Mercedes Could Give The X-Class Pickup A 450bhp V8

If hacking around in your lifestyle pickup under a mere four cylinders' worth of power just doesn't cut it for you, Mercedes could double your fun - but only if you ask for it
Mercedes Could Give The X-Class Pickup A 450bhp V8

Mercedes-Benz is preparing to drop a V8 into its X-Class pickup – but only if customers demand it.

The hilarious prospect of a European-sized luxury pickup with a twin-turbo V8 under the bonnet is apparently one green light away from reality. In turn, that means the essential engineering groundwork has already been done…

Mercedes Could Give The X-Class Pickup A 450bhp V8

Head of the X-Class’s engineering team, Frank Schumacher, has told Australia’s Drive that a V8 is perfectly possible. He’s quoted as saying:

“If customers want more power… we react to customers’ wishes.

“If there will be wishes after the launch of the vehicle that says we need to have V8 then probably we will put in a V8, but that’s always a response on customer request.

“We surely can make it happen, it’s just a question of what V8 you want to put in. You can [even] put the six-litre [V12] in, yeah, but so far there is no plan.”

Mercedes Could Give The X-Class Pickup A 450bhp V8

He stressed that high-performance trucks would typically be limited to the North American market, and that if customer demand really did get high enough to see it built, it wouldn’t use an AMG-spec version of any of its available V8s. Instead, a detuned version with just 450bhp or so would have to suffice. Ah well.

The X-Class, which right now only uses four-cylinder engines, will be given a V6 diesel in most markets towards the end of this year.

Source: Drive

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Comments

7heDuke

If there is demand for an AMG G-Wagon then surely there will be some for a mighty AMG X-Class

Can see the comparison videos incoming Raptor VS X-Class!

06/27/2018 - 13:39 |
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FLixy Madfox

In reply to by 7heDuke

The only problem is you can’t get the X class in the US of A because of the silly chicken tax

06/27/2018 - 13:54 |
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How much power does the raptor have??

06/27/2018 - 21:53 |
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Rubnr34

Hope the navara gets one too

06/27/2018 - 14:00 |
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TurboManual

inb4 AMG X63S

06/27/2018 - 14:18 |
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Jack the Car Guy

*should

06/27/2018 - 14:20 |
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Ahmad Fahrurrozi

Of course its MB thing, i’m waiting for the 6.0 v12 biturbo lol😂

06/27/2018 - 14:28 |
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Anonymous

Add a long travel , a roll bar and you’ve got a luxury prerunner from europe

06/27/2018 - 14:51 |
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Robert Gracie

I am wondering how long before it gets AMGed to have something like 600 to 900bhp….

06/27/2018 - 14:56 |
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/PETROLHEAD STORIES

Something like this?

06/27/2018 - 15:22 |
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Martin Burns

Hopefully they do an AMG with portal axles like the AMG G-Wagon 4x4^2

06/27/2018 - 15:25 |
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Andrew G.

Could we get it in the USA though?

06/27/2018 - 15:27 |
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Nope thank the us government chicken tax on imported pickups

06/28/2018 - 07:33 |
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