Mercedes-Benz

==Tuners==
Several companies, including [[Brabus]], [[Renntech]] and [[Carlsson (car company)|Carlsson]], have become [[car tuner]]s (or modifiers) of Mercedes Benz models, in order to increase performance and/or luxury of a given model.
[[Mercedes-AMG|AMG]] is Mercedes-Benz's in-house performance-tuning division, specialising in high-performance versions of most Mercedes-Benz cars. AMG engines are all hand-built,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mercedes-benz.ie/content/ireland/mpc/mpc_ireland_website/enng/home_mpc/passengercars/home/new_cars/AMG_.html |title=Mercedes-Benz Ireland – New cars – AMG |publisher=Mercedes-benz.ie |access-date=26 September 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100729180548/http://www.mercedes-benz.ie/content/ireland/mpc/mpc_ireland_website/enng/home_mpc/passengercars/home/new_cars/AMG_.html |archive-date=29 July 2010 }}</ref> and each completed engine receives a tag with the signature of the engineer who built it. AMG has been wholly owned by Mercedes-Benz since 1999.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.pistonheads.com/doc.asp?c=103&i=5667 |title=History of AMG |publisher=Pistonheads.com |date=18 October 2002 |access-date=26 September 2010 |archive-date=16 July 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100716012316/http://www.pistonheads.com/doc.asp?c=103&i=5667 |url-status=live }}</ref>  The 2009 [[Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG|SLS AMG]], a revival of the 300SL Gullwing, is the first car to be entirely developed by AMG.