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which specializes in limited-edition cars from the 1980s and 1990s. Only 100 units of the HWA EVO will be built, using an original 190E as the base, with deliveries in late 2025. The technical specifications are still being finalized, but the tuned twin-turbo V-6 dry-sump engine is expected to produce at least 450 horsepower in a lightweight (via extensive use of car- bon fiber) platform. Drivers will stir a six-speed Italian-made gearbox. The EVO price will start at €714,000 (about
legendary Mercedes 190E 2.5-16 Evolution II, which debuted in 1990. That car was the ultimate version of the everyday 190E sedan (1982–93), with a 16-valve Cosworth-tuned 2.5-liter, four-cylinder engine that produced 232 horsepower without a turbo. It was a limited-edition road rocket, with only 500 made. HWA is partnering on the EVO with the U.S. supercar broker Curated,
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launched in the late 1960s. The origi- nal Evo “marked one of the first times Mercedes and AMG worked together,” von Schoening says. “There was no existing tuning business at the time. The spirit was ‘race on Sunday, sell on Monday.’ Mercedes was initially not very enthusiastic—'What are you doing with our beautiful cars?’ they said.” But Benz got very enthusiastic indeed and eventually bought AMG, the name attached to many of the company’s performance cars now. There are many places in the U.S. to get your classic Mercedes restored, including the Scott Grund for Com- pany and Silver Star Restorations. Mercedes operates its own Classic Workshop in Long Beach, Califor- nia. Like Hemmels, it will undertake complete restorations involving total disassembly and an exacting rebuild. The company says, “The quality- control standards the vehicle is subjected to during the restoration process may be even higher than when it was originally built.” ■
US$790,000), and perhaps half the production will come to the U.S. “We do interesting stuff, such as engineering hand-built race cars,” Gordian von Schoening, chief technology officer at HWA, tells Mansion Global Experience Luxury. “We developed an electric pow- ertrain that recuperates 100% of braking energy.” Von Schoening says the EVO is “the first of many more cars to come, including EVs. We want to use projects like this to tell the world that we exist, and are converting cars to something fantastic. The EVO isn’t a restoration project, it’s a complete new car with optimized weight distribution and suspension in a different style.” The other projects are so far under wraps, but planning has begun. “The next seven to 10 years are planned out,” von Schoening says. So no, HWA will not take in customers’ Mercedes-Benzes and restore them. AMG was visionary when it
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Above: The HWA Evo is still in the developmental stage and will have a €714,000 (about US$790,000) starting price. Top right: A shot of the fully restored engine bay at Hemmels.
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