600bhp Mercedes-AMG C-Class Black Series under consideration

A new Mercedes-AMG Mercedes-Benz C-Class Black Series coupé is under consideration, according to AMG boss Tobias Moers. 

Given that the previous-generation C63 Black Series was so well received, the introduction of a new one seems like a logical step. While the previous one (pictured below) used a naturally aspirated 6.2-litre V8, a new model would likely adopt the twin-turbo 4.0-litre V8, found in the new AMG E 63 (pictured above) and the AMG GT R model. Given that the unit develops 603bhp and 577bhp respectively in those models, a power output of at least 600bhp is expected. 

No Black Series AMGs are currently on sale, but alongside a new C63 Black Series, a GT Black Series could also be on the cards in the future. 

Moers told Autocar earlier in the year that a super-hot GT Black Series model (imagined by Autocar in the image below) would be launched as a run-out model late in the GT’s production life cycle.

At the time, he said: "It won’t be here soon, because Black Series cars tend to come towards the end of a car’s production cycle, but an AMG GT Black is a car we must do." 

Talking today at the LA motor show, he said a GT Black Series was still being considered, admitting that it was hard to know how to improve on the hot GT R.