While just about everything Mercedes Benz makes gets a hotter AMG version, that might be coming to a close as Mercedes Benz looks to eliminate up to 75 percent of their AMG line up in order to meet rising fleet emission standards according to reports.
European standards and some states require an average CO2 emission across the range of their vehicles while the AMG models with their focus on large high output engines drag down Mercedes Benz average.
The AMG lines are some of the highest margin cars that Mercedes Benz makes, which has driven the German make to offer an AMG version of models across the line.
In order to bring the line down to an average 100g/km carbon emissions from its 138g/km that is currently the average most of their big output engines will have to go away.
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One of the ways that Mercedes Benz and other manufacturers have addressed their emissions standards is through electric cars. Currently electric vehicle sales account for only 2% of the new car market but every major manufacturer has a set of electric cars on their slate, largely to help meet mandatory CO2 requirements.
One of the signs that the German automaker is making an adjustment to meet stringent emissions standards is the scheduling shift of their EQC electric model.
Originally it was meant for an introduction in the United States for 2020 but it’s been pushed back to 2021 in order to introduce it earlier in the European market where the standards are high.
With the writing not on the wall yet for the venerable AMG badge, industry followers believe that, the big power associated with AMG might come from different sources. There are future AMG models like the 2022 C63 AMG that will get its power from a combination of a four cylinder 2.0 liter with a hybrid assist.
