Mercedes-Benz News

Mercedes-Benz first revealed its facelifted SLK range back in December but since then partially camouflaged cars have been spotted testing in both Europe and the U.S., suggesting that several updates are still planned for the car before the arrival of the next-generation model sometime early next...

Updated with new video. Mercedes-Benz and its in-house tuner AMG have finally released first details and images for its extreme Black Series edition of the new SL65 AMG. Priced from $320,000 in the U.S. and €309,000 in Europe, the new Mercedes supercar comes with a twin-turbocharged 6.0-liter...

Mercedes' GL500 SUV isn't necessarily the first vehicle that comes to mind to the average enthusiast when adding power and performance is the goal, but Carlsson has taken the challenge and come out with an impressive result. At 435hp (320kW) and 442lb-ft (600Nm), the big SUV has the power to make...

Mercedes-Benz has confirmed that its partnership with British sports car manufacturer McLaren will come to an end when the current agreement to build the SLR supercar expires next year. The next generation of Mercedes’ super sports cars are currently under development by the carmaker’s...

Two of Audi's R8 sports cars have been handed over to the German Motorsport Association at the Norisring Speed Weekend event. One will be used as the official safety car for the DTM (Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters) race series, while the other, specially prepped by Audi's in-house tuners at quattro...

Nearly every major carmaker in the world is working on some sort of alternative combustion engine technology, be it ethanol or hydrogen fuel, advanced diesel engines or the advanced hybrid petrol solution known generically as HCCI (Homogeneous Charge Compression Ignition), or as Mercedes has...

Apple's iPhone is the telephonic equivalent of a luxury car - sleek, stylish, feature-packed and expensive. Now Mercedes-Benz owners can integrate their luxury phones into their luxury cars with a factory-optional iPhone cradle housed in the car's center console. All of the iPhone's primary...

The age of electric vehicles is nearly upon us, with everyone from Nissan to Peugeot to General Motors at various stages of development. Daimler has now announced that it too will join the ranks of electric vehicle builders by 2010, with both a Smart-branded city car and a Mercedes-branded luxury...

Mercedes-Benz has confirmed today that it will release four new compact cars to replace the current A and B-Class models when they reach the end of their product cycles in 2010/11. The family of compact cars will be built at a new plant in Kecskemét, Hungary, and will likely include a coupe...

Every major carmaker in the world has had its attention drawn, forcibly in some cases, to the issues of fuel efficiency, carbon emissions and sustainability. As the industry moves forward, these concerns are staged to take even greater importance in the overall design and planning of new cars...

Mercedes tuning specialists Vath have taken the C63 AMG - already worked over by Mercedes' own in-house tuners - and added their own special touches to come up with a car that would make Brabus proud. The V63RS takes the C-Class platform near its limits with 585hp and 690Nm of torque, an increase...

Updated: Less than a week after the updated G-Class range was first revealed, Mercedes-Benz has taken the covers off its new 2009 G55 AMG performance SUV. Like the regular G-Class fleet, the new model sports a 5.5L V8 engine but thanks to the addition of a supercharger and a new ECU power is bumped...

Eleven days ago Mercedes-Benz announced the $7.3 million purchase of the defunct Chrysler Pacifica Advanced Product Design Center and now the company is detailing its plans for the studio. With three times the space of its current facility, Mercedes is looking forward to growing its design capacity...

Straight out of the box the Mercedes-Benz CLK 63 AMG Black Series is already one of the most extreme production cars on the planet. With a full DTM-style wide-bodykit, carbon-fiber lined interior and a thunderous V8 engine pumping out 507hp (373kW), few would feel the need to lift the performance...

Chrysler announced in March that it would close its Pacifica Advance Product Design Center located just outside of San Diego, California, but the studio won’t be idled permanently as Mercedes-Benz is planning to buy the site. Both carmakers have signed a purchase agreement for the sale of the...

In the latest episode of Jay Leno’s Garage, the talk show host and avid car nut gives us a comprehensive assessment of one his favorite models from his personal fleet–the Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren. Leno explains that Mercedes and McLaren have created an “unbreakable” exotic...

Following the results of National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) crash testing of the Smart ForTwo last month, which showed the tiny two-seater only achieved average results, comes a new round of test results, this time from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS). In the...

Rising raw material prices and manufacturing processes have forced carmakers to search for new ways to improve efficiency and reduce costs, and it’s not only volume manufacturers that are feeling the pinch. Premium labels like Mercedes-Benz and BMW aren’t immune to these rising costs...

Mercedes-Benz is confident it will have the first volume hybrid model powered by lithium-ion batteries, when it launches the S400 BlueHYBRID next year. The new car will feature a 15kW electric motor mated to 3.5L petrol V6 for a combined output of 220kW and 375Nm of torque – enough to propel...

Mercedes-Benz has teamed up with Swiss watch manufacturer IWC to create the limited edition SL63 AMG Edition IWC, an exclusive version of the performance roadster limited to just 200 units and only available in a ‘Kashmir’ white finish. The car also features AMG’s new carbon...