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And here we were thinking that the catching a golf ball in the SLS was a strange way to advertise. Mercedes seems to have shifted their focus from the super car driving caddy to the hot hatch driving youngsters of London. With the new A-Class on the horizon, it does make sense for them to […] More »

A new frontal crash test was developed by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety and most luxury cars; including Mercedes-Benz did not get a good grade. According to CBS News, the test is designed to simulate what happened in a collision with a car, a pole or tree. At 40 miles per hour and at

It’s officially done. Maybach, Daimler’s attempt at competing with the likes of Bentley and Rolls-Royce, has officially discontinued all models for 2013. The brand was hemmoraging money. Maybach lost around $500,000 on each car that they sold. Nevermind the cars that sat on the lots because they we’re so incredibly expensive. To take the place […] More »

  Leaf? Volt? Meet the B-Class, your new rival. Talks about Mercedes creating an electric car with Tesla have been floating through the ether for months now, but the truth is finally out. Tesla will be providing drive-trains and batteries to Mercedes for an all-electric B-Class by 2014. It might not be the souped-up AMG […] More »

Say it aint so! The compact, 911 fighter from Mercedes has been put on an indefinite hold, on the grounds that it’s too expensive. The news comes from auto motor und sport, who say they heard from company sources. According to them, the board argues they already have too many cars at that price range, […] More »

Congratulations AMG! It’s been 45 years since the tuner began massaging Mercedes into high performance powerhouses.They’ve captured their entire line-up here. Even got the ones that aren’t out yet.

We’ve known a lot about the new A-Class, especially when it was shown in Geneva. However, it seems the company wants everyone to know that this is what a luxury hatch is, and it should be this beautiful. “The new A-Class impresses thanks to its uniquely high quality standards for the compact segment, achieved through