The Mercedes-Benz SL550, SL63 AMG and SL65 AMG are being recalled for an occupant classification system malfunction. The system may fail to detect a lightweight person sitting in the front passenger seat. As a result, the passenger-side airbag may not deploy when necessary. Approximately 130 cars built from January 16 through April 30, 2013 are […] More »
By: Manuel Carrillo III | December 11, 2013
Sources within Mercedes-Benz have recently confirmed that the CLA Shooting Brake will be out in 2015. We already knew Mercedes-Benz was working on that car – and now we got the first close-up shots to prove it: the CLA Shooting Brake will essentially look like a mini CLS Shooting Brake boasting additional rear headroom and […] More »
By: MBW Spies | December 10, 2013
Mercedes-Benz is already hard at work on development of the S-Class Coupe, the car that will replace the CL-Class and that was previewed as a concept at the Frankfurt Motor Show. According to our sources true, this particular prototype has the singing voice of an AMG. Power should come from AMG’s 5.5-litre, twin-turbo V8, despite […] More »
By: MBW Spies | December 9, 2013
We found this video of Matt Farah flogging a Weistec MB E63 AMG that produces an estimated 850hp at the crank. He proceeds through his usual antics doing smoky burnouts and rolling acceleration “tests” through Orange County, California’s hills. However, he mentions that as soon as he left Weistec’s shop the air conditioning failed along […] More »
By: Yoav Gilad | December 6, 2013
Though on the market briefly, Mercedes is already working on a minor facelift for their CLS four-door coupe and shooting brake variant. Seen here, the latter was photographed in southern Europe undergoing handling tests on winding roads. Sporting a new layout for the headlights and a modified front grille, the CLS will fit better into […] More »
By: MBW Spies | December 5, 2013
All carmakers have been having a record year, sales and profits are up in virtually every segment and within every company. But Mercedes-Benz is poised to dethrone, recent US-luxury market king, BMW. In fact, BMW has led the US market in luxury sales for the last two years. But based on an improved/improving economy and […] More »
By: Yoav Gilad | December 5, 2013
We hope that you’ll forgive us diverging from Mercedes’ for just this once because every so often, we find art that is so staggeringly beautiful that it makes us swell, with awe that is. Indeed, this is just such art. If you’ve never heard of the Pirelli calendar, consider your virginity taken, as of now. […] More »
By: Yoav Gilad | December 4, 2013
