{"id":663245,"date":"2026-10-23T16:52:13","date_gmt":"2026-10-23T16:52:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/663245\/"},"modified":"2026-10-23T16:52:13","modified_gmt":"2026-10-23T16:52:13","slug":"hwa-teases-amg-hammer-restomod-as-companys-next-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/663245\/","title":{"rendered":"HWA Teases AMG Hammer Restomod As Company’s Next Project"},"content":{"rendered":"

The folks at HWA are expanding their restomodding footprint. A new teaser from the German company<\/a> on Instagram suggests that, on top of their awesome Mercedes-Benz 190E Evo<\/a> reincarnation, it\u2019s now working on a W124-gen \u201cAMG Hammer\u201d\u2019 recreation.<\/p>\n

Created by AMG back in the 1980s, the modified W124 E-Class got its \u201cHammer\u201d<\/a> nickname from its brutal acceleration on tap thanks to the big V-8 engine under the hood. This vehicle is seen by many as the defining car for AMG as an independent tuning house, before it officially went into business and became one with Mercedes-Benz. Now, HWA\u2014which was started by one of the original people behind AMG\u2014looks to be readying a reboot.<\/p>\n

\u201cFollowing the HWA Evo, we are revisiting another extraordinary chapter of our engineering heritage,\u201d HWA writes in its Instagram post. \u201cStaying true to its origins while exploring the possibilities of modern technology, a familiar idea is taking on an entirely new form.\u201d<\/p>\n

That heritage traces back to AMG co-founder Hans Werner Aufrecht, who is also the founder of HWA\u2014his initials being the origin of the name. The teaser seen here sure looks a whole lot like the original W124 Hammer\u2019s silhouette; we can already see some of the modern touches being applied to the recreation in the form of LED headlights and taillights. HWA did the same for its 190E remake, bridging the gap between the original and modern tech.<\/p>\n

\"<p>Yep,Mercedes-Benz<\/p>\n

The original Hammer.<\/p>\n

The Evo uses a turbocharged V-6 engine, but we suspect any Hammer redux would need to house a V-8 under the hood, much like the original did. HWA doesn\u2019t explicitly say anything about the powertrain, but suggests \u201cmore will be revealed\u201d in due time. Road & Track asked HWA for more information, and were told that additional information will be coming in the ensuing weeks. We sure are hopeful to see this next project from HWA take shape.<\/p>\n

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A Michigan-born car nut and racing enthusiast, Zac Palmer is talking about or thinking about cars somewhere. He bought his first when he was still 15, a 2001 Acura Integra GS-R that still resides in the garage today. It’s now joined by a 2004 Porsche Boxster S, and there will be even less practical additions to follow. Palmer worked at both Autoweek and Autoblog before joining R&T.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The folks at HWA are expanding their restomodding footprint. A new teaser from the German company on Instagram…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":663246,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[1105,280797,1107,61,60,184510,1106,280796,223989,80],"class_list":["post-663245","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-technology","tag-content-type-news","tag-contentid-eb0afabc-673b-417d-ab65-c8c4e16697df","tag-displaytype-standard-article","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-issyndicated-false","tag-locale-us","tag-shorttitle-hwa-teases-mercedes-benz-amg-hammer-redux","tag-sponsored-false","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/663245","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=663245"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/663245\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/663246"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=663245"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=663245"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=663245"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}