Despite the increasingly strict emissions regulations, Mercedes pledged last week to keep the V-8s in its wallet. Even the S ‘Mighty V-12 will continue in some markets. The eight cylinder engine has been modified to meet the next Euro 7 standard, so its future is safe. In conjunction, AMG has the “next generation of V-8” in the next generation of V-8 on the road. A new report claims that the engine is not only for future models but also for the current C63.
It is claimed that the new V-8, which can display the offer later this year at Cle63, comes to the best dog in the Class C assortment early in 2026, according to the British magazine Autocar. We have contacted AMG to confirm, and the Catrin Dunz-Ludwig Communication Specialist was just ready to confirm the presence of a new V-8:
“We can confirm that AMG is developing a new V-8 engine. However, we ask your understanding that we are not commenting on a detailed display plan.”
Meanwhile, a high -performance sedan appears to be due to the update next year, which will include dropping the four -cylinder engine. The new movement transfer group is said to be linked to the current Twin-Turbo, 4.0-liter mill but with a flat column, the AMG Black series will remember. It is claimed that the eight -cylinder cylinder unit has a light technique of Hijri, and thus the complex hybrid setting can be dropped currently by C63. It will represent a turn of 180 degrees compared to what Michael Shabi, CEO of AMG, said in late 2023:
“We want to be very advanced when it comes to technology. We are convinced of the concept of hybridization, and there we will stay with the four cylinders.”
At the beginning of this year, Affalterbach president admitted that AMG lost some customers after half of the number of cylinders in C63. Great discounts in Germany suggested that the car does not sell all this well. Whether the V-8 fits under the cover of the car that has never been designed to accommodate eight cylinders, it may be the case. The Austrian MANUFAKTUR Austrians recently completed converting the V-8 after two years of work. The rumored flat hyposped column also allows the design of a more comparative facility.
After Cle63 and C63, other models are expected to get a V-8 treatment. It is not clear whether GLC63 will be one of them by giving up the 2.0 -liter electrical unit. This can happen because it mainly version of the SUV from the C63. It is said that the future AMGS with the eight-cylinder transmission group pumps fake motor sounds through loudspeakers to imitate the older V-8S necrosis. Do this would represent an attempt to compensate for the high noise of the new engine due to the flat -plane Kruk planning.
We imagine that it is not cheap to re-engineer a car during its life cycle to fit the V-8 it was not supposed to get. However, Mercedes and AMG must do mathematics, in the hope that buyers will return as soon as the C63 has the right number of cylinders under the hood. If the radical change is planned, this may only mean that sales have been terrible so far.
Returning to V-8 offers will appear that horse power and torque numbers are not everything. The new C63 may be more powerful on paper, but does not match the excitement of its predecessor. Buyers who shop in this part want a powerful car instead of a small microscopic gas engine, even if it is “very progressive”.