Mercedes-AMG spent 59 years building sports cars and high-performance variants of existing models. Now the company has built its first full-size SUV completely in-house, from the ground up, in Affalterbach. The 2028 Mercedes-AMG GT SUV arrives as the second vehicle on the new AMG.EA high-performance architecture, following the GT 4-Door Coupe. Three versions go on sale: the GT 53, GT 55, and range-topping GT 63. U.S. customers will see the first ones at dealerships in summer 2027.
Mars, also known as Maria, lives full-time in Betty, a 2021 Mercedes-Benz Sprinter 170-inch 4×4 she built herself after leaving Crete. She wanted the interior to recall the stone-and-plaster houses of her home island, so she coated the walls and ceiling in Roman clay. The finish stays slightly uneven and tactile on purpose. Black laminate cabinets, wood-look vinyl plank floors, and a painted faux-stone backsplash complete the look. She mixed drywall putty into the plastic panels’ joints so the “stone” would feel built rather than stuck on.
Kugel Werks in Los Angeles has transformed the exquisite silhouette of a 1960s Mercedes-Benz W111 coupe into a completely modern vehicle. The finished car retains the long hood, vertical grille, slender pillars, and sweeping roof that marked Paul Bracq’s original design, but almost everything beneath and behind those lines is from a contemporary high-performance Mercedes.
Mercedes has just rolled out an updated Marco Polo camper van, the latest version of its long-running V-Class conversion that blends daily driving with proper overnight stays. Orders open across Europe on August 5, and the changes center on giving people more usable space when the roof is up, simpler setup for camping gear, and tighter control over the living area from the cabin or a phone.
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Mercedes-AMG continues its push into electrification across more of the lineup, yet one recent digital creation from outside company walls has stirred real conversation among those who still want a flagship model centered on an internal combustion engine. The Dark Star concept exists only as pixels, but its proportions and mechanical signals make a strong case for what a pure hypercar could deliver if the brand chose to keep fire at the core.