A 12-year-old schoolboy watched the 1955 British Grand Prix at his local racetrack in Aintree, Liverpool, where Stirling Moss piloted hisMercedes-BenzW196 to the win from pole position, taking the ...
Before AMG became Mercedes-Benz's in-house tuner, it was an outside firm that hopped up production models. Just as that isn't too dissimilar from today, neither are the resulting vehicles.