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.
This week’s AMG Monday Morning Wake-Up Call footage comes from the 2012 WannaGOFAST Georgia Half-Mile Shootout. The star of this video is an E63 AMG Wagon that starts off with a race against a heavily tuned BMW E90 3 Series. After that, it goes toe-to-toe against a wicked-quick V8 Mazda Miata. The E63 hustles down […] More »
On an AMG Monday Morning Wake-Up Call in October we showed you an exhaust sound battle between an E92 BMW M3 and a Mercedes-Benz C63 AMG. In that last battle the cars were standing still. The video below takes the action a step further by comparing the exhaust sounds when the cars are accelerating. As […] More »
When you own a C-Class you’re showing your fellow motorists you’ve got good taste. Don’t be offended when car thieves steal your C-Class because they’re showing their appreciation for your good taste. Data from the National Crime Information Center ranks the Mercedes-Benz C-Class number one of the top-10 most stolen luxury cars. Mercedes-Benz was the […] More »
What do we have here? A Mercedes-Benz C63 AMG with a BMW M license plate frame? What happened? Was this car vandalized? Has the owner suffered brain damage? Is his/her other car a BMW M3/M5/M6? Maybe the person just lost a bet. That appears to be the consensus on the MBWorld forums. Speaking of our […] More »
The entry-level luxury car was first launched in the 1970’s; little amazement that it was introduced by German manufacturers. The BMW 3 Series, 35 years old now, is the make’s most popular car by a long way with customers, accounting for almost 40% of the company’s sales in recent years. The BMW 328 has been […] More »
The battle between the 2009 Mercedes Benz C 350 and the 2009 BMW 335 i is one of class front-runners. Each represents an entry-level luxury car that can get around at pace while catering to your space requirements. Pricing and a difference of opinions will probably be all you need in choosing between these “quality-twins”.
