I've always been enamored, at least long as I can remember, with German muscle cars. Which are almost exclusively Mercedes. I mean BMW does throw some big displacement energy into their cars from time to time, but it never hit me the same way. This won't be a replica of any sort, it'll be its own build, but the SL73 AMG (as well as Brabus SL73S), the Brabus Rocket, the 500E, the 1970's 450SEL 6.9, all the 1980's-1990s AMG 6.0's (derivatives of either the previous V8 or this one) in the SEL, SEC, E class, and SL run deep in my soul. Every bit as cool as American muscle, but not neutered in the same way that ours were in the 70's and early 80's. Mercedes has always been big displacement, until recently. I wouldn't say a 5.0L is "big", but in the 70's/80's/90's it sure was.
What are you guys thinking of for the family SUV? Are you sad to see the Bronc go?