…But not first place. The Indian GP yesterday saw reigning champ Sebastian Vettel clinch the F1 championship, his fourth in a row. Tires were an issue once again as the soft options suffered from early degradation affecting all drivers except Sebastian Vettel. Who, of course, qualified on the pole. The Mercedes-AMG Petronas cars were strong […] More »

Mercedes-Benz invited Chris Harris and former F1 driver David Coulthard to drive a 220 Sedan in the Nurburgring round of the Langstreckencup (Long Distance Cup), the world’s largest historic endurance racing series. Harris was so excited by the invitation that he bought a suit. Not a racing suit, mind you, but a poorly-fitting business suit. […] More »

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 »