As popular as Mercedes‘ AMG cars are, there has never been a manual in the performance brand’s history. However, Alex Bridges decided the big, powerful V8 in his W210 E55 AMG would work better with a manual transmission, so he added one himself, and his entire process, from idea to reality, was documented by European auto parts company FCP Euro’s Nathan Brown.
Interestingly enough, Bridges wasn’t really a huge Mercedes fan. Moving to the E55 from an E36 3-Series, he was actually more of a BMW fan. Apparently, his decision to go with an E55 as a replacement for his E36 came almost as an accident.