Mercedes-Benz has given us some glorious V8 engines. Many of the modern ones featured powerplants from AMG. The company started in 1968 and rose to prominence after turning a W109 300SEL luxury sedan into a race car. When the vehicle first rocked up a racetrack, some onlookers could not stop laughing at the big, pompous Mercedes, dubbing it The Red Pig.
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