The luxury sales wars are heating up. The three top luxury players are Audi, BMW and Mercedes-Benz. Globally, no one else registers on the radar. The aforementioned companies all have their eye on the top spot. BMW has held it since 2005, when Mercedes relinquished its position. Audi, on the other hand, has grown steadily. [...]
We’ve been wondering if Mercedes-Benz would bring over the new B-Class, based on the Mercedes Front Architecture. With this latest news form CAR, we can safely conclude that won’t be happening. If you haven’t been paying attention, Mercedes has decided to go full-speed ahead with front-wheel drive platforms in an effort to catch up to [...]
If exclusivity is the greatest luxury, apparently BMW, Audi and Mercedes-Benz didn’t get the memo. The top three global luxury auto manufacturers are duking it out for sales. They all desire the top spot, and are planning on boosting sales significantly to achieve that goal. BMW has taken the top spot since 2005, but Audi [...]
Many of us like tinted windows in our cars. They offer a lot of benefits, chief being privacy and shade from the sun. Thanks to the suns ray’s being blocked, interiors are kept cooler and all of that good stuff. Sometimes on a beautiful day though or when you want to see out the windows, [...]
Brace yourself for front-wheel drive Mercedes-Benzes. While the rest of the world has had them for quite some time. the United States has been largely been kept from them. That is because Mercedes has a higher-end luxury image here in the U.S. In other parts of the world Mercedes are used as taxis and the [...]
In the United States we don’t equate Mercedes-Benz with hatchbacks (or MPVs, or vans….) but in Europe it is a whole different story. Mercedes-Benzes there are viewed as a more mainstream vehicle. In particular the A- and B-Class lines have been important sellers for Mercedes, and they are taking on an even bigger importance in [...]
People will often pay through their nose to be the first to have something. In the technology industry it is called being an early-adopter – and you definitely pay to be one. With cars, Concours d’Elegance shows and auctions like Barrett Jackson in Arizona usually offer a chance to be first. Sometimes a catalog like [...]
BMW was the largest premium manufacturer in the world last year, with Audi at number two and Mercedes-Benz taking third place. Audi’s goal is to be the largest company in the world 2018, and while it is well on its way to that, the competition isn’t going to just stand still. Mercedes aims to take [...]