower.
Five of these would ultimately be built, leading various campaigns in European touring car