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IN THE HEART OF AFFALTERBACH IN the mid-2000s, Mercedes-AMG threw everything it had into the development of its first bespoke engine: the 6.2-litre M156 V8. Its generous outputs and raucous soundtrack

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This is the latest generation of the E-Class Estate, Mercedes’s upmarket load carrier. We’ve been driving the E 450 d, a very powerful mild-hybrid diesel with four-wheel drive. It’s heavy enough to ri

FANCY A SUPERCOMPUTER with wheels? Buy a new Mercedes-Benz CLA, then. Its onboard computer apparently runs up to 280 million functions per second – qualifying it as a supercomputer, according to Merce

£254,200 OTR/£282,000 as tested/£5,077 pcm WHY IT’S HERE: What has a hybrid makeover – and Mulliner buffing – added to the world’s best grand tourer? DRIVER: Ollie Kew IT’S 5AM, AND YOU JOIN ME AT hom