A shop called Kwiek Customs is quickly making a name for itself by giving modern classic Mercedes-Benz models the manual they deserve.

Kwiek Classics is putting AMG's M113 and M156 engines and manual transmissions in the brand's iconic sedans and roadsters of ...

Class variant of any sort, even though the automaker periodically threw a bone to fans of oil-flavored cars during the past couple of decades.The W126 S-Class was a big deal for Mercedes, giving ...

Diesel started outselling gas, and AMG had to react, just as Mercedes is now reacting to plug-in hybrids becoming more popular. Mercedes Already Had A Diesel To Work With ...

Built from 1972 to 1980, the W116 Mercedes-Benz S-Class redefined luxury and reliability. Today, they make excellent, practical classics.

10. Mercedes OM616/OM617: Diesel’s Gold Standard Considered the most reliable diesel engines ever made, the OM616 and OM617 power many W123 and W116 Mercedes -Benz models from the 1970s and ’80s.

You'll also see its larger sibling, the W116. Launched in 1972, it was the first Mercedes-Benz model to be officially called S-Class.

The W114 brought Mercedes' popular Mittelklass to the not-quite-middle class in the US, and this was the top model.

Mercedes-Benz's W116 platform is known for having rock-solid reliability, and this is largely thanks to the enduring OM617 turbodiesel engine platform.

While diesel engines aren't currently as popular in the US, the Mercedes-Benz OM606 was a powerhouse of its time. Here's what the engine could do.