Originally Posted by jpristel
1971 was also 32 years before the crossfire was produced, 26 years before the first SLK was put into production... Keeping in mind it only took 8 years to land a man on the moon... this was definitely "one SMALL step" for Mercedes.
The reason for my post was to show that it once took a V8 engine twice the size of the Crossfire's 3.2-V6 to attain the same h.p.
I should have also posted the h.p. ratings of comparably sized 6 cyl. engines of the same era that only produced 1/2 and even 1/3 the power of the XF.
If you think it's disappointing that Mercedes Benz hasn't made even greater advancements in engine technology in the last 32 years, maybe you can enlighten us on any other propulsion methods that have done better during that same time period.