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Mercedes SL73 was Powered by AMG's Monstrous V12 Engine
Mercedes SL73 was Powered by AMG's Monstrous V12 Engine
By Lance Branquinho

AMG once built an enormous V12 engine and put it in the SL convertible.


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Mercedes SL73 was Powered by AMG's Monstrous V12 Engine
By Lance Branquinho

AMG once built an enormous V12 engine and put it in the SL convertible.



And it is still used in the Pagani Zonda, from Italy.
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There are stories about how these engines came about...

One of them is that Pagani cancelled a big order and hence MB were left with these engines and didn't know what to do with them.
Some genius at AMG said... let's stick them into some of our cars.

Don't know how true that one is.
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