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If you are planning to get an upgrade your snazzy Mercedes-Benz E63 AMG—perhaps a handsome new paint job or additional horsepower for more bragging rights—there’s only one name for the job: the AMG Performance Studio.

The AMG Performance Studio opened in Affalterbach, Germany way back in 2006 and since then, they have been upgrading the standing horsepower and torque figures by almost 32 ponies and 100 Nm of torque through the AMG Performance Package.

That’s not all, the package also includes a genuine AMG engine cover made of carbon fiber, lightweight alloy wheels for AMGs featuring a handsome 10-spoke concept design that comes a titanium grey tint, brake calipers in anodized silver or sheen red and tires that are designed to pimp up your Mercedes-Benz E63 AMG.

Other AMG Packages include the AMG Exterior Carbon Package, AMG Ride Control, Performance suspension, AMG Performance steering wheel, and AMG Exclusive Package for a beautiful upholstery made of nappa leather for that perfect AMG sports seats plus other interior upgrades like beltlines, armrests, center console, AMG floor mats and more. The topnotch AMG package is only offered in Germany and this includes the sliding glass sunroof, the Keyless-Go package, rear windows sunblind, and the Multicontour Seat package.

Now, there’s also the AMG Driver Package which restricts your E 63 AMG Estate to 280 km/h and your E 63 AMG Saloon to 300 km/h. Furthermore, this package also entitles you to a driver’s training course at their very own AMG Driving Academy.

It seems like forever since GM has made the news but right now, they are pulling themselves out of the hole that they were in last year.  In fact, in February, their sales were actually up by about 12%.  To continue in the trend, they are actually offering up 0% financing for 60 months on sales that happen during the month of March.

What this means is that there is a fantastic chance for you to get a brand new car from GM and not have to worry about the financing.  This is a sales strategy that I believe is going to certainly work in the benefit of the company.

Not only is it going to bring in more and more business, but it is going to allow people that need a new car to get one.

When you think about it – GM has not only had a tough, tough year but they have had a lot of ups and downs.  One good thing about GM right now is that Chris Liddell is in charge and although Chris Liddell does not have an automotive background, he definitely does know what he is doing … maybe.

One thing that I have noticed though and I am not the only one is that Chris Liddell is looking to run his own company.  Could he be on the track to become CEO of GM?  Doubtful in my mind but it might happen.

Right now, Chris Liddell is the CFO and he needs to succeed at that before he even attempts to become CEO of anything.

When you think about it … what have we been waiting for, forever now?  Well, we have been waiting for a plug-in car and that is exactly what Toyota is giving us!  Finally, they have announced that they are going to be releasing in 2011 the brand new Toyota Prius PHEV, PHEV means Plug-in Hybrid Vehicle.  This is a program that is going to start out as a lease but with success, I think that you will be able to buy these awesome cars.

Toyota will be building and deploying somewhere around six hundred examples of the Toyota Prius PHEV for testing which is mostly going to take place in Japan.  The Japanese market will get about 230 units and then about 150 will go to the states and finally, 200 will go over to Europe.

The Toyota Prius PHEV is honestly one car that I think I want to invest in.  Not only is it safe for the environment but it actually looks awesome!