Discover the history behind Mercedes' M 256 engine, now the most powerful straight-six on the road. How did they do it?

Remember when Aston Martin used to offer a straight-six? The year was 1999 when the DB7 V12 Vantage doubled the number of cylinders, and just like that, the 3.2-liter supercharged engine was history.

As you might have heard from Matt Becker on the sidelines of the 2018 Geneva Motor Show, the chief engineer of Aston Martin is a big fan of the inline-six Mercedes-AMG shoehorns in the engine bay of ...

Mercedes calls their Mild Hybrid technology "EQ Boost", but don't let the term 'mild' fool you — this hybrid system is built to perform. One of its applications is the Mercedes-Benz M256 powerplant: a ...

Mercedes-Benz built the world’s first petrol-powered car in 1886, and since then, the brand has become synonymous with luxury and performance. The automaker has always been ambitious, as indicated by ...

Mercedes will launch a new AMG designation in its redesigned CLS going on sale next year. The new Mercedes-AMG CLS53 is expected to be the first in a new line of AMG 53 models. It likely will be ...

This engine changes everything. Yes, as a certified (certifiable?) car guy, I'm digging the fact that Mercedes has dumped the fine but unlovable V-6 in favor of the layout that served them so well for ...

Mercedes’s in-house tuning division, AMG, will reportedly downsize the engine under the E63’s hood in order to make it more fuel efficient and, more importantly, more powerful. That will mean, sadly, ...

Obsessed with cars from a young age, Jarryd nurtured his love for all things motoring by paging through automotive magazines before he could even read. While his friends were obsessed with supercars ...

There's something wonderfully calming about driving the 2021 Mercedes-Benz E 450 4Matic sedan. The world outside might be going to hell in a handbasket, but here, in the cabin of the car that in many ...

The Mercedes-AMG tie up has resulted in some insanely fast cars meant for the track and some meant for the street with many of the AMG models pulling duty both places. Automotive News reports that ...