Before I get into the details, I have to ask you what you think of the “Edition 1” GLA45 AMG’s racing stripes. Are they a bit much? Let me rephrase that: Are they a bit much on a crossover? I’ll reserve judgment because I’m sure you have a lot to say about how Mercedes is […] More »
By: Manuel Carrillo III | January 21, 2014
Mercedes-Benz has cooked up a snack-sized container of alphabet soup: the 2015 GLA45 AMG. Its hand-built, direct-injected and turbocharged 2.0-liter four-cylinder engine serves up 355 horsepower and 332 lb.-ft. of torque. Those figures make it “the most powerful series-production four-cylinder engine in the world.” AMG’s 4MATIC all-wheel-drive and SPEEDSHIFT DCT dual-clutch seven-speed transmission digest that […] More »
By: Derek Shiekhi | January 8, 2014
The Mercedes-Benz G-Class doesn’t need to be fast to be cool, but extra horsepower doesn’t hurt, either, so when it comes to cool off-roaders, a G-Class in AMG guise is the R-134a of SUVs. Weistec Engineering has taken a 2007 G55 AMG and increased its cool factor even more by creating the fastest G55 in the […] More »
By: Manuel Carrillo III | December 18, 2013
Are six wheels better than four? Is a threesome better than missionary? Some things are obviously better than others, and the comparison test you are about to see is so obvious, it really isn’t a comparison between the four-wheeled Mercedes-Benz G63 AMG and the six-wheeled G63 AMG — it’s more like a double-dose of a […] More »
By: Manuel Carrillo III | November 26, 2013
A typical comparison test would have pitted the Mercedes-Benz S-Class against direct rivals like the BMW 7 Series and Jaguar XJ. This Auto Express comparison is a bit different. It compares the S-Class only to one direct rival (the Audi A8) and one cross-shop rival (the Land Rover Range Rover). The Audi A8 represents the S-Class’ […] More »
By: Manuel Carrillo III | November 18, 2013
Mercedes-Benz brass has confirmed to Car and Driver that they will be introducing a new crossover based on the ML-Class that will compete with the BMW X6. Your guess is as good as ours regarding what they would call this thing, but “MLC” is a good start at name speculation. For many, cars like the […] More »
By: Manuel Carrillo III | October 11, 2013
The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) has just released its safety evaluation for the 2014 Mercedes-Benz M-Class, and the results are “Good”, meaning all its crashworthiness ratings were marked “Good”, which is the highest rating the IIHS awards vehicles. It’s time for Mercedes-Benz brass to crack open a bottle of Dom Pérignon because this […] More »
By: Manuel Carrillo III | October 9, 2013
