When the Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG rides out of the market and into the sunset next year (we predict with a plume of tire smoke and a touch of opposite lock) many a petroleum-laced tear will be shed, but before we start crying like a just-booted contestant from Dancing With the Stars, let us look at […] More »
By: Manuel Carrillo III | November 7, 2013
Mercedes-Benz is the most popular luxury brand in America with last month’s sales up 25 percent over the year before. The brand’s sales success can be attributed to the CLA-Class that has recently gone on sale. With a new, low-priced model in showrooms, the gap between Mercedes-Benz and sales runner-up, BMW, is widening. Last month […] More »
By: Manuel Carrillo III | November 5, 2013
Since 2009 Daimler and Tesla have been in an electric vehicle partnership; Daimler owns 4.3 percent of Tesla, but there is little evidence of an alliance between the two companies. Daimler wants that to change. The company’s CFO, Bodo Uebber recently said at a press conference, “I told my guys, go back to Tesla and […] More »
By: Manuel Carrillo III | October 31, 2013
In what can only be described as a purely altruistic gesture, Mercedes-Benz is rolling out a new service in the California slum of Palo Alto. The program is designed to help parents who are too busy waiting for venture capital funding to come through or purchasing food at the local organic, farm-to-table co-op (cause, you […] More »
By: Yoav Gilad | October 31, 2013
The 2015 MB C-class has been revealed! Not officially, though, as these photos were leaked on a Spanish website. As expected the car mimics the brand new CLA’s styling with a strong descending bone line and an upswept light catcher above the rockers both of which lead the eye back along the car’s flanks creating […] More »
By: Yoav Gilad | October 29, 2013
Here was the original plan: Daimler AG would shutter the Maybach marque and replace it with a hyper-luxe Mercedes-Benz S-Class marketed as the Pullman. New reports, however, are indicating the Maybach name may live to see another sunrise as the 2015 Mercedes-Benz S-Class Pullman Maybach. Here’s Why this Rumor Could Be True: When Daimler AG […] More »
By: Manuel Carrillo III | October 23, 2013
Apparently people really like all-wheel-drive AMGs — they’re selling so well that AMG is looking to increase its AWD offerings. An example of all-wheel drive’s popularity can be seen with the E63 AMG: in some markets where both the rear-wheel-drive and all-wheel-drive models are sold, the take rate for the AWD car is more than […] More »
By: Manuel Carrillo III | October 17, 2013
