New Baby Benz: Mercedes A-class Sedan Spotted Winter Testing in the U.S.

– Mercedes-Benz has just revealed its new A-class compact hatchback for the European market, but it isn’t coming to the United States (Canada will be getting it, though). Luckily, an eagle-eyed Twitter user sent us these photos of the upcoming baby Benz that is slated to come to the States: the A-class sedan, which is looking more and […]

2018 Mercedes-Maybach S560 4Matic Test: Better Than Benz

– The Mercedes-Maybach S560 4Matic ultra-luxury sedan is for the affluent buyer who prefers understated elegance to unadulterated ostentation. Whereas the Bentley Flying Spur and the Rolls-Royce Ghost are both equal parts opulent indulgences and style statements, the Maybach pairs its lavish innards with bodywork similar to that of the shorter and more demure Mercedes-Benz […]

Benz set to roll in Wylie

TALENTED Adelaide sprinter Benz will launch his spring campaign in Saturday’s $ 100,000 Listed UBET W H Wylie Handicap (1100m) at Morphettville. Trainer Gordon Richards said the Group 3 winner, who hasn’t raced since finishing runner-up at Moonee Valley behind Katsuro in June, had come back in great order evident with an impressive recent Morphettville […]

As Charisma Carpenter and Julie Benz Brace to Do Battle, BFFs Talk Dunk Tank Fears, Female Unity and Angel Bites

ABC’s Battle of the Network Stars will be touched by Angel when both Charisma Carpenter and Julie Benz have field days on the rebooted competition series. The Buffyverse alumni will not find themselves on opposite ends of a tug-of-war — Carpenter is part of the “Sci-Fi/Fantasy” team aiming to collar “TV Cops” this Thursday at 9/8c, while […]

Benz with a Bed: The Mercedes-Benz X-class Pickup Truck Is Here

– Conveniently forgetting the Lincoln Blackwood and Mark LT and the Cadillac Escalade EXT—or, more likely, throwing massive shade at those American automakers—Mercedes has declared that its new X-class is “the first pickup from a premium manufacturer.” The X-class is an offspring of the alliance between Daimler and Renault-Nissan. It will be built alongside the Europe-market Nissan Navara, […]

Mercedes Benz owner teams up to develop self-driving ‘ROBOT TAXI’ to take on Uber

PR Daimler and supplier Robert Bosch are teaming up to develop self-driving cars The pact between the world’s largest maker of premium cars and the world’s largest automotive supplier forms a powerful counterweight to new auto industry players like ride-hailing firms Uber and Didi which are also working on self-driving cars. Tech companies and carmakers […]

2019 Mercedes-Benz GLE-class Spied: Big Changes in Store for an Important Benz

– What It Is: The entirely new, fourth-generation version of Mercedes-Benz’s core SUV. Originally called the M-class (and badged with ML prefixes), it was renamed the GLE-class for the 2016 model year, a designation that Merc intends to keep because it underscores the vehicle’s central position within Benz’s SUV lineup and aligns it with the […]

BMW and Benz: Diesel Has Long-Term Future in Europe, But Not in U.S.

– There are certain questions that must be asked pretty much every time journalists get in the same room as senior auto-industry executives. Thanks to Volkswagen’s cheatin’ heart, the future of diesel passenger cars on both sides of the Atlantic is one of them. – After speaking to senior executives from both BMW and Mercedes-Benz […]