Mercedes-Benz invited Chris Harris and former F1 driver David Coulthard to drive a 220 Sedan in the Nurburgring round of the Langstreckencup (Long Distance Cup), the world’s largest historic endurance racing series. Harris was so excited by the invitation that he bought a suit. Not a racing suit, mind you, but a poorly-fitting business suit. […] More »
By: Yoav Gilad | October 25, 2013
Yesterday we ran a story about a super-mean rally SL500. And it got us wondering… what’s the greatest SL that Mercedes ever built? We all remember the legendary mid ’50s Gullwing and of course the ‘Pagoda’ SL. But what about more recent SLs like the McLaren collab SLR? Or perhaps an AMG tuned Black Series? […] More »
By: Yoav Gilad | October 25, 2013
Mercedes-Benz was active on the global rally circuit in the late 1970’s and developed a new car for the 1981 World Rally Championship. They hired Walter Rorhl, who had just won the WRC for Fiat in 1980, to test the new R107 SL500 and give input. The car was based on a street-driven SL except […] More »
By: Yoav Gilad | October 24, 2013
The Mercedes-Benz S-class launched three months ago and has already has more than 30,000 orders placed. Last year, MB sold a total of 65,000 of it’s top-of-the-food-chain sedan all year! That means that Benz is on pace to double sales of this high margin model! It isn’t too surprising that sales have jumped as this […] More »
By: Yoav Gilad | October 22, 2013
With the exception of a strong, bass-filled exhaust note, there is nothing that I love more than a favorite piece of music playing on a strong, clear sound system. That is why I love Mercedes-Benz so much, their S-class Burmester systems are simply unmatched in the automotive world for clarity. Below is a video of […] More »
By: Yoav Gilad | October 10, 2013
The Mercedes-Benz SL63 AMG is a pretty quick machine. It can easily outrun scooters, Prius, kittens, 911s and some M-group BMWs. We’re pretty sure that this SL can outrun, well, anything with wheels. Why? Because it pulls on a couple of Yamaha R1’s from 50 or so km/h up past 300 km/h (that’s over 186 […] More »
By: Yoav Gilad | October 10, 2013
A couple of months ago, we ran a story on Mercedes Benz’ AMG inking a deal with Aston Martin to supply engines. And while AMG has supplied engines to other manufacturers in the past, we wondered if it’s such a good idea as Aston Martin could pull sales from cars such as the Mercedes SLS. […] More »
By: Yoav Gilad | October 2, 2013
