There are certain things to which we all look forward: that unnecessarily slow walk to the front door after a great first date, the next episode of Top Gear, pay day … and AMG converting a standard Mercedes-Benz into a velvet-wrapped sledgehammer.
By: Derek Shiekhi | March 21, 2014
Aluminum is a long-time sweetheart of the auto industry. It’s been used in the Audi Space Frame for years. Jaguar crafts its vehicles out of the lightweight metal. Even the new Range Rover is made from it. On the domestic front, Ford will make its best-selling F-150 pickup out of aluminum starting with the 2015 […] More »
By: Derek Shiekhi | February 27, 2014
The world has been waiting for the 2015 S-Class Coupe for quite a while. And now that it’s finally here, it’s hard to pay attention to it…as a whole. Mercedes-Benz can blame its own active curve tilting function. “The vehicle leans into bends much like a motorcyclist, thereby reducing the lateral acceleration acting on the […] More »
By: Derek Shiekhi | February 12, 2014
Automotive magazines are like casinos. They’re skilled at making sure they win more often than they lose. Motor Trend recently hedged its bets by testing a 2014 Audi RS 5 against a 2014 Mercedes-Benz C63 AMG 507 Edition coupe. Ron Kiino, Jonny Lieberman and Randy Pobst were going to have a great time, no matter […] More »
By: Derek Shiekhi | February 11, 2014
For as long as the Mercedes-Benz G-Class and the Land Rover Range Rover have been staples in the high-end luxury SUV segment, you would think they have a lot in common. True, the G63 AMG and the Range Rover Supercharged in this test are both V8-powered, leather-lined rigs that kick ass off road. After that, […] More »
By: Derek Shiekhi | February 10, 2014
So you’ve got $68,225 set aside to buy you years of top-down motoring. But you don’t want to test-drive a convertible in these frigid winter temperatures. Lucky for you, the crew at Autoblog braved the elements to evaluate the Mercedes-Benz E550 Cabriolet. Autoblog has even saved you trouble of deciding which color to pick. The […] More »
By: Derek Shiekhi | February 3, 2014
Opt for the Mercedes-Benz CLS63 AMG S 4MATIC over the E63 AMG S 4MATIC and you’ll lose 2 inches of headroom in the back seat … you’ll also lose $6,730 … depending on who you are, that can be a bad night in Vegas, or a bad night in a back seat anywhere in the world. Size […] More »
By: Manuel Carrillo III | January 24, 2014
