Category: Mercedes-Benz

New Mercedes-Benz S-Class Highlights Enhanced Power in Luxury

New Mercedes-Benz S-Class Highlights Enhanced Power in Luxury

The luxury car segment is a field where many vehicles play. Commonly recognized luxury features are not hard to find in the current auto climate. These days, you can get leather seating in a Ford Fiesta. For this reason, a premium carmaker must define their cars with innovation in making the luxury riding experience unique [...]

Texas Track Prepares to Host V8 Supercars

Texas Track Prepares to Host V8 Supercars

A blessing and a curse of this connected world is there are fewer secrets remaining in the world. Decades ago, following motorsports relied on finding a source or publication highlighting a specific form of racing. In the United States, NASCAR Sprint Cup blossomed from a regional level into a national force with media sources deciding [...]

Dropping the Hammer for the 2013 DTM Series

Dropping the Hammer for the 2013 DTM Series

Another racing series starts engines for the first time this 2013 motorsport season. Combining produced-based vehicles of Audi, BMW, and Mercedes-Benz with some of the greatest road course in Europe, the DTM Series is set to receive a 24-car field at the Hockenheimring. Ready for a fresh tour, the cast and characters of the 2013 [...]

Cars of Supercar’s Past: The Mercedes-Benz CLK-GTR

Cars of Supercar’s Past: The Mercedes-Benz CLK-GTR

The mid-to-late 1990s was a glorious renaissance period for performance cars. Formula 1 inspiration created the McLaren F1 using a BMW V-12 engine to become the then-fastest production car in the world. The Dodge Viper introduced in 1992 refined itself into a formidable performance coupe. The C5 version of the Chevrolet Corvette brought world-class speed [...]

Quick Drive: Mercedes SLS AMG Roadster

Quick Drive: Mercedes SLS AMG Roadster

Let’s be honest, this is the main reason I took the journey from London to Surrey for this Mercedes Media event where I also drove the SL 63 AMG and rode the smart ebike. The Mercedes SLS AMG Roadster is one of those cars that us gearheads long to check off our “to drive” bucket [...]

Quick Drive: Mercedes SL 63 AMG Roadster

Quick Drive: Mercedes SL 63 AMG Roadster

A few days ago, I jumped on a train in London to head down to Weybridge, Surrey to Mercedes Benz World about a half hour southeast of town. When I got there, I found a facility far bigger than I expected, along with a lineup of Mercedes-Benz vehicles lined up ranging from Smart’s electric cabrio [...]

Easter Egg Technologies Found on New Vehicles

Easter Egg Technologies Found on New Vehicles

Whether you are enjoying candies Easter Sunday or have memories of the traditional hunt, many of us have been excited with the sight of an Easter egg. Growing up on DVDs, we have given grown accustomed to hear the term “Easter egg” when referring to a hidden items in some movies. As motorists, we continue [...]

120 Years Since Patent, Diesel Power is Being Realized

120 Years Since Patent, Diesel Power is Being Realized

As many are aware, the gasoline engine dominated the past century-worth of motoring. Steam power disappeared in the 1920s while electric cars lost early 20th century momentum. Throughout the time gasoline power has held a stranglehold of the automobile marketplace, there had been one other propulsion choice making a small but effective impact. It was [...]