The German car manufacturer announced that a fifth model will be produced in the Tuscaloosa, Alabama plant, the MLC SUV Coupe. The four other vehicles are the M-, GL-, R- and M- classes. The MLC SUV Coupe is expected to be a rival of the BMW X6. Last year, it was reported that an investment [...]
In 1978, a ten minute short-film was produced that left petrolheads slack-jawed and liberally dribbling. It was called C’était un Rendezvous and saw a Ferrari 275 GTB thrash around the streets of Paris in the early hours of the morning. In reality it wasn’t a Ferrari 275 GTB, but a Mercedes-Benz 450SEL 6.9 – still [...]
Unveiled in Brussels only last June, Mercedes’ new Actros truck has once again been named Truck of the Year for 2012, making it two years in a row for this commercial vehicle from Mercedes’ truck division. Equipped with the Mercedes OM471 engine, the Actros fully complies with the latest Euro emissions standard. Its highly efficient [...]
This is what the new Pininfarina sports saloon will look like. No, not the chocolatey space bubbles to the left, but the Star Trek-inspired thing on the right. Yes, that same legendary coachbuilder that gave us the original Alfa Romeo Spider, Ferrari Testarossa, Maserati Quattroporte and, erm, the Focus CC, is readying a “luxury, environment-friendly [...]
Despite being on the verge of being replaced, tuners continue to craft upgrades for the long-live SL-Class R230. The latest of these tuners to do so is Wald, which, in its typical fashion, has come up with a wild-looking kit for the Mercedes SL. Marketing it as an aerodynamic upgrade, Japanese tuner Wald has installed [...]
For the first time this season, Red Bull’s Sebastian Vettel was not able to grab the top spot. It was McLaren’s Lewis Hamilton’s turn in there with a time of 1m 35.820s. Meanwhile, Mercedes Petronas’ Nico Rosberg is on the 7th grid and Michael Schumacher is on the 12th place of the race at the [...]
