Mercedes-Benz News

With the 2014 Mercedes-Benz S Class now out in the open, attention turns to the coupe version of the car, which in previous generations was known as the CL Class. The next generation of the big luxury coupe, which has been spied in prototype form for over a year, is widely expected to be called an...

The Williams F1 Team has confirmed it’s signed a deal with Mercedes-Benz to use the German firm’s Formula One engines from the start of the 2014 season. Mercedes was one of the first to unveil its new turbocharged V-6 engine developed for next year’s season, which sees radical new...

If you haven't been keeping pace with AMG lately, you might not know that all E Class AMG models will be all-wheel drive in the U.S. soon. A new, higher-performance S-Model will also join the range for 2014. Here, AMG product manager Rob Moran takes us on a tour of the car's features. Sure, it has...

What's in store for Mercedes-Benz's update to the S63 AMG? We should know in the next several months.

As they say in Monaco, qualifying is everything, and Mercedes AMG’s Nico Rosberg showed exactly why. Having qualified on pole for the 2013 Monaco Grand Prix this past weekend, Rosberg went on to win yesterday’s action-filled race without once losing his lead position, registering just...

Have we driven the Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG enough? You tell us. We've flogged it in its debut form as a gullwing, as a roadster, as the new SLS AMG GT, and as a GT Roadster in a weekend joy ride. We've even driven the Tomorrowland edition, also known as the SLS AMG Electric Drive. We've chunked the...

Back in February it was revealed that McLaren’s Formula One Technical Director Paddy Lowe would be ditching the Woking-based team to join the Mercedes AMG squad in nearby Brackley. At that time, it wasn’t clear what role Lowe would take at his new employer and when he was officially to...

The #9 Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 of German team Black Falcon, competing in the SP9 GT3 class, has won the 2013 Nürburgring 24 Hours, which ended just moments ago. Taking turns behind the wheel were drivers Bernd Schneider, Jeroen Bleekemolen, Sean Edwards and Nicki Thiim, who have become the...

Mercedes-Benz is poking a little fun at itself with its latest advertisement for the A45 AMG model sold overseas. It has recruited its Formula One drivers Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg for the ad, which has the two arguing over who gets to drive the new hot hatch. Hamilton starts off behind the...

The new 2014 Mercedes-Benz S Class revealed yesterday and set to go on sale this fall has all the technology needed to operate fully autonomously, but has been programmed not to due to a lack of legislation. That’s according to the head of Mercedes’ R&D division, Thomas Weber. "We...

While the fight for dominance at the top of the full-sized luxury sedan class is an elegant affair, governed by gentleman's rules, it's still a fight--and a fierce one. Today, the 2014 Mercedes-Benz S Class enters the ring looking for a knockout. What is the S Class' secret combo? Three engineering...

The annual Google I/O developers conference is going on this week in San Francisco, California, featuring in-depth sessions that showcase the latest and greatest from Google in the way of products and technology. One of the things being highlighted this year is Mercedes-Benz's integration of...

Pole position after qualifying today at the 2013 Formula One Spanish Grand Prix went to Mercedes AMG’s Nico Rosberg. The young German posted a best time of 1.20.718, which was just enough to edge him past his Mercedes AMG team-mate Lewis Hamilton’s time of 1:20.972. This means it will...

The Mercedes-Benz CLK GTR is the product of the mad minds at AMG. Built to compete in the 1997 FIA GT Championship, the CLK GTR was crafted as a racecar first but it was also a road car since it required homologation models to actually compete. Thus Mercedes-Benz was forced to churn out 25...

A fortnight ago, we told you Michael Schumacher would soon be donning his racing suit again and hopping behind the wheel of his former Mercedes AMG Formula One car to tackle the Nürburgring Nordschleife. The stunt is being done as part of Mercedes’ celebration of the Nürburgring 24...

The big SUV is being recalled because of improperly torqued seat belt bolts.

Probably the best-known of all the classic long-distance road races, the Mille Miglia ran from 1927 to 1957, using 1,000 miles of public roads from Brescia to Rome and back. Many now famous race cars ran that course, including those from Alfa Romeo, BMW, Ferrari and Porsche. And of course there...

Mercedes-AMG has posted a video to their YouTube channel that appears to show a news report of something strange on a German highway. It's clear that the automaker is looking to cook up a little bit of viral fun, and we'll bit (initially) to see what's going to happen next. The video above shows...

The Mercedes-Benz Sprinter van is the diesel-powered workhorse of many a commercial operation located around the planet. It's a vehicle with serious capability, a truly wonderful and efficient engine, and a level of safety that far exceeds what the rest of the commercial van market employs. Now...

It's not exactly luxurious, and it's not sporty in the on-road sense of the term, but there's something about this 1985 Mercedes-Benz 280GE "rebranded" as a 300GD that makes us want to clear a space in the garage. The Portland-area seller describes the diesel G as "city tough" and says it's...