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I noticed a prevalent theme while perusing the comments on yesterday’s 1995 Callaway Camaro. That was begrudging respect for the car and its creator, coated in a caveat posited by many of you that it “wasn’t your cup of tea.” That got me puzzling over the question of whether Camaro owners are, by nature, tea drinkers. I’m going to go with a hard no, which not surprisingly, was also the response received by the Callaway’s $9,900 price tag. That earned a decisive 64 percent No Dice loss.
When you think “German hot rod,” those thoughts most likely swirl around Mercedes-Benz and the executive saloons into which the company has shoehorned some pretty burly engines. Of course, it wasn’t always the case that Mercedes could go it alone in such endeavors. Take, for instance, this 1992 Mercedes-Benz 500E. This model is the spiritual successor to the AMG Hammer, an aftermarket tuner car that, while not Mercedes’ first hot rod, is probably its best known.