1968 Mercedes-Benz 300SEL 6.3 VS 1975 Volkswagen Golf/Rabbit GTI

1968 Mercedes-Benz 300SEL 6.3
A staid sedan stuffed with 6.3 liters of fuel-injected V8 making 247 hp. It was a German muscle sedan decades before they became common — AMG before AMG.
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1975 Volkswagen Golf/Rabbit GTI
It's the dawn of the hot hatch with the lightweight Golf and a 1.6-liter engine producing 110 hp. It's the prototype for dozens of hot hatches yet to come.
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