Prior to its merger with Daimler AG, AMG was an independent tuner, which was established in 1967 by Daimler-Benz engineers Hans Werner Aufrecht and Erhard Melcher.

AMG modified engines and sold performance accessories so customers could upgrade and personalise their cars.

By the 1980s, customers were ordering Mercedes-Benzes through AMG with expensive modifications, yet the two firms did not launch a single product, the C36, until 1993.

At the time of its introduction, the 560 SEL 6.0 AMG—powered by a 6.0-litre V-8 and designed and built in Affalterbach using an AMG custom quad-cam head with four valves per cylinder, producing twice the torque at half the engine speed of the original 5.6-litre engine—was among the most powerful saloon cars on the road.

While not much is known about the early history of this 560 SEL 6.0 AMG, the consignor purchased the car from Japan in 2017, where accompanying paperwork suggests it was delivered new.

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