Who built your AMG engine
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Just thought I'd start a thread about who built/assembled the engine in your car. Not sure if it's been done before but here goes, if you have any further info about the technician it would be useful. This thread may appeal more to the 'anorak' AMG owner.
Following a thread elsewhere on Pistonheads and a bit of investigation I've found out that there are only about half a dozen technicians who assemble V 12's at the AMG Plant.
Mine was built by Uwe Grober who also assembled engines for the SLR's.
Following a thread elsewhere on Pistonheads and a bit of investigation I've found out that there are only about half a dozen technicians who assemble V 12's at the AMG Plant.
Mine was built by Uwe Grober who also assembled engines for the SLR's.
Watching an old Top Gear tonight with the CLS55 and they were saying that the AMG factory built 18000 engines a year and there was no way they were built by hand by one person as Mercedes claimed and only automation could achieve that sort of build volume.
That was a few years ago so they are probably building more now.
Don't shoot the messenger
That was a few years ago so they are probably building more now.
Don't shoot the messenger
There has been plenty of evidence over the years to prove the "one man, one engine" philosophy. Engine production is split over three different plants for starters, with Affalterbach alone home to more than 1000 employees.
https://gearpatrol.com/2016/11/08/mercedes-amg-fac...
https://www.thenational.ae/lifestyle/motoring/the-...
https://www.carlist.my/news/50-years-amg-oliver-we...
https://gearpatrol.com/2016/11/08/mercedes-amg-fac...
https://www.thenational.ae/lifestyle/motoring/the-...
https://www.carlist.my/news/50-years-amg-oliver-we...
Rat_Fink_67 said:
There has been plenty of evidence over the years to prove the "one man, one engine" philosophy. Engine production is split over three different plants for starters, with Affalterbach alone home to more than 1000 employees.
https://gearpatrol.com/2016/11/08/mercedes-amg-fac...
https://www.thenational.ae/lifestyle/motoring/the-...
https://www.carlist.my/news/50-years-amg-oliver-we...
Thanks for those links, must be the anorak in me.https://gearpatrol.com/2016/11/08/mercedes-amg-fac...
https://www.thenational.ae/lifestyle/motoring/the-...
https://www.carlist.my/news/50-years-amg-oliver-we...
Great video - but I've got to ask - what is the benefit of the engines being individually hand assembled?
I can't actually see it, apart from some pub bragging cachet.
(Also - I've never watched the engine of, say, a normal Audi engine being built - that looked to have a lot of automated processes (the big end bolt maching being a good example) - how much more handbuilt is that AMG engine compared with the Audi engine?)
There is no way that a human is going to be assembling them any better than a robot, in fact I'd argue that a 100% robot assembled motor would be more desirable - every one of them will be 100% perfect. it won't get tired, it won't feel under the weather, it won't fumble parts, it won't have a hangover.
I can't actually see it, apart from some pub bragging cachet.
(Also - I've never watched the engine of, say, a normal Audi engine being built - that looked to have a lot of automated processes (the big end bolt maching being a good example) - how much more handbuilt is that AMG engine compared with the Audi engine?)
There is no way that a human is going to be assembling them any better than a robot, in fact I'd argue that a 100% robot assembled motor would be more desirable - every one of them will be 100% perfect. it won't get tired, it won't feel under the weather, it won't fumble parts, it won't have a hangover.
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