Gary Paffett is a reserve driver for the McLaren Mercedes F1 team. Yet despite his talent as a driver, he doesn’t receive much track time in F1.  To keep his skills sharp, Paffett takes part in German Touring Car racing, or Deutsche Touringwagen Masters (DTM), for the Mercedes-Benz team. Last season he nearly captured the […] More »

Hey now MBWorld! I’m sorry I haven’t brought you a picture of the week for the past few weeks. Tomorrow I will return with your regularly scheduled posting. This Thursday morning,  I bring you a video-of-the week to make up for the posts that were M.I.A. Here is a Mercedes-Benz you’re not accustomed to seeing […] More »

By the time I finished watching the advertisement for the new E63 AMG, I thought about posting it into the LS1 forums.  Good Lord, this car sounds like it belongs in the American Muscle family. The new super-sedan from Mercedes-Benz has three different trim levels. The base version gets a 5.5 liter twin turbo V8 […] More »

The Bahrain Grand Prix takes place this weekend and, of course, the main storyline will be the event itself. Unrest cancelled the Grand Prix two years ago, and last season heavy protests and an attack from the Anonymous hacker group received a large amount of press coverage. Expect more of the same this season, with […] More »

Stirling Moss told women they couldn’t. It’s quite sad to read his words.  Sir Stirling is one of the greatest drivers to ever sit behind the wheel of a car. Moss’ own career was anything but easy. And that’s what makes his words all the more surprising and sad. Moss couldn’t win a world championship. […] More »

So I’ve been bingeing on the Japanese Anime, Initial D. The show features a Toyota Sprinter Trueno, or, more commonly known as an AE86. In the show, the “8-6” is driven to the many prefectures of Japan and raced on mountain pass courses against other Japanese domestics. The show has a heavy dose of drift […] More »

After World War I, life in Germany was grim. Defeat loomed over the nation. Acute shortages in nearly all resources brought the country to the brink of revolution. This certainly affected the German auto industry.  They were down, but not completely out of the fight. Do you know what it took to win motor-races after […] More »