The Mercedes-AMG E63 gets an update for 2020 to go along with the updates for the rest of the E-Class range, including technology and cosmetic improvements. Mercedes has been busy updating the E-Class range for 2020 and, just as BMW has done with the new M5, they’ve left the updates for the range-topping model to […]
Mercedes-AMG REVEALS eTurbo electric turbo to eliminate turbo lag
Mercedes-AMG has teamed up with Garrett to deliver a new electric turbo solution – eTurbo – using 48v architecture to deliver lag-free boost. With the odd exception, car makers have been busy in recent years downsizing engines to cut CO2 emissions, and fitting turbos to make up for the loss of cubic capacity. That’s all […]
2020 Mercedes-AMG GLA 45 S and GLA 35 UK Prices announced – and they’re REALLY expensive
The Mercedes-AMG GLA 45 S and GLA 35 go on sale in the UK with prices for the range-topping Mercedes-AMG GLA 45 S 4MATIC+ Plus a whopping £64,775. When the new Mercedes-AMG A 45 S 4MATIC Plus prices were announced last year, a £56,570 price tag did seem like an awful lot of money for […]
The PHEV Mercedes B-Class – the Mercedes B 250 e plug-in hybrid – goes on sale in the UK
The Mercedes-Benz B 250 e plug-in hybrid goes on sale in the UK with a choice of three AMG trim levels and EV range of 42 miles. Costs from £35,280. Another day, yet another plug-in hybrid arrives to tempt more cautious buyers persuaded by electrification, but not ready for a full BEV, to part with […]
Mercedes E-Class Coupe and Cabriolet updated for 2020
Mercedes updates the E-Class Cabriolet and E-Class Coupe, with styling tweaks, updated engines and tech improvements. On sale in the UK in June. The Mercedes E-Class Cabriolet and Coupe have always been a stylish, and quite reserved, take on the four-door Mercedes E-Class saloon, and now, along with their four-door siblings, they’re in for a […]
Yet another Rowan Atkinson Mercedes 500E sells at Classic Car Auctions ‘Timed Sale’
Classic Car Auctions has run a ‘timed sale’ instead of an auction under the current restrictions, including selling yet another Rowan Atkinson Mercedes 500E. Car showrooms and car auctions have had to close under the current Covid-19 restrictions, so Classic Car Auctions decided to run an online ‘Timed Sale’ instead. And it’s worked rather well. […]
Mercedes EQE – Mercedes’ Electric ‘E-Class’ saloon – spied on video
The Mercedes EQE – Mercedes’ ‘middle child’ EV sitting below the electric EQS – out winter testing ahead of a debut expected in 2022. Mercedes’ plans for a range of electric cars is a bit different to most other car makers in that it’s planning a range of electric cars which mimic the size and […]
The MIGHTY Mercedes 190 E 2.5-16 EVO II – the ‘AMG’ Mercedes before AMG Mercedes’ – turns 30
The Mercedes 190 E 2.5-16 EVO II, Mercedes’ DTM homologation special from 1990, turns 30, built in-house by Mercedes, not AMG. It’s hard to think of Mercedes now without thinking of the AMG performance models, but there was a time when AMG was an independent company and Mercedes made its performance cars in-house. Mercedes bought-in […]
The Brabus take on the ELECTRIC Mercedes EQC400 4Matic adds £50k to the price
The electric Mercedes EQC400 4Matic SUV has come in for a makeover by Brabus, including cosmetic tweaks and a small power boost. But it costs £110,000. It’s eighteen months since the electric Mercedes EQC was revealed as Mercedes’ first major push in to electric cars, and May last year when we discovered the EQC costs […]
2020 Mercedes GLA – Mercedes’ newest, smallest, SUV priced for the UK
The new Mercedes GLA SUV goes on sale in the UK at prices starting from £32,640 for the entry-level GLA 200 Sport. First deliveries summer 2020. Mercedes revealed the new incarnation of the GLA SUV just before Christmas, and it’s a chunk more ‘SUV’ than the previous generation, although far less ‘SUV’ than the new […]