The Frankfurt Auto Show this year is all about green cars: highly fuel efficient clean diesels, electric cars, and plug-in hybrids. It’s where the German automakers offer up their sexiest concept cars.
So the photos of the eagerly awaited Mercedes-Benz “Vision” concept car are a bit of a shock: It looks identical to a standard 2010 [...]
Mercedes-Benz Japan Co. released the S-Class hybrid sedan Thursday, becoming the first foreign automaker to roll out an electric-gasoline model in Japan.
The S-Class Hybrid Long is priced at ¥14.05 million and gets about 30 percent better fuel efficiency than its predecessor. It is the first imported car to be eligible for government tax breaks for [...]
The back-from-the-dead Mercedes-Benz ‘gullwing‘ coupe is not even real yet, but already there are pointers to a convertible.
But what do you call a gullwing without its gullwing doors? Officially the car is going to be called the Mercedes SLS anyway when it is revealed in production form at the Frankfurt Motor Show [...]
The latest generation of the LINGUATRONIC voice-operated control system is entering series production with the 2009 S-Class. Instead of saying the town and street separately as before, drivers can speak the desired destination as a single command - for example “Stuttgart, Epplestraße”. The system immediately begins to work out the route, only pausing to enquire [...]
After we revealed you the fact that Audi is going to show us the new 2010 RS3 at this year’s Frankfurt Motor Show, we decided to contact our source from Mercedes-Benz to see what is their next project and it appears that it is our lucky day because our friend told us that the German [...]
Reports of a new 2011 Mercedes-Benz SLK coupe/convertible are bubbling, with a zinger that the new SLK could add a plug-in hybrid version in its next generation
Automobile Magazine reports the new SLK is being prepared for a 2011 calendar-year introduction, and that it’s going on a serious diet. The next SLK, they write, will lose [...]
When Mercedes rolled out the odd-looking F700 concept at last year’s Frankfurt Motor Show many speculated that it was destined to become just another pointless exercise in automotive styling. Not so according to people close to the project. Latest reports claim both the technology and design of the car will eventually make its way onto [...]
Perhaps not to be outdone by the news of BMW’s 8 Series this morning, our graphic artist has come out with a first look at Mercedes-Benz’s revised CLS model due here in 2011.
The stunning saloon will be the second of its kind from the iconic brand to be offered with a hybrid powertrain, which will [...]
Mercedes-Benz and smart drivers are particularly satisfied, according to the latest J. D. Power APEAL survey about the best vehicle concept. In this exhaustive customer survey the Mercedes-Benz S-Class was awarded the highest number of overall points for the third time running, and is therefore not only the best car in its segment, but at [...]
In June, Mercedes-Benz Cars sold 111,300 Mercedes-Benz, AMG, smart, and Maybach brand vehicles (June 2008: 119,300) worldwide (minus seven percent). Despite ongoing market difficulties, a total of 100,300 Mercedes-Benz brand vehicles were delivered to customers worldwide in June (June 2008: 106,000; minus five percent). Mercedes-Benz thus continued the positive trend from the prior month, and [...]
