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Mercedes-AMG GT: Gallery of Mercedes sports cars

Mercedes has a long and illustrious history of sports cars - here's a gallery of past masters

The Mercedes-AMG GT offers stunning looks and promises thunderous performance, but it’s far from the first sports car the German maker has offered over the years.

While Mercedes was often better-known for restrained luxury than high performance, it still has an enviable roster of sports cars throughout its history. We’ve compiled a gallery of its road-going highlights – both open-topped and closed-roof – from the last century or so.

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From the SSK roadster of 1928 to this year’s AMG GT, these are probably the most significant models. If you could have just one, and a road to use it on, which would you choose?

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