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Originally Posted by V8 Fireworks
It would seem not. It's no secret that the likes of the Nurburgring 24 hour, DTM, IMSA GTD and so forth are full of unofficial manufacturer backed teams.
Anyhow, Mercedes have released the future of the performance car:
2023 Mercedes C63 S E-Performance
475hp 2.0L turbocharged four cylinder ICE
200hp hybrid system
675hp combined output
2115kg (+381kg from previous model)
https://www.pistonheads.com/news/AMG/C63/46224
Should Gen 3 have adopted this contemporary, market relevant direction?
The 6.0kWh battery is cooled by 15L of coolant for the battery cooling system -- some very impressive engineering!
I note Gen 3 has a provision for hybrid but they are not even using it yet, neither adopting market relevant 'downsize turbo' four cylinder engines yet either. |
Using hybrid is just adding cost and complexity and everyone is already screaming about costs when the engine is a stone age pushrod V8. I don't have any idea what the answer is but the blokes who forked out all the money for the keys to the door better start working on it and come up with a plan.