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27/07/2008 17:01. Above: 2009 Mercedes ML280 available at Motor Sales for $7.5 Million. - Photos by Mario James

German engineering. So good that at the end of WWII the allies had an all- you-can-eat technology buffet when they divvied up the spoils. What they don't invent, they perfect. It is all scientific method with them. Every car-making decision is based on empirical data, every nuance wrought from reams of numbers extruded from a single thought. That's how they make their cars. Each vehicle starts with a single, clear sentence about what a car should be like to own and drive. Coming up with that statement must be a helluva process. But they are good at this, and that's why they are number one. If the foundation is good, then each creative layer must also be true to the same ethos, which means that... // Jamaica Gleaner