We review and road test the Mercedes-Benz E350 CDI BlueEFFICIENCY Avantgarde Estate. Is it still the pick of the load-lugging premium Estates? To be absolutely precise, what we have for a week of playing – to review and road test – is the Mercedes-Benz E350 CDI BlueEFFICIENCY Avantgarde Estate. Which thankfully isn’t plastered out in chrome […]
Mercedes AMG Black Series – more to come
AMG boss Ola Kallenius has said that there are two new Black Series Models in the planning. The SLS AMG Black Series and the C63 AMG Black Series, perhaps? We all know that AMG is the performance arm of Mercedes and that the Black Series cars from AMG are the most hardcore of them all. […]
Mercedes Benz Eyecatchers +video
Mercedes has brought in the boffins to decide what it is that attracts a man’s eye to a car first of all. And to a woman. If we asked you what it is that you look at first when you look at a woman (I know, sexist – but it is part of the story) you’d probably […]
AMG and Ducati join forces
It has been announced that Mercedes performance division – AMG – is to join with Italian superbike maker Ducati in joint promotion ventures We didn’t see this coming, we must admit. And at first glance we really don’t really see the synergy. Mercedes AMG are to join up with Italian superbike makers Ducatti to acess new customer […]
Mercedes CLS63 AMG (2011/2012) LA Debut
Mercedes are launching the 2011 Mercedes CLS63 AMG at the Los Angeles Motor Show. The Mercedes CLS is probably our favourite Mercedes. It’s the Black Sheep of the family that dares to eschew the family style and sensibility. It ploughs its own furrow beyond just the obvious four-door swoopy-coupe thing. And in CLS55 guise we […]
2011 Mercedes C-Class Facelift leak
What look like shots of the 2011 Mercedes C-Class facelift have leaked out on to the Interweb. The current Mercedes C-Class is due a facelift in 2011 and we’re expecting the revamped Mercedes to put in its debut appearance at the Detroit Motor Show in January. But it looks like a bit of Mercedes’ thunder may have been stolen if […]
Mercedes SLK (2011/2012) ‘Magic Roof’ Spy Photos
Mercedes release ‘Spy’ photos of the next generation Mercedes SLK testing its magic roof control in Death Valley Regular readers may remember that in the run-up to the reveal of the Mercedes SLS we had ‘official’ spy photos – and even an official ‘spy’ video – of the Mercedes SLS. Which Mercedes obviously felt played well […]
Brabus SV12 R Biturbo 800: Fastest saloon car…in the WORLD!
Brabus has produced the Mercedes S65-based SV12 R Biturbo 800, which they say is the fastest saloon car in the world. Well, how else can you write a headline for an article for a car which has ridiculous amounts of power and claims to be the fastest saloon car in the world? A Jeremy Clarkson […]
Mercedes E220 CDI BlueEfficiency SE Coupe Review & Road Test (2010)
We spend a week with the Mercedes E220 CDI BlueEfficiency SE Coupe. Can a four-pot, entry-level, oil-burning E-Class Coupe be a stylish and desirable car? There was a time when a coupe – like this week’s review car, the Mercedes E220CDI Coupe – was something of a rarity. A rakish, two-door version of more sombre […]
Mercedes E220 CDI BlueEfficiency SE Coupe Review & Road Test (2010) Part 2
In part two of our review and Road Test of the Mercedes E220 CDI Coupe we look at whether its good to drive with it small, 4-pot diesel. Some cars conspire to make you feel good, whatever the price tag. This E220 CDI Coupe is a very lowly E-Class Coupe, but nothing shouts ‘Low-Rent’ […]