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 B-Class Electric Drive – price from £31,950
Mercedes has revealed price and specification details for the new B-Class Electric Drive, available in two trim levels and costing from £31,950 before grant. With the BMW i3 mopping up EV sales, Mercedes are keen to get their electric competition – the much more traditional Mercedes B-Class Electric Drive – on to the market now it’s gone […]
Mercedes B-Class gets a facelift for 2015 – debuts at Paris Motor Show
The Mercedes B-Class has been given a bit of a facelift for 2015, with cosmetic tweaks, efficiency gains and the arrival of the electric B-Class ED. It seems only five minutes since the second generation Mercedes B-Class arrived, but it’s getting a bit of a facelift – with the emphasis on the ‘bit’ – for […]
New Mercedes B-Class Electric Drive goes in to production
Mercedes has begun production of the B-Class Electric Drive at their plant in Rastatt, Germany. On sale in Europe in 2014, UK in 2015. With the BMW i3 grabbing headlines – and flying out of showrooms – as BMW’s first electric car, Mercedes need to play catch-up with a convincing EV of their own, and […]
New Mercedes B Class to spawn 7 Seat version
It looks like Mercedes are going to stretch the appeal of the new B Class by adding a new 7 seat option. Mercedes foray in to small hatchbacks has not exactly been an unmitigated success. The last generation A and B class were really just two sizes of the same car, neither of which had much driver […]
2012 Mercedes B Class – in MB dealers for road tests mid-December
With the latest Mercedes B Class having arrived at Frankfurt in September, Mercedes-Benz are now gearing up for customer tests from mid-December. As you can’t have failed to notice, the 2012 Mercedes B Class arrived at this years Frankfurt Motor Show, complete with a raft of detail and even more photos and video. We reported […]
New Mercedes B-Class (2012) Launch Campaign with new photos & video
Mercedes is now in launch mode with the new B-Class, so we get B-Class ‘The Advert’ and new photos along with a more ‘Human’ take on the new B-Class. Officially, the 2012 Mercedes B-Class arrived at the Frankfurt Motor Show back in September. Which meant we got plenty of detail and lots of photos. The […]
New Mercedes B-Class (2012) arrives
Mercedes-Benz has revealed the new B-Class ahead of its debut at the Frankfurt Motor Show. The Mercedes B-Class ‘Sports Tourer’ features new engines and new gearbox. It looks like we may have to hold our hands up and confess that we may have been mistaken about the 2012 Mercedes B-Class. On several fronts. Mercedes are calling the […]
New Mercedes B-Class (2012) exterior photo leaks
We have the first exterior photo of the 2012 Mercedes B-Class. The new B-Class will debut at Frankfurt in September. We did wonder if Mercedes were trying to keep exterior photos of the 2012 Mercedes B-Class under wraps until it launches at Frankfurt next month. Not much chance of that now the first official exterior photo has leaked out. In case you’re wondering, the […]
New Mercedes BLS leaks
Photos have emerged of what appears to be the baby Mercedes CLS – the 2012/2013 Mercedes BLS – on a production line in Hungary. There is no doubt that the 2011 Mercedes B-Class will arrive at Frankfurt next month. We’ve had a raft of details from Mercedes and even a set of interior photos of […]