Photo: Voltage Design
As the S 63 AMG variant of the gorgeous Mercedes-Benz S-Class Coupe is already available for ordering, a brand new tuning company from Germany has jumped at the occasion to modify it, despite the fact that the car hasn't actually been touched by them as far as we know.
The tuning company in question is called Voltage-Design, and it has been apparently launched in... 2013, in the Bavarian city of Goldbach, near Aschaffenburg.
To our shame, this is the first time we heard about them, but their founder's name sounded a bit familiar so we looked him up. As it happens, Voltage-Design CEO Alexander Mantler is an ex-employer of Vaeth Automobiltechnik, which makes everything sound a lot more legit to us.
We did this small search on the company because the way that Voltage-Design has decided to bring attention to their tuning package for the S 63 AMG Coupe is by offering a number of images of the car which are obviously not real, but heavily photoshopped, as you can see for yourself in the adjacent image gallery.
Getting back to the tuning package, Voltage-Design apparently offers a power upgrade in two stages for the S 63 AMG Coupe, with the first one making the M157 engine develop 800 hp and a staggering 1150 Nm (848 lb ft) of torque, while the second one ups the horsepower to no less than 850.
That amount of power sounds more than fitting for the model, though the press release doesn't specify if the 4Matic variant can support it safely.
As those numbers could easily get you going at highly-illegal speeds, Voltage-Design also offers a performance braking system for the car, with carbon-ceramic discs that measure 420/40 mm in the front and 370/32 mm in the rear.
The exterior can get a carbon fiber bodykit which includes a new engine grille, front spoiler, front apron wings, a pair of air inlets on the engine hood, mirror caps, side skirts, tailgate spoiler and a rear diffuser.
The entire package can be also complemented by a carbon fiber hood, a set of 22-inch Vossen CVT wheels and a new coilover suspension that allows up to a 35 mm lower ground clearance. The poorly-translated and somewhat amusing press release and the photoshopped images aren't a very good signal about the project, but hopefully everything is true because it sounds pretty cool.
To our shame, this is the first time we heard about them, but their founder's name sounded a bit familiar so we looked him up. As it happens, Voltage-Design CEO Alexander Mantler is an ex-employer of Vaeth Automobiltechnik, which makes everything sound a lot more legit to us.
We did this small search on the company because the way that Voltage-Design has decided to bring attention to their tuning package for the S 63 AMG Coupe is by offering a number of images of the car which are obviously not real, but heavily photoshopped, as you can see for yourself in the adjacent image gallery.
Getting back to the tuning package, Voltage-Design apparently offers a power upgrade in two stages for the S 63 AMG Coupe, with the first one making the M157 engine develop 800 hp and a staggering 1150 Nm (848 lb ft) of torque, while the second one ups the horsepower to no less than 850.
That amount of power sounds more than fitting for the model, though the press release doesn't specify if the 4Matic variant can support it safely.
As those numbers could easily get you going at highly-illegal speeds, Voltage-Design also offers a performance braking system for the car, with carbon-ceramic discs that measure 420/40 mm in the front and 370/32 mm in the rear.
The exterior can get a carbon fiber bodykit which includes a new engine grille, front spoiler, front apron wings, a pair of air inlets on the engine hood, mirror caps, side skirts, tailgate spoiler and a rear diffuser.
The entire package can be also complemented by a carbon fiber hood, a set of 22-inch Vossen CVT wheels and a new coilover suspension that allows up to a 35 mm lower ground clearance. The poorly-translated and somewhat amusing press release and the photoshopped images aren't a very good signal about the project, but hopefully everything is true because it sounds pretty cool.
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