Tag archive: Mercedes Benz

Mercedes-Benz AMG will not produce diesel cars, despite rival BMW M’s recent announcement that it would, the German tuner told Autocar. The head of AMG, Ola Kallenius, said diesels would compromise AMG’s mission of building high-performance versions of Mercedes luxury cars. “The technology of performance gasoline engines is converging with diesel tech. Direct injection, downsizing and turbocharging are all having an effect,” Kallenius said,… Read More

At this year’s Consumer Electronics Show, Mercedes-Benz suffered somewhat of a public relations nightmare when Dieter Zetsche, Daimler CEO, made reference to Argentine revolutionary Ernesto “Che” Guevara — unveiling a giant one-story image of Guevara complete with a Mercedes-Benz three-pointed star on his iconic beret and causing quite a stir among Cuban Americans in Miami. According to the Miami Herald, the giant image of Guevara was… Read More

Announced during the Consumer Electronics Show this week, the new version of Mbrace developed by Mercedes-Benz will support several new Web applications including Facebook profiles, Google search and Street View, Morningstar Finance, Panoramio and popular review site Yelp. Many of the applications tie into the car's navigation system and update the car's route when redirecting to a nearby Facebook friend or a well-reviewed… Read More

There is no denying that automobiles and cutting-edge technology have formed a successful partnership that even most Hollywood couples would envy. While some may take umbrage with the host of concept cars shown off by automakers and designers that never make it to production, apart from teasing us with stunning feats of engineering we will most likely never get to drive, these showpieces often serve the larger purpose of allowing car companies… Read More

It all started with a short e-mail exchange. Asked about the future car, an unnamed representative from an American automaker called the idea ridiculous. By 2050, we’ll all be living on another planet flying around in jetpacks, he joked. Cars might not even exist. Yet, as everyone who studies technology knows, there are fits and starts, major milestones and minor setbacks, on the road to the future. Alan Keys said the only way to predict the… Read More

Riding in the lap of luxury is about to get a little more cramped: Mercedes will reportedly kill its super-high-end Maybach brand in 2013, according to company insiders who spoke with AutoWeek. The gold-colored void will be filled with a new, higher-end S-class. The reason for the allegedly impending death of Maybach is, of course, lower than expected sales of the Maybach 57 and Maybach 62, each of which cost between $375,000 and $430,000,… Read More

For anyone who follows tech innovations, the 2012 Mercedes-Benz CLS 63 AMG is like the iPhone 4S of automobiles. There’s a sleek exterior, but on the inside, the tech advancements take well-known concepts – like adaptive cruise control and blind spot detectors – and push them even further. For alpha techies, driving the CLS 63 is just a notch more fun than cruising around in the Lexus CT 200h, another car that has a bevy of tech advancements.… Read More

Legal to drive on the street. That’s the best specification on the 2012 Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG, a vehicle that has more engineering smarts just in its brakes than other cars have bumper to bumper. As you drive one, you feel as though you’ve gone from a traditional car into some super-futuristic transport pod, one that has many of the same characteristics as a Formula 1 racer. Another important spec you’ll notice right away on the SLS: This is a… Read More

Follow the lines of the snarling, dragon-like grin and you'll find Mercedes' next generation 2012 CLS. The car that created the “four door coupe” segment gets an exterior overhaul that keeps the game-changing shape of the original but gains some sleek new lines and an overall look that is not only elegant, but elegantly industrial. Link