All-new V8 Engine For Upcoming SLK 55

Mercedes-Benz performance division AMG has developed a new, naturally aspirated, 5.5-litre V8 engine for which it is making some impressive fuel-efficiency claims, thanks to what it calls cylinder management. The system, a first for AMG, shuts down cylinders two, three, five and eight automatically under partial-load conditions, reducing overall fuel consumption by 30 percent, says AMG, while still providing big-inch V8 power and torque when needed, just a press of the loud pedal away. The new engine has been specially developed for the new SLK 55 AMG roadster, which will make its world debut at the Frankfurt motor show in September - making it the onl

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