Manuel Carrillo III, Author at MBWorld - Page 5 of 31

Here’s a collection of photos that has me mistaking myself for one of the editors of High Times. There’s enough smoke in the above image to make Cheech & Chong blush.

The automotive industry is moving toward electrification like Walmart shoppers moving through the doors at 5 a.m. on Black Friday. Thanks to tightening EPA regulations, there’s a lot of pressure to get more plug-in hybrids and electric vehicles on the roads, but only so much can be done given the constraints of the time-space continuum. The W205 C-Class is not immune to this impending wave of electrification, as demonstrated by these spy shots of C-Class sedan and wagon plug-in prototypes.

Autocar Magazine determined the Mercedes-Benz C63 AMG and Audi R8 were the best cars for a drifting battle. After they picked their favorite driver’s/drifter’s cars, the drivers themselves began to compete for the title of “best driver/drifter”. It would be nice to see this turned into a yearly competition done comprehensively in the vein of Motor Trend’s Best Driver’s Car battle. If there is another drift challenge like this, I nominate the Stig.

There are few better feelings in life than moving up to a higher class of automobile. That’s what has happened to forum member “Andriy242”. Andriy recently sold his Toyota Corolla; a car he had been driving since he was 18 years old. Now, at the ripe-old age of 23, he owns the 2012 Mercedes-Benz C300 […] More »

Vans are pretty awesome pieces of equipment — not minivans, but actual vans. They’re like motorhomes you can drive every day, and that’s pretty cool. All vans currently sold in the United States are two-wheel drive, but that’s about to change because when the Mercedes-Benz Sprinter BlueTEC 4×4 Diesel goes on sale in the U.S. […] More »

You are about to hear the magic that occurs when someone puts a full three-inch exhaust and C63 mufflers on a W211 E63 AMG. It is a beautiful phenomenon when a car can move you just as vigorously with its exhaust noise as it can when it’s slamming your skull back into the headrest. Cheers […] More »

Have you ever been in the situation where a woman sitting across the table from you at a restaurant begins to brush her toe against your thigh, and you have to keep yourself from getting the stupidest look on your face because you are surrounded by about 100 members of the general public? Well, that’s […] More »