Searching the interwebs, looking for some good books about Mercedes-AMG history — know any good ones? Did you know AMG stands for Aufrecht, Melcher, and Großaspach?
Found these on Amazon. The Brooklands 2000–2006 portfolio was already here; the rest are history books and factory titles that still have live listings.
Mercedes AMG Ultimate Portfolio 2000-2006
E55 / C55 road tests
Mercedes AMG Gold Portfolio 1983-1999
Hammer, 190, early E55
AMG 45: The Story - The Cars
every series AMG through SLS
AMG: Reaching for the Stars
factory history to 2005
Mercedes-Benz: The AMG Cars
1993–2024, every official model
Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG
gullwing coffee-table
Mercedes-AMG GT: A Star is Born
SLS successor, factory book
Mercedes-Benz W124: The Complete Story
W124 including AMG
Mercedes-Benz W201 (190): The Complete Story
190E and DTM
Mercedes AMG Ultimate Portfolio 2000-2006 — The one that was already here: Brooklands reprints of period road tests covering C32/C55, CLK55, CLS55, E55, G55, ML55, S55/S65, SL55/SL65, SLK32/55, and the SLR McLaren.
Mercedes AMG Gold Portfolio 1983-1999 — The earlier Brooklands companion: 190 3.2, Hammer, C36/C43, E36/E50/E55/E60, SL60, S55, and CLK-GTR, from the independent-tuner years through the 1999 merger.
AMG 45: The Story - The Cars — Official 45th-anniversary hardcover: 117 series cars, specs, and archive photos from the first tuned saloons through the SLS, with Aufrecht and Melcher opening their files.
AMG: Reaching for the Stars — Factory-authorized 2006 history by Frank Mühling and Markus Bolsinger — Affalterbach, the race program, and the V8/V12 years right around the W211 E55.
Mercedes-Benz: The AMG Cars — Brian Long's year-by-year chronicle of official AMG production cars from 1993 through 2024, plus the Hammer, DTM, and the Mercedes partnership.
Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG — Delius Klasing factory book on AMG's first in-house sports car: coupe, roadster, GT3, and e-cell.
Mercedes-AMG GT: A Star is Born — The SLS follow-on as AMG's 911 fighter, with the heritage bits that lead up to the first GT.
Mercedes-Benz W124: The Complete Story — James Taylor's W124 history, including the specials and AMG cars that became the Hammer generation.
Mercedes-Benz W201 (190): The Complete Story — The 190 that AMG first turned into a customer car (190 3.2) and that Mercedes raced in DTM — Cosworth 16-valve context included.
Following on from the merger between AMG and DaimlerChrysler in 1999, the AMG engineers' touch showed up across the Mercedes-Benz range — C-Class through S-Class and SLK, plus ML and G-Class. Not left out: the SLR McLaren with its supercharged 5.5 litre quad-cam V8, fettled in Affalterbach. The 2000–2006 portfolio collects road and comparison tests, releases, and buying notes on C30/32/55, CLK430/55/GTR, CL55/65, CLS55, E55, G55, ML55, S55/65, SL55/65, SLK32/55, plus the SLR.
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