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.

AMG was founded in 1967 and worked alongside Mercedes-Benz for years developing racing engines and other performance upgrades. The company signed an agreement to develop vehicles for Mercedes-Benz in ...

Mercedes-Benz has given us some glorious V8 engines. Many of the modern ones featured powerplants from AMG. The company started in 1968 and rose to prominence after turning a W109 300SEL luxury sedan ...

There was an era, not long ago, when virtually all Mercedes' AMG performance models bore the "63 AMG" suffix after their names. In English, this alphanumeric title had an especially nice ring to it - ...