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 […]
Mercedes GLA, CLA and CLA Shooting Brake plug-in Hybrids arrive – with NO surprises
Plug-in hybrid versions of the Mercedes GLA SUV, CLA saloon and CLA Shooting Brake arrive with the same PHEV powertrain as the A-Class and B-Class. Are plug-in hybrids the best route to eventual BEV dominance, or are they simply and over-complicated way to deliver cars which will help car makers deliver lower average CO2 emissions […]
Mercedes TEASE new plug-in Hybrid versions of the GLA, CLA and CLA Shooting Brake
Mercedes is teasing new plug-in hybrid versions for the Mercedes A-Class range with GLA SUV, the CLA Saloon and the CLA Shooting Brake Estate all going PHEV. We’re assuming Mercedes’ tease for new plug-in hybrid versions in the A-Class range should have been aimed at the now cancelled 20202 Geneva Motor Show. But Geneva Motor […]
New 2020 Mercedes-AMG GLA 45 S arrives – it’s an A45 S, just taller
The new 2020 Mercedes-AMG GLA 45 S arrives as Mercedes completes the GLA range with the range-topping 415bhp pocket rocket on stilts. The new Mercedes-AMG 45 S arrived last summer, and the new Mercedes GLA arrived just before Christmas. Mercedes has given the pair a conjugal weekend away and the result is this – the […]
New Mercedes-AMG GLE 63 S Coupe: The GLE 63 S with a coupe roof and bigger price
The new Mercedes-AMG GLE 63 S Coupe arrives with the same 603bhp V8 as the regular GLE 63 S, but a bigger price tag and coupe roof. The new Mercedes-AMG GLE 63 arrived in the UK at the end of last year, so, inevitably, the new Mercedes-AMG GLE 63 Coupe has to follow. And here […]
Now it’s the Mercedes S-Class Coupe and Cabriolet being axed – and 15,000 jobs
Mercedes-Benz is planning to cut 15,000 jobs and axe low volume models like the S-Class Coupe and Cabriolet in a rapidly changing car landscape. It’s not secret that the car industry is going through the biggest changes any of us have seen in our lifetimes, and there are going to be casualties. Even big name […]
Mercedes X-Class Pick-up will be AXED in May
The Mercedes X-Class Pick-up – Mercedes Nissan Navara in posh clothes – will be axed in May as Mercedes decide to call time on its Pick-up adventure. The Mercedes X-Class Pick-up only arrived in the UK in October 2017 but now, just over two years since it launched in the UK, it’s being axed. And […]
Mercedes GLC 300 e and GLE 350 de Plug-in Hybrids priced for the UK
Mercedes has announced prices for the GLC 300 e petrol-electric plug-in hybrid and GLE 350 de diesel-electric plug-in hybrid, at £49,687 and £61,360 respectively. How exactly a diesel-averse car buying public will react to a diesel plug-in hybrid with a big electric range is a bit of a puzzle; will they eschew it and perceive […]