AMG changed this 300TE wagon before the German maker officially joined Mercedes-Benz. Since it doesn’t have a V-8 like a Hammer, it’s not quite as powerful, but it should still be very strong. In Japan, it was brand new. It was just brought to the US, and it is now ready for its new home. One thing that makes the Japanese auto market unique is that Euro-car fans want cars set up correctly. So, even though Japanese people drive on the left, until the mid-2000s, BMW, Mercedes, and Audi sports cars could all be bought with left-hand drive, just like they would have been in Germany. Some rare German cars from the Japanese market that are now old enough to be imported are better for living with than a right-hand-drive Skyline. This is good news for RS, M, and AMG fans in the US. AMG made some changes to this 1991 Mercedes-Benz 300TE wagon, which is now for sale on Bring a Trailer. This is the kind of car it is. AMG made this before it merged with another company. Erhard Melcher and Hans Werner Aufrecht started the company when it was still a separate “skunkworks.” Then, AMG improved the handling, added 17-inch wheels, a full aerodynamic package, and a limited-slip rear differential to help the four-speed automatic send power to the wheels. Even though it’s not a Hammer, it has a lot of power. Aside from that, it’s also very rare and cool. The straight-six-powered beast came before the Mercedes-AMG E53 wagon. It was hand-built, and only 30 were made for this model year. In total, 100 were made. AMG is now fully integrated into the Mercedes company structure. There are a number of boosted V-6s and four-cylinders that are like AMGs, but the V-8s are still built by hand. This pre-merger car is still unique, even though it has two fewer cylinders than some of its more well-known stablemates. For starters, this wagon has leather sport seats, walnut wood, cruise control, and air conditioning for both the front and back seats. It also has the famous hand-built engine. A Bluetooth speaker that wasn’t built in was added at some point so that users could listen to podcasts while stuck in Tokyo traffic. It was brought into Washington State last year and has only 88,000 kilometers on it. There are more and more pre-merger AMGs on the collecting market, and this wagon is definitely a good buy. But what’s more important is that it’s a great piece of European sports gear. It’s easy to understand why Japanese car fans liked to tailor their cars to their needs.
