Video: 585-hp Mercedes-Benz V-Class at the Nürburgring

GAD Motors

The creator of this crazy device is the German company GAD motors. They put a 4.0-liter AMG V8 from the AMG GT R into a Mercedes-Benz V-Class. “Why in a V-Class?” we hear you think. We have no idea either, probably “because we can. The V8 that GAD Motors has put in the van is good for 585 hp and 750 Nm. The sound of the souped-up Vito is subdued – just like an AMG GT R, in other words. The exterior is also best described as understated.

Nürburgring Nordschleife

In the video below, we see the V-Class making its first test kilometers on the well-known Nurburgring Nordschleife. It doesn’t look very natural, a van on a track. Although the suspension has also been tackled and the brakes from the AMG GT R have also been transferred to the V-Class, you can see that the passenger van is not quite at home on a racetrack. Although it will undoubtedly outperform many a hot hatch on “the Ring.