1982 Ford Mustang 5.0 VS 1968 Mercedes-Benz 300SEL 6.3

1982 Ford Mustang 5.0
Would hot-rodding and/or street racing have survived the 1990s without the 5.0-liter Mustang?
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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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