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Taste the Rainbow: 2012 Gullwing Convention

Taste the Rainbow: 2012 Gullwing Convention

Talk about a great picture. Actually, great pictures. This shot and most of the ones below were taken at the 2012 Gullwing convention earlier this month and they are spectacular. My favorite is the one above, but the ones below are also fantastic. The photography was done by Royce Rumsey of Autofocused. These are just a few […] More »

By: | October 26, 2012


Big Black Truck: Meet the G500 XXL

Big Black Truck: Meet the G500 XXL

They call it the G500 XXL. It’s over 20 feet of lifted, stretched, flat black, unfiltered awesome that runs on dragon blood as fuel and jets flame from the exhaust. At least, it looks like it does. Even when empty, it still manages to weight well over three tons. Basically, this is the baddest G-Class […] More »

By: | October 24, 2012



New Way to Car Shop Anonymously with CarPlatter

New Way to Car Shop Anonymously with CarPlatter

Finding the exact car you want can be a pain sometime. Car Platter aims to make that process a little bit easier by bringing the exact car you want to you from dealers across the country. More than that, it allows you to make the cross shopping experience and anonymous one. That means no calls from dealerships, […] More »

By: | October 20, 2012


Chrome and Copper: Joe Dales ’69 Steampunk Benz

Chrome and Copper: Joe Dales ’69 Steampunk Benz

Photos: Kevin Trower @ StanceWorks Studs, rivets, copper and brass. These are not typically the types of materials we think about when talking about Mercedes. A plane? Sure. A tank? Yeah, alright. But Mercedes? That’s a name synonymous with high technology. Composite materials. Aluminium alloy. You’d be right too, at least when talking about a […] More »

By: | October 18, 2012


Mercedes GL Earns 2013 Motor Trend SUV of the Year

Mercedes GL Earns 2013 Motor Trend SUV of the Year

Mercedes, it’s time to break out the bubbly. Today, MotorTrend magazine announced the winner of their annual contest as the Mercedes-Benz 2013 GL. It might not seem this way at first, but the SUV of the year award is a pretty big deal. For people less interested in LeMans races and more concerned with Lamaze […] More »

By: | October 16, 2012


2013 SL Recalled Over Flammable Refrigerant

2013 SL Recalled Over Flammable Refrigerant

Mercedes normally stays well out of the recall messes that plague other manufacturers, but their new SL is suffering from an issue that reminds me of a more… Italian marquee.  It’s being recalled due to a potential fire risk in the air conditioning system. They switched over to a new type of refrigerant designed to be more environmentally friendly than […] More »

By: | October 11, 2012



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