ECU Tune Gives E63 AMG A Healthy Horsepower Bump

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ECU Tune Gives E63 AMG A Healthy Horsepower Bump  阅读原文»

Even with the current crop of high performance AMG variants, it seems inevitable that even owners of these cars will look for additional performance. Ever since Mercedes-Benz took AMG into its corporate wing, the company has shed its staid image, to the point that today, Mercedes AMG variants have a following as rabid as those of M-badged cars from BMW.

One owner who took the big risk of voiding his warranty has reported an outstanding result from an ECU tune. Unlike the early days of tuning engine control units, there are now a number of reliable vendors who have done the necessary R&D and real-world testing to produce tunes that actually improve on the factory's performance. In this case, the car in question is a 2012 E63 AMG. Recall that this car has the M157 5.5-liter twin turbo V8 that in the AMG package produces 550 horsepower. The owner of this car sent his ECU to Renntech to be reprogrammed, and independently-verified dyno results show that this car now has 607 horsepower. This is a huge increase in output, and all for the cost of an ECU tune.

But as we've said, not all vendors can claim such results or maintain driveability and reliability with their own ECU tunes. If you're considering such a step, do some research and ask around.

Mercedes-Benz Actros Cops Two More Design Awards  阅读原文»

The new Mercedes-Benz Actros just keeps adding to its collection of awards. Not content with a red dot design award, the flagship long-distance truck from the Mercedes-Benz just claimed two additional presitigious awards: the German Design Award 2013 for Transportation and Public Space as well as the Focus in Gold 2012 award in the category of Vehicles.

That makes it three design wins for the new Actros, which has been in production since the autumn of 2011.

The 2013 series of the German Design Award involved around 1,500 entries divided into ten categories, and the Actros topped everyone else in the Transportation and Public Space category. The entries were evaluated on the basis of design quality, brand value, functionality, level of innovation, ergonomics, and even environmental compatibility. The official awarding is set for February 2013 in Frankfurt.

The Focus in Gold 2012 award, on the other hand, came from the Design Center Stuttgart. The International Design Award involves 17 categories, and obviously the new Actros topped the Vehicles category. The award was conferred to Mercedes-Benz last October 12 in Ludwigsburg, where a 1:4 scale model of the truck will be displayed for a number of weeks.

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