With the hypercar market still going strong despite the general downturn in global economy, at least one performance brand isn't sweating the fact that it won't be building any hypercar anytime soon.

Mercedes' performance division, AMG->ke8, has made it clear that it has no plans of joining today's competitive hypercar market. That much was made clear by its director of vehicle development, Tobias Moers, who told Australia's CarAdvice that the company won't be releasing a hypercar - or a hybrid for that matter - in the near future.

“There are a lot of rumors,” Moers said, before adding “What I can confirm today is that the SLS is not a single-shoot story. It’s not SLS runs for four years then no super-sports car from AMG.”

Moers admits that the hypercar segment, traditionally slotted just above "supercars,” is a vicinity that doesn't quite resonate with Mercedes->ke187 customers the same way it does for, say, clients of Ferrari->ke252. AMG did venture into the market with the SLR about a decade ago, but ultimately, the overriding belief in the AMG camp is that it's better off leaving that segment alone.

“Ferrari in the hypercar segment is still a different brand than AMG," Moers added. "We have to be honest.”

While this piece of news may not be all that surprising, Moers did give hints of the long rumored AMG model that would slot in between the its existing C63 and SLS models. "You’re not wrong … maybe,” Moers said regarding the possibility of a new AMG model, rumored to be the SLC->ke2744, arriving soon.

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