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Originally Posted by TimFreeh
Any car company that doesn't cater to consumer tastes and government regulations is not going to be in business very long.
I also disagree with your "pushing the limit" comment. A W140 V12 or an E-class V8 Kompressor or the Mercedes Mclaren push the performance, comfort and style limit to a far greater degree than the 6.9 did in its day.
As the 6.9 was in the 1970's, all the above cars of examples of MB building the finest car it could conceive of at the respective time. I'm not sure if future offerings from Mercedes will continue to expand the performance envelope at the same rate - but I hope it does.
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The 6.9 was hardly ground breaking, its like the S63/65 series of cars. Your standard S class with a trick suspension and a really killer engine.
The SLR certainly pushed the limits when it came out, and AMG continues to break them with there amazing engines.