While previously considered as a potentially record-setting vintage car, the rare 1936 Mercedes-Benz 540K Special Roadster owned by Prussian baroness Gisela von Krieger and her family still managed to snag a pretty sum. The vehicle’s final number at the Pebble Beach auction was $11.77 million. Gooding & Co. expected the vehicle to shatter the world

  Jerry Seinfeld is a lazy, shiftless bastard. Well, those are Alec Bladwin’s words from this episode of Cars and Coffee, not ours. He’s got a point though. How else do you explain a show that consists of solely of classic cars and comedic banter? This episode the two comedians get coffee in a lovely red 280SL. […] 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

The other day, we told you some information on the Mercedes CLA 45 AMG. We also showed spy photos to perk up your interest on Mercedes AMG’s new offer. As mentioned in my earlier post, the A45 AMG is a new breed of car because it is a hatchback that AMG developed, which is quite

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 »

MacGyver was a very popular action-adventure TV series in the mid-80′s to early 90′s, and now Mercedes-Benz is tapping the iconic character for the marketing campaign of the Mercedes-Benz Citan van, drawing parallels between the character’s craftiness and resourcefulness and the vehicle’s wide model range and versatile functionality. Due to be unveiled officially at the

Mercedes, Audi, BMW, Lexus and pretty much everyone else is hurting from the results of the IIHS new small overlap crash test. It’s designed to simulate crashing into a pole, tree, or any other immovable object from a glancing angle. According to the IIHS, the C-Class does not hold up well at all. To be […] More »