What Is the Fastest Mercedes-Benz Car?

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Mercedes-Benz is one of the world’s most respected automotive brands, offering some of the fastest and best-handling vehicles on paved roads and peerless luxury accouterments.

As such, driving nearly any new Mercedes-Benz around Darlington gives you the performance and precision modern luxury drivers demand. If you truly have a need for speed and would rather spend your free time on the racetrack, you’ll want to get behind the wheel of the fastest Mercedes-Benz cars ever made.

Find out more about the fastest Mercedes-Benz roadster with our guide.

Get to Know the Fastest Mercedes-Benz Available

In decades of automotive engineering, Mercedes-Benz has produced many fast cars. But among street-legal vehicles, none come close to the audacity of the Mercedes-AMG® lineup.

The Mercedes-Benz fastest car is the Mercedes-AMG® ONE, which is a Formula 1 car made for the road, and it can accelerate from 0-60 mph in nearly 2.9 seconds. The top speed is a whopping 219 mph. Yes, we highly recommend you take this roadster to the racetrack.

What makes this the fastest Mercedes-Benz ever made? It literally has a Formula 1 racing engine under the hood. It is just 1.6L and has six cylinders (most V6 cars have twice the displacement). It gets 566 hp and can top out at 11,000 RPMs. But that’s not all. It has four electric motors to help things along. And, yes — this car is technically street-legal!

What Are the Top Five Mercedes-Benz Fastest Cars?

It can be tough to narrow down the Mercedes-Benz fastest car because the automaker has been involved in racing since the 1940s. With that in mind, any Mercedes-Benz has the potential to be speedy, and there are a few that have stood out over the years.

Look at five of the fastest 0-60 mph Mercedes-Benz vehicles, in no particular order:

  1. Mercedes-AMG® ONE
  2. Mercedes-Benz SLR Stirling Moss
  3. Mercedes-Benz CLK GTR
  4. Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren 722
  5. Mercedes-AMG® SL 65 Black Series

What Is the Fastest 2024 Mercedes-AMG® Model?

For drivers wondering which class of Mercedes-Benz is the fastest, across the board it’s the Mercedes-AMG® class. Which Mercedes-Benz has the most horsepower? The Mercedes-AMG® E 63 S Sedan can hit 791 horsepower with a mind-blowing 1,055 lb-ft of torque that leads to an acceleration rate of 0-60 mph in just 3.2 seconds! That makes the car the fastest 2024 Mercedes-AMG®, and the fastest in the Mercedes-Benz lineup. See how its closest Mercedes-AMG® competitors land on the list of the fastest 2024 Mercedes-AMG®

  Horsepower      Max Torque     0-60 Time 
Mercedes-AMG® S 63 E Sedan 791 hp 1,055 lb-ft 3.2 seconds
Mercedes-AMG® C 63 S E Coupe 671 hp 752 lb-ft 3.3 seconds
Mercedes-AMG® SL 63 Roadster 577 hp 590 lb-ft 3.5 seconds
Mercedes-AMG® GLE 63 S 4MATIC®+ SUV  603 hp 627 lb-ft 3.7 seconds
Mercedes-AMG® CLA 45 Coupe 416 hp 369 lb-ft 4.0 seconds

 

What Is the Fastest 2023 Mercedes-AMG® Model?

The fastest Mercedes-Benz cars all come from the vaunted Mercedes-AMG® lineup and feature powerful engine options and a quick 0-60 mph time. These vehicles are designed to achieve extraordinary speeds and provide some excitement to your Sumter adventures. With that in mind, here are the fastest Mercedes-AMG® vehicles in terms of 0-60 mph times.

  Horsepower      Max Torque     0-60 Time 
Mercedes-AMG® E 63 S Sedan 603 hp 627 lb-ft 3.0 seconds
Mercedes-AMG® SL 63 Roadster 577 hp 590 lb-ft 3.1 seconds
Mercedes-AMG® GLE 63 S 4MATIC®+ SUV  603 hp 627 lb-ft 3.4 seconds
Mercedes-AMG® C 63 S Coupe 503 hp 516 lb-ft 3.8 seconds
Mercedes-AMG® CLA 45 Coupe 382 hp 354 lb-ft 3.9 seconds

What Is Mercedes-AMG®?

Mercedes-AMG® is the high-performance division of Mercedes-Benz. Some of the most powerful cars in the world are designed and manufactured by Mercedes-AMG®.

When you choose a Mercedes-AMG® model for your Marion travels, you’re investing in a luxury and motorsports-inspired new vehicle. Each model is equipped with exclusive AMG® performance parts to deliver exceptionally smooth handling, sharp turn ratios, and pulse-pounding speed. The result? Nothing less than the fastest Mercedes-Benz cars on the planet.

Test Drive a Mercedes-AMG® Vehicle in Florence!

Whether you’re looking for the all-time fastest Mercedes-Benz ever made or the newest and fastest Mercedes-AMG® model, we validate your need for speed. Contact Mercedes-Benz of Florence or call (854) 400-3208 to schedule a test drive with our team. We’re happy to help you pick out your next luxury vehicle!

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