Mercedes-Benz News
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Testing vehicles in Arctic winter or Death Valley summer conditions is, typically, limited to those places and seasons. For Mercedes-Benz, though, that's no longer the case: its climate tunnels can simulate any conditions on earth. The video below gives you the quick-and-dirty low-down on the tunnels, but for a deeper look at what they can do and how they do it, check out AllCarTech's report.
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Mercedes-Benz Celebrating 125 Years Of The Automobile At 2011 Pebble BeachMercedes-Benz will be the featured marque of the 2011 Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance.
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2012 Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG Roadster Walkaround: VideoThe 2012 Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG Roadster made its North American debut at the Moto GP race at Laguna Seca last month, and this video gives us a walkaround of the new car courtesy of Mercedes-Benz AMG product manager Rob Moran. You've already read up on the SLS AMG Roadster's details and pored over...
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Brabus Builds Its Ideal Mercedes-Benz SLKKey among the modifications is an engine ECU retune, which can boost output by around 30 to 50 horsepower.
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NFL Coach Sells His Mercedes-Benz SL 500 To Cafeteria Worker For $20Ray Horton, ex-secondary coach for the Pittsburgh Steelers and new defensive coordinator for the Arizona Cardinals, did a pretty generous thing recently: he sold his 1999 Mercedes-Benz SL 500 to a long-time cafeteria worker that served the coaches and staff for just $20. The car is worth closer to...
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Parked Illegally In Lithuania? Your Car May Be Crushed: VideoThe mayor Vilnius, the capital of Lithuania, has taken to using an armored personnel carrier to crush illegally parked cars.
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If you haven't been following the AMG Driving Academy Performance Series with Tommy Kendall since we brought you the first episode, you should have been. This is an example of why: TK and and AMG driving instructor Nick Kunewalder walk you through some of the basic how-tos of drifting. From initiation to transitions to the mechanics of what the car is doing, this brief video does a surprisingly good job of explaining what's going on in a drift. It also contains some nice blooper footage of what can go wrong, including an SLS AMG mowing the lawn while trailing an Al-Gore-disgruntling cloud of...
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2012 Mercedes-Benz C63 AMG Coupe Drift Action: VideoThe 2012 Mercedes-Benz C63 AMG Coupe has a 451 horsepower and 443 pound-feet of torque 6.2-liter V-8 sending drive to the rear wheels, which makes it an ideal drifting machine.
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2012 Mercedes-Benz ML63 AMG Spy Shots2012 Mercedes-Benz ML63 AMG will come with the latest M157 twin-turbocharged 5.5-liter V-8 from AMG and at least 518 horsepower and 516 pound-feet of torque on tap.
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2012 Mercedes-Benz B-Class Interior RevealedThe new 2012 Mercedes-Benz B-Class will make its official world debut at the 2011 Frankfurt Auto Show this September before going on sale in Europe before the end of the year.
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Mercedes-Benz Drops V-12 SL-Class Models In Lead Up To 2013 RedesignThe official word from Mercedes-Benz for dropping its V-12 SL-Class models was to make way for the redesigned 2013 model but competition from the SLS AMG and new SLS AMG Roadster is also possible.
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Mercedes-Benz Working On 3D Displays And Hand-Gesture RecognitionIn addition to new 3D technology and hand-gesture recognition technology, Mercedes-Benz is also planning a whole new range of apps for its current COMAND Online multimedia system.
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Despite being a German native, Nico Rosberg is a rookie when it comes to the Nurburgring, which we're sure only made his passenger, David Coulthard, more nervous.
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Son Pays Tribute To Father With Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 In Spa 24 Hours RaceThe original Mercedes-Benz 300 SEL 6.8 AMG driven by Hans Heyer won the Spa 24 Hours race back in 1971, helping to put the AMG brand on the map virtually overnight.
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Daimler Posts Record $2.5 Billion Profit For Second QuarterDaimler is now on track to post revenues of more than $145 billion for 2011 on the back of strong demand for its luxury cars.
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2012 Mercedes-Benz C63 AMG Black Series: New GalleryYou've no doubt already absorbed all of the key details and specs of the new 2012 Mercedes-Benz C63 AMG Black Series, and pored over its photos, too, but today we have a fresh set of images from the live unveiling of the car at the Night of the Stars. In addition to the red car shown in the first...
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Sheryl Crow To Auction 1959 Mercedes-Benz 190 SL For Joplin Tornado Relief At Pebble BeachWith a classic collector car like the 1959 Mercedes-Benz 190 SL, there's always a good reason to buy the car: the car itself. But this time, there's an additional incentive to keep bidding, and it doesn't have anything to do with collectibility or simple aesthetics. The proceeds will go to benefit...
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Mercedes-Benz To Build M-Class Based ‘GLS’ At U.S. Plant?Mercedes-Benz recently announced a $2 billion investment plan for its Alabama plant to install tooling for a host of new models, possibly including the rumored GLS.
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The 2012 Mercedes-Benz C63 AMG Coupe Black Series is making its first public outing at this weekend’s 2011 Formula 1 German Grand Prix at the Nurburgring before going on display at the 2011 Frankfurt Auto Show in September.
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AMG Opens Exclusive Customer Lounge At German HeadquartersThe new AMG lounge will enable customers to offer feedback and suggestions for new models directly to AMG instead of through their dealers.
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Mercedes-Benz Investing $2 Billion In Alabama PlantThe money will go towards the installation of tooling for the new M-Class and next-generation GL-Class and C-Class models in Tuscaloosa, as well as the expansion of capacity.
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Coulthard Becomes AMG Brand Ambassador, Will Help Develop CarsDavid Coulthard will follow in the footsteps of fellow Formula 1 stars Michael Schumacher and Sebastian Vettel by becoming a brand ambassador for a luxury marque.
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Ferrari, Bentley, Aston, Mercedes: The Most Expensive Wreck This WeekWhat you see here is photographic evidence of what is very likely the most expensive wreck this week. What brought it about? We're not sure, but we're not sure it matters, either: you're looking at several hundred thousand dollars worth of repairs and lost value. The accident happened in the middle...
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Mercedes' New 5.5-liter V-8 To Replace 6.2 In Next C-Class AMG?Just this morning Mercedes-Benz graced us with more details on the naturally-aspirated 5.5-liter AMG V-8 put to use in the 2012 SLK55 AMG, but already rumors about the next car to get its glory have sprouted. The car tipped as the 5.5's beneficiary? The next C-Class AMG. Having put the latest C63...
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