Faro, Portugal – The decree of “4MATIC for all” for the Mercedes-AMG lineup of luxury performance machines a few years back was not met with universal enthusiast cheers, even though Mercedes-Benz’s long-time all-wheel-drive system was a very popular option across Canada in pretty much every market and vehicle line. The fact that Mercedes-AMG has si

It may be almost five years since breaking cover, but the Mercedes-AMG GT looks as fresh, exciting, and – yes – achingly sexy today as it did on that day at the AMG factory in Affalterbach, Germany. Long of snout, short of tail, and looking as if it were sculpted solely by wind, water, and passion; the AMG GT embarks on its second act following a

High-performance luxury cars remain one of the most malleable profit generators for their respective houses. By building up the brand’s champions – be they labelled M, V, or RS – and then letting their octane-laden nectar drip down to more affordable models in the form of lowercase badges and packages, not only can development costs be better distr

The sign says, in three-foot-high letters, “The Attorney That Rocks”. Keep Austin weird indeed. In case any of you need a lawyer who looks like Magus Walker had a baby with Sammy Hagar, I wrote down the number, but it’s more the spirit of this roadside advertisement I’d like to explore: what might an attorney who rocks like to drive? Something spic

Like every other driving enthusiast, I curate a mental list of the cars and trucks (and boats, bikes and planes) I’d buy the day some long-lost relative passes to the great beyond and leaves behind an obscenely large inheritance for me. A veritable middle finger to the masses that buy those wildly powerful (but rather portly) “sporting” SUVs.

Mercedes-AMG says the next generation of its subcompact A 45 hot hatch will boast more than 400 horsepower from a 2.0L turbocharged four-cylinder engine. That's the word from Mercedes-AMG boss Tobias Moers, who spoke to Australia's CarAdvice at the Geneva auto show. It was there he told a group of Oz journalists that the next-generation A 45 w

I guess you could say that right off the bat, I like the idea of the Mercedes E43 sedan; a mid-size car with a highly tuned, but downsized engine compared to others in the line-up. It reminds me of great Benz classics like the 190E, whose ultra-high-strung four-cylinder put many other cars with much bigger engines to shame on the race track and e

We should all do our part to help the environment. But, thanks to urban sprawl, public transit comes nowhere near my home, so in the interest of being a good eco-warrior, I think I should drive a new Mercedes-AMG. Lunacy! you say. Isn’t AMG the performance division of Mercedes better known for making obscenely powerful, fast, and fun cars

Nearly thirty years ago, an observant bystander might have noticed a truck filled with unpainted chasses leave the gates of Porsche’s factory, headed to Mercedes-Benz. This was the 500E, an early super-sedan collaboration between the two companies. It was very popular with the F1 drivers of the day, and is just now becoming highly prized by collect

Worth it. #YOLO Hail. Not as in, “All hail the new king of performance.” As in, actual, real, cold, frozen chunks of ice falling from the heavens and pelting me in the face as I tried to get one last shot of #datass. Because that is one shapely derriere, and, well, I just couldn’t stop taking pictures of it. Even in the cold, frozen chunks of

All semblance of professionalism, decorum, and grace is gone. Any grip I had on a calm, collected demeanour vanishes in a flurry of millisecond downshifts and backfire rattle, as we slow down for the exit. Or, as it’s called in German… At 100 percent throttle the ascendant snarl is totally intoxicating – at zero percent throttle the machine-

Three years ago, we gathered three spectacular automotive beasts that were just about perfect for having fun on four wheels in all of Canada’s four seasons. However, it was so freakin’ cold that when we were taking photos, we would run outside, take a few pictures, then huddle back inside the warmth of a cabin, then dodge outside again, then du

Those outside North America often see Canadians and Americans as interchangeable. While we do share a great deal of similar attributes with our friends south of the world’s longest unprotected border, there are things about us they can’t seem to grasp. For instance, our love of “All-Dressed” and ketchup chips, peacekeeping, universal healthcare, an

Flick the Mercedes-AMG C63 S into its Sport or Sport+ modes, and the tachometer flits upwards a few thousand revs with an action as instant, precise and accurate as the second hand on an expensive watch. In that timeframe, a sharp growl from the exhaust comes to life, as does a touch more rumble from the now riled-up engine, a heavier steering fe

For a machine which is in most respects an offshore speedboat, the 2018 Mercedes-AMG GT C does not particularly like rain. Perhaps it’s the single-digit temperatures. Perhaps things might be better if the car was shod with winter tires, but on the standard high-performance Continentals in wet, cold conditions, the GT C is about as squirrelly as t