Mercedes are continuing some innovative marketing for the new A Class with the #YOUDRIVE campaign launching during X Factor. [nggallery id=1267 template=customlinks] Mercedes has already been playing in an innovative way with the marketing for the new A Class, with adverts running that don’t even mention Mercedes, never mind the new Mercedes A Class, just […]
2013 Mercedes SLS Electric Drive: Paris 2012
The electric SLS – the Mercedes SLS Electric Drive – has been shown at Paris 2012 ahead of a 2013 launch. [nggallery id=1261 template=customlinks] Ignoring the fact that the Mercedes SLS Electric Drive will cost more than twice the price of the normal, 6.2 litre V8 petrol version, it’s an impressive car. Mercedes are billing […]
Mercedes Electric Drive B-Class at Paris 2012
Mercedes has revealed an electric version of the new B-Class – the B-Class Electric Drive Concept – which will debut at Paris 2012. Mercedes has revealed the electric B-Class in the guise of the B-Class Electric Drive Concept – a name Mercedes say will find its way on to the boot of all electric Mercedes, […]
Mercedes CLA snapped undisguised
The Mercedes CLA – a baby CLS based on the new A Class – has been snapped undisguised in Iceland ahead of a 2013 reveal. [nggallery id=1039 template=customlinks] The fact that Mercedes are building a four-door, swoopy coupe based on the new A Class is no secret. In fact, Mercedes rolled out the Concept Style Coupe at the Beijing […]
Mercedes tease the 2014 S Class with a work of art
The 2014 Mercedes S Class isn’t due to be revealed until 2013, but Mercedes will be teasing it at the Paris Motor Show with a sculpture. [nggallery id=1214 template=customlinks] New car model teases usually take the form of dark photos or photos showing obscure detail. But Mercedes are taking a different route with the new […]
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. [nggallery id=740 template=customlinks] 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 […]
Arnie gets a Mercedes Unimog (video)
Former Governor and ex-Mr Universe Arnold Schwarzenegger trades in his Hummer for a Mercedes Unimog. You’re one of the most famous faces in the world, you were Governor of California and, in a previous life, Mr Universe. You’re Arnold Schwarzenegger and you have an image to maintain. So having spent thirty years cultivating that image you discover your wheels of choice […]
Mercedes CLS Shooting Brake priced from £49,360
Mercedes-Benz has announced that the CLS Estate – the Mercedes CLS Shooting Brake – will cost from £49,360 CLS 250 CDI BlueEFFICIENCY. The new Mercedes CLS Shooting Brake got its official reveal back in April (although we had to wait until July for the CLS 63 AMG Shooting Brake) , Mercedes has only now got round to […]
New Mercedes A45 AMG has 105 years of 4WD on its side
With the new Mercedes A45 AMG on the horizon – complete with 4WD – Mercedes chart the history of all wheel drive on their vehicles. We tend to think of 4WD road cars as a modern innovation, and certainly very few 4WD road cars hit the road in a mainstream way much before the 1980s […]
Maybach officially turns up its toes
After almost a decade of trying, Mercedes has finally officially thrown in the towel and announced the end of Maybach production. Maybach – a brand name almost unknown outside Germany when it was revived – was supposed to be Mercedes’ answer to Rolls Royce and Bentley. And perhaps it could have been. It could have […]