Autocar July 20, 2022

WHAT GOES UP must come down. Except fuel pump prices. Petrol wholesale prices have fallen around 5p over the past month but that has not been passed on to consumers, leading to accusations of profiteering by fuel retailers from everyone from the AA to US president Joe Biden. The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority has called the growing gap between wholesale and retail prices “a cause for concern” and promised action will be taken if wrongdoing is found. Even if that drop does get passed on, petrol prices will remain sky-high. Fuelling cars and vans remains essential, not optional, for so many of us – emergency service drivers, tradespeople and those living in rural areas among them. Public transport just isn’t an option for everyone, either. And whatever the long-term goal for electric…

WHAT GOES UP must come down. Except fuel pump prices. Petrol wholesale prices have fallen around 5p over the past month but that has not been passed on to consumers, leading to accusations of profiteering by fuel retailers from everyone from the AA to US president Joe Biden. The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority has called the growing gap between wholesale and retail prices “a cause for concern” and promised action will be taken if wrongdoing is found. Even if that drop does get passed on, petrol prices will remain sky-high. Fuelling cars and vans remains essential, not optional, for so many of us – emergency service drivers, tradespeople and those living in rural areas among them. Public transport just isn’t an option for everyone, either. And whatever the long-term…

“Active aerodynamics have played a central role in the development of the new GT” Mercedes-Benz’s AMG performance division will launch the secondgeneration GT in 2023, heavily redesigning and re-engineering the two-door flagship to take on the Porsche 911. The new model, known under the internal codename C192, has been twinned with the recently introduced seventh-generation SL. However, it will be produced exclusively in coupé form, leaving the open-top duties to its SL sibling, which now also wears an AMG, rather than a Benz, badge because the performance division took over the engineering programmes for the sporting duo. Stylistically, the new GT takes on an evolutionary appearance, with familiar long-bonnet and short-tail proportions. As with the firstgeneration model, introduced in 2015, it receives a large liftback-style tailgate. Active aerodynamics have played a central role in…

“Active aerodynamics have played a central role in the development of the new GT” Mercedes-Benz’s AMG performance division will launch the secondgeneration GT in 2023, heavily redesigning and re-engineering the two-door flagship to take on the Porsche 911. The new model, known under the internal codename C192, has been twinned with the recently introduced seventh-generation SL. However, it will be produced exclusively in coupé form, leaving the open-top duties to its SL sibling, which now also wears an AMG, rather than a Benz, badge because the performance division took over the engineering programmes for the sporting duo. Stylistically, the new GT takes on an evolutionary appearance, with familiar long-bonnet and short-tail proportions. As with the firstgeneration model, introduced in 2015, it receives a large liftback-style tailgate. Active aerodynamics have played…

As AMG’s C63 and E63 supersaloons – and their closely related SUV counterparts – gear up to swap their roaring V8s for electrified 2.0-litre four-pots in their next iterations and the firm’s One halo hypercar heads to production with a Formula 1-derived hybrid V6, it is clear that the days of Affalterbachfettled eight-cylinder engines are numbered. The firm’s current 4.0-litre V8 is still used in the GT 4-Door Coupé, the SL roadster and AMG-badged versions of the G-Class and GLS SUVs – but the next GT and an upcoming hybrid range-topper for the S-Class, both due in 2023, look set to be among the last new cars to use the engine. So nearly four decades since the launch of the division’s first official roadgoing creation, here are some of its loudest and…

As AMG’s C63 and E63 supersaloons – and their closely related SUV counterparts – gear up to swap their roaring V8s for electrified 2.0-litre four-pots in their next iterations and the firm’s One halo hypercar heads to production with a Formula 1-derived hybrid V6, it is clear that the days of Affalterbachfettled eight-cylinder engines are numbered. The firm’s current 4.0-litre V8 is still used in the GT 4-Door Coupé, the SL roadster and AMG-badged versions of the G-Class and GLS SUVs – but the next GT and an upcoming hybrid range-topper for the S-Class, both due in 2023, look set to be among the last new cars to use the engine. So nearly four decades since the launch of the division’s first official roadgoing creation, here are some of its…