Mercedes-AMG copped criticism when it removed the V8 heart from the C63, but this Austrian tuner has created a solution.

Vuk Manufaktur has spent two years making the C63 S that Mercedes-AMG should have built. The standard plug-in hybrid powertrain may have more power, but it cannot match the V8’s sound.

Finally, the latest-generation Mercedes-AMG C63 has a V8 engine instead of the depressing four-cylinder the German automaker gave it this time around. Except this big V8 isn't from Stuttgart or ...

The decision to drop the V8 engine from the Mercedes-AMG C63 for a four-cylinder plug-in hybrid has been met with criticism, with detractors believing the super sedan had moved away from its roots.

The company, which says it has spent two years developing and engineering the W206 AMG C63 E-Performance to work with an Affalterbach-derived V8, has built one so far for testing. Videos on ...