Sold Mercedes-AMG GLE 53 Cars

The straight-six sits in line with the gearbox and the electric compressor spins to 70,000 rpm, filling the gap before the exhaust turbocharger takes over.

Mercedes-AMG has been based at Affalterbach since 1976 and belonged to Daimler outright since 2005. Its rule of one man, one engine puts the builder's signature plate on each hand-assembled V8 and V12, and the GT and the SLS are the cars AMG designed from the ground up rather than reworked.