On this episode of The Downshift, Motor Trends Senior Features Editor Jonny Lieberman goes to Affalterbach, the home of AMG, to build his own twin-turbo V8 by hand; as all AMG engines are.

From the very start, everyone and their dog knew that sticking a plug-in hybrid turbo inline-four engine in the C 63 was a terribly bad idea. Affalterbach and Stuttgart had to learn the hard way that ...

Mercedes-AMG is set to unveil a spiritual successor to the legendary V8-powered C63 model, performing an extraordinary backflip with one of its most popular cars.

The German brand won the hearts of muscle car fans around the world in 2007, when it put its largest engine in its smallest sedan. The original Mercedes-Benz C63 AMG was powered by a thunderous ...