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Byline: J.P. VETTRAINO
Sometimes it's hard to tell which is the cart and which is the horse. Sometimes, in automobiles, it doesn't matter which goes first. There is engineering (product) and there is marketing (hype), and now there is a new showpiece V8 from AMG. It's called the 6.3.
The 6.3 stirs emotion on at least two levels. For the foreseeable future, this engine will power most of the hot rod Mercedes crafted by the firm's high-performance subsidiary (see sidebar on the V12). It generates wads of horsepower and torque-nearly 500 units of both-and it's more refined at the extreme edge of its performance envelope than the tweaked Mercedes V8s it ...