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Looking back at AMG’s quiet 1982 UK debut

Summary by Autocar UK
Mercedes-AMG 500 SEC was one of the first Affalterbach-made models to launch in the UK The German tuning company was an independent firm before it was acquired by Mercedes-Benz The UK arrival of AMG in the autumn of 1982 was low-key. Strattons of Wilmslow, Cheshire, became the sole concessionaire, and Autocar dedicated just 50 words to it, buried in the data section, soberly calling AMG “a German styling and tuning firm who produce customizing a…
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Autocar UK broke the news in on Friday, December 19, 2025.
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