
Mercedes-AMG: Race-Bred Performance
Format: Hardcover
ISBN: 9780760394458
Publication Date: 11/04/2025
Take a lap through the complete illustrated history of the powerful MercedesAMG, from the Red Pig racer to today’s 1063plus horsepower MercedesAMG ONE.
For decades MercedesBenz was known primarily as a builder of luxury sedans, grand touring coupes, and handsome roadsters. But racers like its 1950s Silver Arrows and the stunning 300SL were reminders that performance lurked in its DNA, never far below the surface. Wanting to set that performance free, two former MercedesBenz engineers, Hans Werner Aufrecht and Erhard Melcher, teamed up in 1967 to focus on building MBbased racing machines. MercedesAMG recounts the unlikely, amazing story of how they remade a stodgy Benz sedan into the allconquering Red Pig racer and thus launched one of Germany’s greatest highperformance car companies: AMG.
Considerable success in endurance and touringclass competition led AMG to a second business modifying production MercedesBenzes for enthusiast customers. By the 1980s, AMG was designing and building highperformance engine assemblies allowing them to modify MB engines to previously unknown levels of performance. Thus were born legendary cars like the AMG Hammer.
Mercedes was well aware of AMG’s success, and in 1990 a formal arrangement was made between the two companies leading to jointly developed performance cars sold and serviced through MB dealerships. In 2005, MB purchased AMG outright, leading to the creation of MercedesAMG, the highperformance arm of the company.
MercedesAMG covers the full history of these German powerhouse cars, including:
This beautifully illustrated volume belongs on every Mercedes enthusiast’s shelf.
For decades MercedesBenz was known primarily as a builder of luxury sedans, grand touring coupes, and handsome roadsters. But racers like its 1950s Silver Arrows and the stunning 300SL were reminders that performance lurked in its DNA, never far below the surface. Wanting to set that performance free, two former MercedesBenz engineers, Hans Werner Aufrecht and Erhard Melcher, teamed up in 1967 to focus on building MBbased racing machines. MercedesAMG recounts the unlikely, amazing story of how they remade a stodgy Benz sedan into the allconquering Red Pig racer and thus launched one of Germany’s greatest highperformance car companies: AMG.
Considerable success in endurance and touringclass competition led AMG to a second business modifying production MercedesBenzes for enthusiast customers. By the 1980s, AMG was designing and building highperformance engine assemblies allowing them to modify MB engines to previously unknown levels of performance. Thus were born legendary cars like the AMG Hammer.
Mercedes was well aware of AMG’s success, and in 1990 a formal arrangement was made between the two companies leading to jointly developed performance cars sold and serviced through MB dealerships. In 2005, MB purchased AMG outright, leading to the creation of MercedesAMG, the highperformance arm of the company.
MercedesAMG covers the full history of these German powerhouse cars, including:
- Early racing exploits in the 1960s
- The iconic Hammer and Black Series cars
- Today’s exclusive, highperformance MercedesAMG models ranging from the 420hp A45 hatchback to the 680hp C63 station wagon to the outrageous 1063hp MercedesAMG ONE
- Prototypes, racing, and special models
This beautifully illustrated volume belongs on every Mercedes enthusiast’s shelf.
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