This Mercedes Red Pig Isn’t What It Seems

The Mercedes “Red Pig” is famous among fans of AMG, the high-performance division in the automaker. After all, it’s the car that started it all. From time to time, someone creates a tribute to the heavily modified Mercedes-Benz 300 SEL, but this one isn’t what it seems.

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While the exterior is faithful enough to the original, grafted to the 300 SEL body is a 2017 Mercedes-MG C63 S chassis. If that sounds insane, it is, so it seems fitting the build comes from none other than S-Klub, a shop in Los Angeles that’s famous for over-the-top creations like this.

We profiled another build of theirs before, a widebody Mercedes-Benz 300SL Gullwing that also uses modern AMG power.

The story behind this build apparently involves a friend of the shop buying a partially done, partially botched Red Pig tribute car, asking the S-Klub to do it properly. They did with their typical flair, as you can clearly see.

What’s truly amazing is the shop finished the project in just 40 days. That’s beyond impressive, crossing over into the insane. Considering S-Klub doesn’t just slop through things, and the details of this car look amazing, that wasn’t accomplished by cutting corners.

You’ll note bits of modernity are present on the exterior, like the blacked-out trim, carbon fiber pieces with exposed weave, and of course modern LED headlights with red halos. That’s the first sign this isn’t just a straight tribute car.

Rather than just leave the C63 S powertrain alone, they upgraded the turbos, downpipe, and did some other tweaks. Horsepower has been pushed from the factory rating of 503 to 1,000. The guy from S-Klub says it’s a legitimate racecar.

There are a lot of cool details on this build, especially if you pull up a photo of the original Red Pig and reference that as you watch. For fans of Mercedes and especially AMG it’s a real treat.

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