Yesterday we ran a story about a super-mean rally SL500. And it got us wondering… what’s the greatest SL that Mercedes ever built? We all remember the legendary mid ’50s Gullwing and of course the ‘Pagoda’ SL. But what about more recent SLs like the McLaren collab SLR? Or perhaps an AMG tuned Black Series? […] More »

Mercedes-Benz was active on the global rally circuit in the late 1970’s and developed a new car for the 1981 World Rally Championship. They hired Walter Rorhl, who had just won the WRC for Fiat in 1980, to test the new R107 SL500 and give input. The car was based on a street-driven SL except […] More »

Let’s get straight to the number-junkie porn: 2014 Mercedes-Benz E63 AMG S 4MATIC Specs 577-hp, 590-lb-ft 5.5L twin-turbo V8 Power at the Wheels: 541 horsepower & 505 lb-ft of torque Seven-speed automatic (MCT) 0-60: 3.4 seconds 1/4 mile: 11.6 seconds @ 121.8 mph 60-0: 106 feet Lateral Acceleration: 0.95 G Curb Weight: 4,511 lbs. As-Tested […] More »

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 »

The W205 Mercedes-Benz C-Class is expected to be revealed at the 2014 North American International Auto Show, and ahead of its January debut, we’re getting info about the car’s myriad technological advancements. You’d almost think Mercedes-Benz was reading MBWorld forum posts like the one where current owners list the features they wish were available on […] More »

You are looking at a 1995 Lotec Mercedes-Benz C1000 — a one-off built exclusively for an oil tycoon from the UAE. This car’s 5.6-liter biturbo V8 and its 1,000 horses lead an easy life: they only have 2,381 pounds to propel, which means this car is fast when those horses get a chance to work […] More »

The Mercedes-Benz S-class launched three months ago and has already has more than 30,000 orders placed. Last year, MB sold a total of 65,000 of it’s top-of-the-food-chain sedan all year! That means that Benz is on pace to double sales of this high margin model! It isn’t too surprising that sales have jumped as this […] More »