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MERCEDES-BENZ is expected to issue some light cosmetic refinements to its volume-selling C-Class sometime next year, with the most visible changes limited to bumper, wheel and lamp-cluster designs.
Interior trim changes will likely feature in the MY 2011 update as well, while the C-Class’s mechanical package will also undergo some subtle refinements.
Mercedes has already started to [...]
SET TO REPLACE the Mercedes-Benz SLR - co-developed with F1 partner McLaren - the SLS ‘gullwing’ will be the first fully ‘in-house developed’ model for AMG.
Unlike the F1-inspired SLR, AMG has decided to incorporate influences from Mercedes’ iconic 300 SL gullwing coupe, including (naturally) the roof-hinged gullwing doors.
These new spy photos, while revealing little new [...]
WITH THE NEXT GENERATION of Mercedes-Benz A and B-Class small cars in the planning stages, there is mounting speculation that the next generation of small cars to wear the three-pointed star may be spawned from an unlikely alliance.
German publication Auto Motor und Sport, believes that Daimler could make use of a Toyota platform for the [...]
COUPE ENTHUSIASTS with a little more to spend and a taste for something even more high-end than the stylish C-Class And E-Class Coupes, will be closely watching the progress of the upcoming 2011 Mercedes-Benz S-Class Coupe. This model will replace the CL moniker in the company’s model name shake-up.
The rendering (above), along with new [...]
WITH THE 2010 Mercedes-Benz E-Class unveiled at the Detroit Motor Show earlier this year, Mercedes fans have since diverted their eager attention to news of the upcoming E-Class Cabriolet and Estate models.
It’s been a rollercoaster affair, with talk that the German luxury carmaker had delayed the convertible and wagon as a result of the global [...]
WITH ITS SHOWROOM debut expected to fall around the middle of 2011, a heavily camouflaged prototype of the 2012 Mercedes-Benz ML-Class has been spied testing on the roads of Germany.
While the wheelbase appears more or less unchanged from the current model, shorter overhangs front and back point to a slightly more compact body than the [...]
WITH GERMAN LUXURY CARS already bursting at the seams with high tech luxury and safety items, the race is on for the next ‘big thing’.
Leading the way will be speed limit sensing, which BMW, Audi and Mercedes-Benz are all looking to introduce on their flagship models within the next few years.
Using the new system means [...]
MERCEDES-BENZ’S fastest executive sedans, the AMG-fettled S63 and S65, are now on sale in Europe and will be heading ‘Downunder’ soon.
The mildly facelifted models bring a new look, some new tech and a new level of safety to the top end of the S-Class range, and although both use the same powertrain packages as their [...]
AFTER A LONG ABSENCE, it appears that Mercedes-Benz’s much-loved G-Wagen may be coming back to Australian roads soon.
An Australian Army contract for 1200 4×4 and 6×6 Gelandewagens was won by Mercedes-Benz in 2007, with the first cars due to be delivered to the Army this year. However, indications from Benz’s local office are that Defence [...]
WHILE MERCEDES-BENZ’ new E-class coupe has gone on sale internationally, taking the place of the previous CLK two-door, there is still more to come from the three-pointed star.
Those in the market for a smaller coupe are currently limited to the CLC-Class, a re-styled version of the previous generation C-class Sportcoupe - itself a three-door liftback [...]
The next-gen C-Class is expected to feature a three-cylinder engine option.
MERCEDES-BENZ is looking to lead the fuel efficiency pack, and, like rivals BMW and Audi, plans to drop cylinders and look to forced-induction to keep power up.
In a recent interview with Autoweek.nl, Mercedes R&D boss Thomas Weber has revealed that the German luxury marque [...]
WORD IS CIRCULATING in Germany that Mercedes-Benz is contemplating a plug-in hybrid variant for its upcoming next-gen M-Class SUV.
According to German car mag Auto Bild, the next-gen ML may feature a 60kW electric motor mated to a twin-turbocharged 3.5 litre direct-injected petrol V6, with a plug-in system allowing an electric-only range of some 30km.
By plug-in [...]
AFTER OFFERING A sneak peak earlier in the week, Mercedes-Benz has now revealed the full details of its ESF 2009 S400 Hybrid Experimental Safety Vehicle, due for unveiling late June.
Powered by the German prestige car manufacturer’s S400 Hybrid powertrain, the ESF 2009 is a safety tour de force, featuring thirteen of the manufacturer’s current [...]
MERCEDES-BENZ has rolled out a trio of direct-injected engines in Europe, all of which will power the marque’s volume-selling C-Class sedan and estate.
Heading the new additions to the range is the C220 CDI BlueEFFICIENCY, which utilises a 2.1 litre direct-injected inline diesel four to produce 125kW and 400Nm.
That’s the same amount of power and torque [...]
RUMOURS CIRCULATING the internet last week said Mercedes-Benz was holding off on the estate and cabriolet versions of the all-new E-Class; but according to the German automaker that’s not so.
The original reports from German car magazine Auto Motor Und Sport had the E-Class drop-top debuting at the 2010 Geneva Motor Show and the wagon being [...]
GERMAN AUTOMAKERS BMW and Daimler have teamed up with Bosch, Continental and Infineon Technologies to form an alliance aimed at increasing the use of advanced anti-collision radar systems in cars.
The joint initiative, named ‘Radar on Chip for Cars’ (RoCC), will develop the next generation of radar-based collision-avoidance systems and will work to make such technology [...]
STRAIGHT FROM the rumour bin comes reports that Mercedes-Benz has decided, due to the global financial crisis, to delay the introduction of the E-Class convertible and wagon.
The move is reportedly aimed at reducing development and marketing costs as Mercedes, not unlike other manufacturers in responding to the current market, works at keeping its ledgers healthy.
The [...]
High-performance German tuning house Brabus was always going to get stuck into the 2010 E-Class Coupe; it was just a question of when. Well, that day has come, and the boys from Bottrop sure know how to satisfy.
Encompassing updates of both the mechanical and aesthetic kind, the Brabus-tuned E-Class Coupe E500 develops 345kW and a [...]
German automaker Daimler AG has announced its purchase of an almost 10 percent equity stake in US electric car start-up Tesla, an acquisition which it hopes will boost development of its future all-electric models.
Recently both companies have been collaborating on the electric charging and storage system for the upcoming smart fortwo ed, which is due [...]
It might not get you to the emergency room in record time (unless the record is ‘fastest trip to hospital in a coach’), but by the looks of the extensive refit this Mercedes-Benz Citaro bus has received, you might not even need to see the inside of a hospital.
Dubai’s Centre of Ambulance Services has taken [...]
McLaren’s Heikki Kovalainen at the 2009 Spanish Grand Prix.
Mercedes-Benz motorsport boss Norbert Haug has rejected speculation McLaren will join Ferrari and Renault in threatening to withdraw from Formula One.
Haug says Mercedes, who own a 40 percent stake in McLaren, is keen to find a solution and negotiate a compromise agreement with the FIA rather than [...]
Brawn GP may soon sport a Mercedes-Benz three-pointed star after the German automaker commenced discussions to increase its involvement with the championship frontrunners.
Mercedes’ motorsport division handed Brawn a lifeline before the start of the current Formula One campaign, reaching an agreement to supply engines after Honda withdrew from the sport, leaving the outfit without a [...]
Remember those slightly-out-of-whack design renderings for a retro-modern Mercedes-Benz 300SL Panamericana? Yeah, forget about them - this goes one better.
German company Gullwing GmbH builds these reproduction Mercedes 300SLs, but with a twist - while the body and cabin are period-correct, almost everything under the skin is modernised. Airconditioning? It’s got it. Powerful disc brakes? You [...]
Mercedes-Benz’s super-powerful and super-sized S63 and S65 AMG recently flaunted its updated face at the Shanghai auto show, and while we’ve already told you its vital statistics and shown you what it looks like, we haven’t yet caught a glimpse of it in motion.
Up until now, that is.
While they may not be the sharpest handlers [...]
A Mercedes-Benz project manager has forecast that the upmarket German carmaker will release 0.20 drag coefficient cars within the next five years.
Speaking with Autocar, E-Class Coupe project manager Rainer Tiefenbacher revealed, “Designers are still learning about what works aerodynamically and are having to consider it more and more when they think about how a car [...]
When we reported on Mercedes-Benz’s retro-futuristic F-Cell Roadster late last month, we thought that was the last we’d hear of it.
After all, built by a group of apprentices trainees from Benz’s various design, development and manufacturing departments, the spindly and fragile F-Cell Roadster was, in essence, not much more than a training exercise.
So imagine our [...]
Beauty may be in the eye of the beholder, but you’ve got to wonder just how many people would describe the Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren 999 Red Gold Dream as anything other than an abomination.
Swiss designer Ueli Anliker is the man behind this intriguing creation and claims to have spent more than 30,000 man hours on [...]
After lengthy negotiations Daimler has finally separated itself from Chrysler, with the announcement this week that the German company will return its remaining 19.9 percent stake in the struggling automaker.
Chrysler, Cerberus Capital Management (the current majority stakeholders in Chrysler) and the US Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation came to an agreement with Daimler on Monday. The [...]
Mercedes-Benz has let slip a handful of extra images showing the interior of its upcoming autobahn-stormer the SLS AMG, giving us a closer look at the cockpit of Benz’s V8-powered Ferrari-fighter.
We’ve seen much of the SLS’s interior before, but this selection of pics affords us an even better ‘driver’s eye view’ of the AMG built [...]
Mercedes is already busily working away on an all-new version of the 300SL in the form of the SLS AMG Gullwing, so what’s this one all about then?
Gullwing-America Company founder Arturo Alonso decided that the classic styling of the original 300SL was too good to part with and has announced the creation of a retro-inspired [...]
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