MGP W02 to Grace Top Gear Festival

MGP W02 to Grace Top Gear Festival  阅读原文»

The Top Gear Festival that will be held in Durban, South Africa on June 16-17 is going to get some Formula One action as the car used by Mercedes AMG Petronas is set to take the road. The MGP W02, used in the 2011 Formula One season, will be demonstrating its capabilities in the event’s 2.4-kilometer street circuit.

Sam Bird, the winner of GP2 and also a test driver for the Silver Arrow’s F1 team, will be taking the wheels of the MGP W02. "I'm really looking forward to the Top Gear Festival and the opportunity to drive our Silver Arrow F1 car through the streets of Durban," Bird said. "Any event where the fans can really get close to the car and experience the noise and power for themselves is fantastic, and we're all excited about travelling to South Africa in June."

Aside from the MGP W02 making a run through the street circuit, there will also be some other great machines seeing action at other venues like the People’s Park and the Moses Mabhida Stadium. In addition, Top Gear’s the Stig will also be driving a couple of supercars to make for another attraction that will surely get fans’ hearts racing.

G65 AMG Won't Hit US Shores  阅读原文»

The high-performance Mercedes-Benz G65 AMG G-Wagen will not be accompanying the rest of its Mercedes-Benz G-Class brethren when they enter US territory later in 2012. That’s a bit of a disappointment for the many who want to see the powerhouse on American soil and for the few who could actually afford one.

Specs-wise, the G65 AMG is very much in the neighborhood of the highly-touted Lamborghini Urus super SUV, something the Italian automaker hopes to make into the most powerful production unit in its class. The G65 comes with a 6-liter twin-turbo V12―the same one on the S65 AMG―that allows the tweaked G-Class unit to provide a monstrous 612 horsepower and 738 lb.-ft. of torque.

The price point at which the AMG-tweaked variant is supposed to be at is a bit limiting, however, as its Euro price is going to put it at just a bit over the $500,000 threshold―and who’ll be willing to pay that much even for a powerful beast like the G65?

Don’t worry, though―the cheaper and still quite considerably powerful G63 AMG will be arriving in the US. At around $130,000, it should be more realistically priced. It comes with a 5.5L twin-turbo V8 engine good for 544 horsepower along with 560 lb.-ft. of torque.

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