RENNTECH TURNS 20 | PART 1

AMG Hammer, c. 1989

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RENNTECH E63 AMG, c. 2009

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Welcome to 2009, everyone! I've been on vacation this past week, so this is the first official RENNTECH blog post of 2009.

We had a very successful 2008, winning the Mercedes-Benz GLK tuner build-off at SEMA, introducing a new website in July, welcoming new dealers to the fold, and more! All the same, 2009 is going to be EVEN BETTER ...

2009 marks RENNTECH's 20th year in business - and we'll be hosting a few events and launching a few new models in the coming months to celebrate the last 20 years, and also to take a look back at some of the projects that have established RENNTECH as the world's premier Mercedes-Benz performance tuner.

Thank you for visiting our site and - from everyone at RENNTECH - have a happy new year!

HAMMERTIME: AUTOFIENDS

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--- from Autofiends, CLICK HERE for the original article.

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With Hartmut/RENNTECH's close ties to AMG and the role he plays in the American chapter of AMG lore, I thought this 'Fiends article might be very appropriate on the RENNTECH news blog.

For those not "in the know", AMG's Hammer was a run-of-the-mill 300E with a 5.6-liter 4 valve V8 under its hood. This combination could achieve 60 mph in a tick over 5 seconds, run the quarter-mile in 13.5 seconds on its way to a terminal velocity of 186 mph - faster than the contemporary Porsche 928, Aston Vantage, Ferrari Testarossa, and Lambo Countach ... and AMG's Hammer started every time.