Is Mercedes trademarking the '73' name for a new AMG?

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"Fast forward to 2021, Mercedes is dusting off the fabled ""73"" name for a new family of high-performance AMGs. The three-pointed star took the legal measure to secure the moniker back in February 2018 when it trademarked a number of ""73"" models, at least one of which will debut on a production car in the following months."

The short-lived SL 73 AMG came out in 1999 and it lived up to its name by offering a 7.3-liter engine. The V12 roadster of the R129 series was the most powerful product from Affalterbach at its launch, offering a massive 518 horsepower (386 kilowatts) and 553 pound-feet (750 Newton-meters) of torque.

The 73 badge is set to return to the SL, but it won't be anything like this vintage sledgehammer. Mercedes-Benz's V-12 engine isn't dead yet despite regulatory predation and increasingly power-dense V-8 engines painting a bleak future.

Those 70-badged models were conversions handled by AMG, but fundamentally all started life as SL600s that customers then paid AMG crazy money to boost.

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V12 AMG Mercedes SL 600 R129 Review & TestDrive - JMSpeedshop ! The AMG Mercedes SL 600 R129 is a very special car and very rare. only 150 cars where produced with the of the SL600 AMG . this incl what is most important on the is version is the cylinderhead modifications that also are bringing more power to the engine.

"Thus was born the SL70 conversion by AMG. AMG's twisted math goes like this: Take one 6.0-liter V-12 from a car named SL600, bore it out for another liter of displacement to achieve 7.0 liters total, then rename it SL70. Never mind that ""70"" is a smaller number than ""600""—the seven part is bigger than the six part, etc."

Yet another contrast: The SL600 trumps the SL55 AMG, even though the AMG edition weighs in a tad lighter (4411 pounds), packs the same horsepower (493), and is the designated SL family hot rod. But in our November '02 test, the SL55 managed only— only! —4.5 seconds to 60, and cruised through the quarter in 13.0 seconds at 110 mph.

From a standing start, the Mercedes SL 600 can hurl its 4501-pound bulk to 60 mph in 3.6 seconds. Does that sound like a very brief interval? Clue: yes. Allow us to illustrate.The Porsche 911 GT2 we tested in March 2002—456 horsepower, 457 pound-feet of torque—required 3.8 seconds to achieve mile-a-minute velocity.

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Those 70-badged models were conversions handled by AMG, but fundamentally all started life as SL600s that customers then paid AMG crazy money to boost.

The short-lived SL 73 AMG came out in 1999 and it lived up to its name by offering a 7.3-liter engine. The V12 roadster of the R129 series was the most powerful product from Affalterbach at its launch, offering a massive 518 horsepower (386 kilowatts) and 553 pound-feet (750 Newton-meters) of torque.

The SL73 combines the timeless lines of Bruno Sacco's R129 SL with a huge, crazy powerful V-12 engine in a hedonistic exercise seemingly perfect for speeding toward Y2K and the dot-com bubble. It was an exclusive experience.

"Fast forward to 2021, Mercedes is dusting off the fabled ""73"" name for a new family of high-performance AMGs. The three-pointed star took the legal measure to secure the moniker back in February 2018 when it trademarked a number of ""73"" models, at least one of which will debut on a production car in the following months."

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"The V12 roadster of the R129 series was the most powerful product from Affalterbach at its launch, offering a massive 518 horsepower (386 kilowatts) and 553 pound-feet (750 Newton-meters) of torque. Fast forward to 2021, Mercedes is dusting off the fabled ""73"" name for a new family of high-performance AMGs."

As you might have surmised, the more muscular SL73 came with a 7.3-liter version of the M120 V-12 engine that produced 525 hp. What more could you want? The SL73 combines the timeless lines of Bruno Sacco's R129 SL with a huge, crazy powerful V-12 engine in a hedonistic exercise seemingly perfect for speeding toward Y2K and the dot-com bubble.

"Nope—the outgoing SL65 and G65 SUV marked the end of the line for V-12s within AMG's lineup, and while there's no way we'll ever see a naturally aspirated, big-displacement V-12 like the SL73's again, we can look forward to another ludicrously powerful ""73"" from Benz's three-letter performance arm: the upcoming electrified eight-cylinder SL73e."

"Thus was born the SL70 conversion by AMG. AMG's twisted math goes like this: Take one 6.0-liter V-12 from a car named SL600, bore it out for another liter of displacement to achieve 7.0 liters total, then rename it SL70. Never mind that ""70"" is a smaller number than ""600""—the seven part is bigger than the six part, etc."

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Daimler, Mercedes' parent, filed for all of these trademarks in Germany on September 24, 2017, and the country's patent and trademark office published them on December 8, 2017. Auto Guide initially discovered the registrations when the automaker submitted paperwork for most of these names in Canada on January 22, 2018.

"The three-pointed star took the legal measure to secure the moniker back in February 2018 when it trademarked a number of ""73"" models, at least one of which will debut on a production car in the following months. Autocar claims to be in the know regarding the oily (and electric) bits of the new-era ""73"" cars."

"Gaining an ""e"" at the end, the 73e models will all share a twin-turbo 4.0-litre V8 engine with an electric motor believed to be largely borrowed from the zero-emissions Mercedes EQC crossover and EQV van. The e-motor will reportedly be good for as much as 201 bhp (150 kW) and an instant torque of 268 lb-ft (363 Nm)."

The short-lived SL 73 AMG came out in 1999 and it lived up to its name by offering a 7.3-liter engine. The V12 roadster of the R129 series was the most powerful product from Affalterbach at its launch, offering a massive 518 horsepower (386 kilowatts) and 553 pound-feet (750 Newton-meters) of torque.