This was the point where Mercedes stumbled upon the muscle car formula. Rather than bother to design a racing sedan around a large engine, they applied the most basic version of the solution: They ...

Having grown up in the Detroit area, Jeff has always been fascinated with cars. As a teen, he would help his neighbors work on their off-road trucks, and during high school, he spent his weekends ...

A 1972 Mercedes-Benz 300 SEL 6.3 once owned by Steve McQueen went up for auction on Bring a Trailer but failed to sell. The car was bid up to $164,000, but didn't reach its reserve price. The King of ...

Back when AMG was entirely independent, the peeps in Affalterbach built a 300 SEL 6.3-based racing car that’s lovingly nicknamed the Red Pig. Despite its considerable weight, the V8-powered luxobarge ...

A 1969 Mercedes-Benz 300 SEL 6.3 is looking for a new home in the U.S. and, with just 7,659 miles (12,325 km) on the clock, will likely sell for a pretty penny. This particular 300 SEL 6.3’s known ...

There's an Audi 6 inches off my rear bumper. I have to think if the driver had any idea what this car cost—approximately 12 times what his run-of-the-mill A6 went for—he'd back the hell off. To him, ...

AMG is known for its tire-smoking antics, but before Affalterbach became a Mercedes-Benz partner and the automaker's performance division, there was the Red Pig. Instantly recognizable thanks to the ...

You can't accuse Jay Leno of being distant from his fans. They helped him recently decide what to do with one of his many restoration projects, which is the subject of the newest Jay Leno's Garage ...

Long before starting to badge 6.2 V8s as 6.3s as a ploy to sell more cars by referring back to its past, Mercedes-Benz created the best sedan in the world by jamming its largest engine into its ...

If you like old AMGs, then this 1969 Mercedes 300 SEL 6.3 ‘Red Pig’ replica will tickle your fancy quite intensely; this is after all one of the most iconic AMG models of all time. The original ‘Red ...

Name your favorite classic car, and there's probably a specialist out there that's built a business on stuffing that car with modern components and all the Alcantara you can shake a stick at. I mean, ...

Legends of the Autobahn is the non-Porscheshow duringMonterey Car Week. Literally, every German make is welcome, as long as it's not a Porsche. The best car at the 2019 Legends of the Autobahn was the ...