The V8 is coming back!

[ToeKnee]

Mercedes-AMG C 63 Set to Return to V8 Engine for 2026 Model Year | Autocar Professional

The current AMG C 63 has a 2.0-litre, four-cylinder hybrid engine that makes 680hp and takes 3.4 seconds to reach the 100kph mark.

www.autocarpro.in

 

[noogieman]

I bet MB lately realized their 4 bangers turned into a major flop?
Founders of AMG, after the sale of their company now feels like they are w@nkers why they sold their baby to MB?
AMG is no longer what it used to be.

 

[Petrol Pete]

'making it possible to package the new engine into cars not originally engineered for a V8, including the C-Class......'

This made me smile , like this is something new , I have a C class on my drive with a V8 motor squeezed into it that was never meant to fit .

It's 19 years old , thankfully back then MB had a few CLK wings and bonnets laying around and the capacity to make a saddle sump .

Oh , and while I am at it I may as well repeat my thoughts on the 'C63' bit . As happy as I am that someone has seen sense and got shot of the four pot in favour of a V8 , it's still (in my eyes ) not a C63.

But thats just my opinion , I do not work in a marketing department at MB.

 

[ALFAitalia]

I almost feel sorry for the few that DID buy the 4 pot one......no one wants them now.....even less will want them second hand when the new 8 pot arrives....depreciation will be savage!

Pity about the flat plain crank on the new one....I want a V8 to sound like a V8 with that offbeat burble ....a flat plain one sounds like what it is....two straight 4s side by side.

 

[Bellow]

Surprised this took so long to reach the forum. Flat plane crank for packaging reasons it seems - and a 'noise generator' to emulate a crossplane V8. Odd.

 

[st13phil]

Flat plane crank for packaging reasons it seems

Traditionally, a flat plane V8 had the advantage over the cross-plane design of a much simplified exhaust manifold which was important for normally aspirated engines but I'm not sure that's the case with turbos?

 

[Bellow]

Traditionally, a flat plane V8 had the advantage over the cross-plane design of a much simplified exhaust manifold which was important for normally aspirated engines but I'm not sure that's the case with turbos?

In this instance it appears to be a tighter crankcase that was sought. Presumably enabled by reduced or eliminated entirely crank counterweights.

From Autocar:

''This layout, first adopted by AMG on the GT Black Series’ M178 LS2 engine in 2021, also enables a more compact crankcase design, allowing AMG to package the new engine into models that weren't originally engineered for a V8, such as the fifth-generation C-Class. ''