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  • 2015 Mercedes-Benz C-Class Estate (wagon)

    Mercedes-Benz has revealed the first details for its 2015 C-Class Estate (C-Class Wagon if ever makes it to the U.S.), which has just entered production at the C-Class main factory in Bremen, Germany. Though it’s yet to be confirmed, Mercedes is unlikely to offer its new C-Class wagon in the U.S., despite close rival BMW offering up a 3-Series Sports Wagon and Audi offering an A4 Allroad over here. MUST SEE: 2015 Ford Mustang EcoBoost And GT Pricing Leaked Mercedes does offer an E-Class Wagon locally, but low sales of luxury wagons make it hard to justify launching a second wagon...

  • 2016 Mercedes-AMG GT teaser
    2016 Mercedes-AMG GT Teased In New Video And Microsite

    Mercedes-AMG has started its official teaser campaign for its new SLS-replacing sports car, the 2016 Mercedes-AMG GT. The Porsche 911 rival isn’t due for a reveal until the third quarter of the year, but we’ve already seen numerous prototypes as well as the car’s luscious...

  • 1956 Mercedes-Benz 300SL wrecked during 2014 Mille Miglia
    Mercedes-Benz 300SL Wrecked After Mille Miglia Crash: Video

    A Mercedes-Benz 300SL gullwing was wrecked in a crash at the 2014 Mille Miglia in Italy over the weekend. The black 300SL, built in 1956, was being driven at the time by one of the heirs of German rental car giant Sixt. MUST SEE: New High-Performance 2015 Ford Mustang Spied: Possible SVO? According...

  • 2015 Mercedes-Benz C-Class Estate (wagon) spy shots
    2015 Mercedes-Benz C-Class Wagon Spy Video

    We’ve just driven the all-new 2015 Mercedes-Benz C-Class and found it to be absolutely brilliant, but there are many more members of the latest C-Class family yet to be launched. One of these is a new C-Class wagon, a prototype for which is featured in our latest spy video. The new C-Class...

  • Dartz Drive Hard Mercedes-Benz 6x6 G63 AMG
    Dartz Drive Hard 6x6 G63 AMG: Die Hard With A Mercedes

    While Dartz has moved on from its days peddling whale-penis leather (or at least they haven’t bragged about it in a while), the Latvian tuner company has turned its eye toward the Mercedes-Benz G63 AMG 6x6. This time, with an eye for re-creating a movie car: The MRAP from Die Hard 5. Called...

  • 2016 Mercedes-Benz MLC-Class spy shots
    Mercedes-Benz’s X6 Rival May Be Called An M-Class Coupe

    Mercedes-Benz is working on a new crossover with coupe-like styling to rival BMW’s X6 and already we’ve seen a concept version in the form of the Concept Coupe SUV as well as spy shots of a prototype. The new crossover will share underpinnings with the M-Class and be built on the same...

  • Brabus 850 6.0 Biturbo based on the 2014 Mercedes-Benz E63 AMG

    The latest Mercedes-Benz E63 AMG is certainly no slouch, but the version of the car built by German tuner Brabus is an unadulterated speed machine in comparison. Called the 850 6.0 Biturbo, the sledgehammer of a sedan will sprint to 62 mph from rest in just 3.1 seconds and keep going until it maxes out somewhere above 217 mph. DON'T MISS: Chevy Camaro Z/28 Hits The Dyno With Redline Motorsports: Video To achieve the supercar-like performance numbers, the 850 6.0 Biturbo packs as much as 838 horsepower (850 in metric figures, hence the name) and 848 pound-feet of torque. It also has an...

  • 2010 Mercedes-Benz E-Class 4Matic Demonstration
    Two-Year-Old Steals Dad's Mercedes-Benz, (Predictably) Crashes It

    A German toddler managed to steal the keys to a Mercedes wagon from his sleeping father.

  • Mercedes AMG’s Lewis Hamilton at the 2014 Formula One Spanish Grand Prix
    Lewis Hamilton Leads Another Mercedes AMG One-Two Finish At Spanish GP

    Mercedes AMG has secured its fourth consecutive one-two finish in the 2014 Formula One World Championship, with drivers Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg fighting it out right to the very end of yesterday’s Spanish Grand Prix at the Circuit de Catalunya. Hamilton was the victor (for the fourth...

  • Mercedes AMG's W05 Hybrid 2014 Formula One car
    Mercedes Expresses Its Love Of Electrified Cars, Sticks A Hybrid Badge On F1 Racer

    The engine is dead, long live the power unit. Well, that’s the assertion of Mercedes-Benz which came up with it when crafting the new power unit for its 2014 Formula One car. As the automaker explains, the change in terminology reflects the fact that the power unit in the latest Mercedes AMG...

  • 2015 Mercedes-Benz C63 AMG spy shots
    2015 Mercedes-Benz C63 AMG Spy Video

    The hottest version of the latest-generation Mercedes-Benz C-Class, the new C63 AMG, was spotted at the Nürburgring race track in Germany recently, and we have it caught on video. Although the latest C-Class is already available in many markets, AMG is waiting until after the launch of the...

  • 2016 Mercedes-Benz C-Class Plug-In Hybrid spy shots
    2016 Mercedes-Benz C-Class Plug-In Hybrid Spy Shots

    We’ve known for some time that a C-Class hybrid was coming, and now we have new spy shots of a prototype. The prototype is for Mercedes-Benz’s new C-Class Plug-In Hybrid, which features technology borrowed from the recently revealed S-Class Plug-In Hybrid and is due on the market...

  • Nico Rosberg’s selfie from behind the wheel of a 1954 Mercedes-Benz W196 Formula One car

    Formula One driver Nico Rosberg recently took some time out from his busy schedule to hop behind the wheel of a classic Mercedes-Benz Silver Arrow racer, a 1954 W196 driven in anger by racing legend Juan Manual Fangio. The current leader in the 2014 Drivers’ Championship was on hand to drive the W196 at the Hockenheim race track in Germany in an event preceding the opening race of the new DTM season. DON'T MISS: Watch A Big Wheel Run Down The Laguna Seca Corkscrew: Video Rosberg has previously expressed how much fun it is to drive the W196, but this time he wanted to share the...

  • Mercedes-Benz Heli-Express
    Mercedes Offers Airport Helicopter Transfers For Time-Poor Customers

    Mercedes-Benz has launched a new service for its well-heeled customers that may just change what’s considered luxury in the world of autos. Mercedes-Benz already has dealerships based near major airports, where customers about to fly can leave their cars and then be transported to the airport...

  • Mercedes-Benz Actros
    Mercedes-Benz Actros Hauls The Heavies

    When you need to haul massive amounts of stuff plucked from inside the Earth, what do you use? That type of job typically calls for a massive mining hauler, which basically looks like a dump truck scaled up by a factor of ten. These are insanely large machines that can crush the scales with weights...

  • Mercedes-Benz Concept Coupe SUV
    Mercedes GLA-Based Coupe Crossover Possible, Says R&D Chief

    Depending on how successful Mercedes-Benz’s new coupe crossover based on the Concept Coupe SUV is, we could see the German automaker launch more of the style-oriented vehicles including one based on the latest GLA-Class. The first, tipped to be called an MLC, will be based on the bones of the...

  • 2014 Mercedes-Benz B-Class
    2014 Mercedes-Benz B-Class Electric Drive Priced From $41,450

    Just in time to fend off BMW’s new i3 in the still nascent electric car market is the 2014 Mercedes-Benz B-Class Electric Drive, which is priced at $41,450 before factoring in any subsidies. That compares with pricing for the i3, although the Mercedes misses out on the BMW’s advanced...

  • 2015 Mercedes-Benz C-Class AMG Line
    Mercedes Planning Mid-Range C450 AMG Sport Model?

    The top-of-the-line 2015 Mercedes-Benz C-Class variant at present is the C400, which comes with a turbocharged 3.0-liter V-6 engine good for 329 horsepower and 354 pound-feet of torque. However, later this year we’ll see the launch of a new C63 AMG model packing a turbocharged 4.0-liter V-8...

  • Mercedes-Benz 300TD Truck

    I'm a bit of a Mercedes-Benz fanboy. The proverbial "they" say the first step is to admit you have a problem, and only then can you move on to a fulfilling and rewarding life. Well, I've just admitted I have a problem, but now I think there's no coming back because I have a new lust object poised perfectly in my Buy-It-Now crosshairs. MUST SEE: Hear The $3.4 Million Lykan Hypersport Start & Drive: Video The car in question isn't a car at all actually. Well, it used to be a wagon, but it's since been turned into something with even more utility. I'm talking about a pickup truck, and I'm...

  • 2009 Mercedes-Benz S600 Pullman
    Is The Sixth And Final Mercedes S-Class Variant An Extra, Extra-Long Pullman?

    Mercedes-Benz has hinted on several occasions that its latest S-Class will eventually be offered in as many as six different bodystyles. The first two to hit the market were the regular model sold overseas and long-wheelbase version that we get as standard in the U.S. Later this year we’ll...

  • 2015 Mercedes-Benz S63 AMG Coupe, 2014 New York Auto Show
    2015 Mercedes-Benz S63 AMG Coupe Video Preview

    The fantastic new Mercedes-Benz S-Class sedan adds a two-door companion this year—there’s no more CL-Class coupe, instead there’s the beautiful new S-Class Coupe. It was unveiled earlier this year in Geneva, but at the New York Auto Show it made its debut decked out in S63 AMG...

  • 2015 Mercedes-Benz C-Class L, 2014 Beijing Auto Show
    Mercedes-Benz Introduces Long-Wheelbase C-Class In China

    Pretty much any sedan you'd care to think of has a long-wheelbase version in the Chinese market. Not to be left out, Mercedes-Benz has announced a new contribution to the market at the 2014 Beijing Auto Show, the long-wheelbase C-Class. MUST SEE: 2015 Ford Mustang GT Gets Standard Electronic Line...

  • Mercedes AMG’s Lewis Hamilton wins the 2014 Formula One Chinese Grand Prix
    Mercedes AMG Takes Third Straight One-Two Finish At 2014 F1 Chinese Grand Prix

    The Mercedes AMG Formula One team looks unstoppable at the moment, with its star driver Lewis Hamilton winning yesterday’s 2014 Formula One Chinese Grand Prix in dominant style and in the process earning himself his first three-race winning streak and the Mercedes team its fourth consecutive...

  • Mercedes-Benz Concept Coupe SUV
    Mercedes-Benz Concept Coupe SUV Debuts At The 2014 Beijing Auto Show

    Chevrolet takes a lot of pride in being the progenitor of the SUV segment, starting with the Suburban back in the 1930s. Land Rover makes much of being the first luxury SUV maker via the Range Rover built starting in 1970. But the world of SUVs has come a long way since those pioneers, folding in...

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