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There’s no denying that even straight off the showroom floor, the new-for-2012 Mercedes-Benz CLS—the automaker’s supremely stylish “four-door coupe”—is a prodigious performer. The 402 hp CLS550 will sprint to 60 mph in a spirited 5.1 seconds, and the beastly CLS63 AMG, with its 518 hp twin-turbo V-8, will make the ...

Mercedes-Benz’s AMG division is infamous for its snarling hot rods infused with track-focused fierceness, but that didn’t stop the two-wheeled world from scratching its collective head when the three-pointed star forged a marketing partnership with Ducati. The first material evidence of that unexpected collaboration is the Ducati Diavel AMG Special ...

In its ongoing quest to keep pace with BMW’s famously quick “M” cars and Audi’s high-performance “S” and “RS” models, Mercedes-Benz has—via its in-house speed shop, AMG—taken the sledgehammer approach: Add power, power, and more power. And the entry-luxury C-Class range has seen its share of AMG-engineered overachievers, including the ...

In its ongoing quest to keep pace with BMW’s famously quick “M” cars and Audi’s high-performance “S” and “RS” models, Mercedes-Benz has—via its in-house speed shop, AMG—taken the sledgehammer approach: Add power, power, and more power. And the entry-luxury C-Class range has seen its share of AMG-engineered overachievers, including the ...