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55 years of AMG
Stuttgart. Mercedes-AMG is celebrating its birthday: in its 55-year history, the company has repeatedly set standards in the performance and sports car market and thus written an impressive success story. The future of AMG will now be electric, combining high efficiency with added performance and passion. Having a decisive influence on events are both a will and aspiration that run through the history of the brand.
The new special exhibition “55 YEARS AMG – CHANGING THE GAME” at the Mercedes-Benz Museum picks up on this momentum with a special concept: eight of the twelve vehicles on display have the legendary AMG 5.5-litre V8 engine under the bonnet – providing the appropriate setting for this birthday with this power unit and its displacement abbreviation “55” in the model designation.
This engine used from 1997 onwards is considered a milestone in AMG history – a real game changer. As was the AMG 300 SEL 6.8 racing touring car, with which the then still young brand achieved an impressive class victory and second place overall at the 24-hour race in SpaFrancorchamps in 1971, a feat that still impresses today.
Three further vehicle exhibits illustrate the future of Mercedes-AMG: the 2017 show car for the Mercedes-AMG ONE, the current Mercedes-AMG GT 63 S E PERFORMANCE and the Vision AMG study – a four-door coupé that offers a fascinating view into the all-electric future of Mercedes-AMG.
The latter two can however only be displayed temporarily. Numerous other exhibits round off the special exhibition, including the M 113 K 5.5-litre V8 engine on its own pedestal, plaques signed by AMG engine technicians as Mercedes-AMG’s “One Man – One Engine” seal of quality, the trophy from the 1971 24-hour race at Spa-Francorchamps and the vehicle log book issued for the AMG 300 SEL 6.8 racing touring car.
Accessible free of charge in the public area of the Museum The special exhibition “55 YEARS AMG – CHANGING THE GAME” is open to the public free of charge until the end of February 2023. It will be held in the public areas in the foyer and on Level 0 of the Mercedes-Benz Museum. Five original Formula One Safety Cars are also on display in the Museum car park: legendary AMG models are also the basis for the silver high-performance cars bearing the Mercedes star that ensure safety on international race tracks.
Photos from our president’s visit to the Mercedes-Benz Museum and special AMG exhibit:
