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The first Mercedes was a racing car its most recent successor carries this heritage forward. All four chassis used by the team during its Mercedes era sit in the squads workshop in Moorabbin Melbourne as well as nine of the M159 50 litre V8 engines.

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Mercedes v8 supercar.. Mercedes-Benz Australia has never been fully supportive of the original Erebus contract to run the E63 AMG in the V8 Supercars but senior communications manager David McCarthy has now backed the. The Supercars Championship is a touring car racing category in Australia running as an International Series under Fédération Internationale de lAutomobile FIA regulations. Mercedes-Benz is out of V8 Supercar racing not that it was ever really in it as a manufacturer.

By V8 Supercars For the first time in history two Mercedes-Benz and a Volvo have finished the fastest in a V8 Supercars session locking out the mainstays Fords and Holdens. Mercedes-Benz is killing it in Formula One and putting up a solid fight in DTM but it wont be represented any longer in Australias V8 Supercars series. Its front mid-engine concept with transaxle and the.

An international round is held in New Zealand while events. Thats right nestled under the swollen bonnet of the E63 S 4MATIC is a twin-turbo V8 punching out 612 horses at 5750 rpm and a massive 850 Nm 627 lbft of torque between 2500 and 4500 rpm. Apparently the decision to ditch the V8 was driven by Mercedes-Benz as part of growing efforts to reduce fleet CO2 emissions.

All Supercars events take place in all Australian states and the Northern Territory with the Australian Capital Territory formerly holding the Canberra 400. The E63s have not been seen in public since the end of the 2015 Supercars season after which Erebus abandoned the three-year AMG project and switched to Holdens. Many have posted on social media that they would rather the team left this Mercedes in its original state.

Lee Holdsworth and Will Davison scored Erebus Motorsports first 1-2 finish in any form of V8 Supercars racing in practice at the Castrol Townsville 500 - Driven by TAFE. Its 54-liter supercharged V8 churned out 617 horsepower to send the carbon. Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren packed the very first in-house developed engine hand-built by AMG.

It was a 332 cu. THE news that Erebus Motorsport has converted one of its Mercedes-Benz E63 AMG Supercar chassis into a ZB Commodore to be used as a ride car has got plenty of fans up and about in the last 24 hours. Developed and produced by McLaren the SLR was a racing-inspired supercar with Mercedes levels of luxury and refinement.

2015 4 Erebus Motorsport E63 AMG V8 Supercar Forza Motorsport 6 only 2015 9 Erebus Motorsport E63 AMG V8 Supercar 1 Description 2 Statistics 3 Gallery 4 References Add a photo to this gallery. Originally a Falcon built to Car of the Future regulations by Stone Brothers Racing it was tested by the team in 2012 prior to SBRs sale to Erebus for the following season. Mercedes AMG will be abandoning its long standing V8 in favour of an advanced four cylinder hybrid drivetrain for the upcoming third generation C63 when they go on sale in early 2022.

The announcement doesnt come from the. 55L Supercharged V8 that was rated at 617 hp 6500 rpm and 575 lb-ft 3250 rpm. However V8 Sleuth can confirm the team does retain a handful of other chassis it raced.

With the new Mercedes-AMG GT the Mercedes-AMG sports car brand is moving into a new top-class sports car segment for the company. Mercedes-Benz Australia never supported Klimenkos E 63s while she. The 2015 Mercedes-Benz E63 AMG V8 Supercar is a V8 supercar variant of the Mercedes-Benz E 63 AMG featured in Forza Motorsport 6 and Forza Motorsport 7.

More than likely the two Mercedes dealers or maybe it was only one that handled these transactions had the supercars in stock for quite some time and simply couldnt find a buyer. The GT is the second sports car developed entirely in-house by Mercedes-AMG. About Press Copyright Contact us Creators Advertise Developers Terms Privacy Policy Safety How YouTube works Test new features Press Copyright Contact us Creators.

It is featured in two livery variants. It was too early for DCTs to enter the show and so the SLR McLaren was equipped with an interesting 5-Speed manumatic transmission. 2015 Mercedes-AMG GT Affalterbach.

A four-door sedan is required and its understood Mercedes E-Class model will be used as the basis for the race car. There was also a fourth Mercedes-Benz E63 AMG Erebus V8 Supercar though it started its life as a Falcon V8 Supercar. In September 2012 Erebus Motorsport announced it was in the process of purchasing Stone Brothers Racing and would enter the 2013 International V8 Supercars Championship competing with three Mercedes-Benz E63 W212s entered under the categorys new Car of the Future regulationsThe sale was finalised in January 2013 with the team purchasing one Racing Entitlement Contract REC and leasing.

Wealthy Sydney-based team owner Betty Klimenko has confirmed that after three years of fielding Mercedes-Benz E 63s in the V8 Supercar Championship her Erebus Motorsport team is switching to Holden Commodore VFs this year. V8 Supercars car of the future that come in at the start of next year allows for more manufacturers but with much under the skins shared between cars to keep down costs.

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