Naming convention

[Bigrichw]

What are the boffins at AMG on!!?
Up to now the AMG range has made sense.. well almost...
55 (ok its a 5.4)
63 (ok its a 6.2)

But why keep the 63 badge for the 5.5biturbo and the 4.0V8, then there's the C43 with a 3.0..

It doesn't make any sense, but that said they never really have

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[TripleD]

It's just matcho talk making out it's bigger than it actually is.

I mean if you're out on a date a tell her you're only packing 2 inches, she probably won't be going home with you

 

[Deleted member 113659]

It's just matcho talk making out it's bigger than it actually is.

I mean if you're out on a date a tell her you're only packing 2 inches, she probably won't be going home with you

Always better to go metric. 50mm sounds much bigger. :bannana:

 

[ash59fifty-uk]

What are the boffins at AMG on!!? Up to now the AMG range has made sense.. well almost... 55 (ok its a 5.4) 63 (ok its a 6.2) But why keep the 63 badge for the 5.5biturbo and the 4.0V8, then there's the C43 with a 3.0.. It doesn't make any sense, but that said they never really have Sent from my SM-G935F using Tapatalk

Makes sense to me

E54
C62
C30 (okay that doesn't sound too bad)
C55

None of them sound appealing

 

[John]

I think the original E55 and E63 were just rounded up cylinder capacities.

5439cc and 6208cc

They should have dropped E63 back to E55 the second they went back to a 5.5 IMO.

Quite a few don't line up so they are just a way of distinguishing really it seems.

I also don't get why BMW made the 2 door coupe the M4 and the 4 door saloon the M3.

 

[BTB 500]

And where did the A45 name come from when the car is a 2.0

Of course M-B have used some model numbers that didn't fit the engine size for years.

 

[Grovsie31]

If they went from C63 for the new W205 I think it would confuse people, they wouldn't think it was the top model and would assume it was slower than the W204 C63.

 

[Lennox]

And don't forget the awesome MP4 12C McLaren.....

 

[KillerHERTZ]

Doesnt anyone know their MB History? :fail

63 is a historical name coming from the original 'red pig' AMG 6.3.

 

[SamW]

Things will be getting even more confusing soon...

A40 and A50 AMG?

 

[Deleted member 37751]

It's simply brand recognition; Audi have had the RS4/6 for nearly twenty years and BMW have had the Mfrree/M5 for thirty odd years too but besides the C63 most car enthusiasts probably couldn't tell you the AMG models from the 1990's/2000's because Mercedes have changed the name so much.

It's certainly the idea behind the dying up of the model names i.e. GLA - GLC - GLE - GLS

 

[Lennox]

And the fact it's all in English gets me. I asked a mate who was meeting people in the Bmw M division what they called the M5 in Germany?? Phonetically I though that they may say it in German, something like "ummmm funph"????

Nope "EmFive"...... boring!

 

[KillerHERTZ]

Not with AMG which is pronouced "Ahhh Ummm Geeeey"

 

[Red C220]

Makes sense to me

E54
C62
C30 (okay that doesn't sound too bad)
C55

None of them sound appealing

There's already been a C30AMG. It was a diesel and we never got it in the UK.

 

[ash59fifty-uk]

There's already been a C30AMG. It was a diesel and we never got it in the UK.

See C30AMG rolls off the tongue, the rest sound like university room/location numbers

 

[MancMike]

I'm surprised nobody has mentioned the 73 AMG. Wasn't it confined to the SL model?

 

[BTB 500]

There were SL70 and SL73 versions of the R129 SL, and they did have 7.0 and 7.3 litre engines respectively

 

[Lennox]

Or my first car the Fiat uno 1.0 Fire engine!!! No sirens, ladders or funny helmets, I was mightily disappointed!!!

 

[Bobby Dazzler]

What are the boffins at AMG on!!?
Up to now the AMG range has made sense.. well almost...
55 (ok its a 5.4)
63 (ok its a 6.2)

But why keep the 63 badge for the 5.5biturbo and the 4.0V8, then there's the C43 with a 3.0..

It doesn't make any sense, but that said they never really have

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As already suggested, 63 is simply a historical reference as the 6.3 litre Mercedes engine is remembered fondly, and was the basis for the AMG racing engine used in the "Red Pig" and other cars, albeit usually bored out to 6.8 litres.

When AMG produced the M156 6.2 litre engine it seemed like a good way of creating a link to the past, and provided all sorts of marketing opportunities. Since then 63 has been retained even with differing engine capacities in order to build the 63 sub-brand, and I think that's paid off.

I believe 45 is a a reference to the 2.0 litre 4-cylinder engine being launched in AMG's 45th year. As good as any other logic I guess.

Here's the plain Engish guide to decoding current AMG sub-brands:

65 = Top of the shop, most powerful engine based upon published figures and in V12 configuration (at least for now)

63 = Most powerful "mainstream" engine, and known for being on the lairy side of powerful, and in V8 configuration (at least for now). Used for the AMG-specific chassis, ie SLS, GT

43 = Powerful "mainstream" engine, and known for being on the accessible side of powerful, helped by 4WD (at least for now)

45 = Powerful but "entry level" engine used in smaller chassis, and again for now with 4WD

 

[Bobby Dazzler]

Or my first car the Fiat uno 1.0 Fire engine!!! No sirens, ladders or funny helmets, I was mightily disappointed!!!

It stands for "Fully Integrated Robotised Engine" which couldn't sound less Italian if it tried! Perhaps because the designer's parents used up all the "Italianess" in the cupboard when they named him: Rodolfo Bonetto