MERCEDES-BENZ HAS REVEALED its first ever series-production hydrogen fuel cell vehicle, the B-Class F-Cell, which will enter low-volume production later this year.

Only 200 cars will be built in the B-Class F-Cell’s initial production run and distribution will be limited to parts of Europe and the USA.

With the hydrogen-powered vehicle emitting nothing but pure water and [...]

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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 [...]

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The folks from the Triple-Pointed Star have updated the B-Class for 2009 with more technology, more fuel efficiency and a more up-to-date look.

Aside from the restyled front and rear bumpers, new wheels and tweaked wing mirrors, the 2009 B-Class also boasts body-coloured door handles, mirror housings and skirt panels, as well as swathes of [...]

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We all knew 2007 was a good year for the car industry. In Australia, the one million sales in a calendar year mark was passed for the first time in history, with many manufacturers posting record sales results in this country. Daimler’s Mercedes-Benz car division has issued a press release claiming that sales of its [...]

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WE LOVE a good diesel and we have even more fun blowing a bit of smoke up a petrol-electric hybrid’s exhaust pipe.

Mercedes-Benz knows the diesel better than most so it makes sense that it should be the first manufacturer to have a diesel powered passenger model approved for sale in the land of Prius.

MB is [...]

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