The two nations divided by a common language rarely agree on what a car should be like. This isn’t the usual Limey sneering about ‘trunks’, ‘turn signals’ and ‘driving stick’. In America, luxury is si

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STOW-ON-THE-WOLD, GLOUCESTERSHIRE

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