Tag: Mercedes

07 DEC

We drove a $90,000 Mercedes E400 Coupé and were completely blown away

Mercedes-Benz The E400 is a beautifully composed luxury two-door. It isn’t cheap, but it’s mostly worth it. This is a premium coupé for discerning students of the genre. Here’s the biggest problem with Mercedes-Benz: we take it for granted. It’s the Rolex of cars. If you just can’t make up your mind about which luxury […]

06 DEC

Lewis Hamilton: Mercedes man talks Red Bull and Ferrari 2018 challenge

Hamilton was dominant once again this season, clinching his fourth world title at the Mexican Grand Prix. The triumph was his third as a Mercedes driver after quitting McLaren in 2013. Although Red Bull have seen Sebastian Vettel clinch back-to-back crowns in recent years and Daniel Ricciardo progressing last season, Hamilton doesn’t fear a challenge […]

23 NOV

Lewis Hamilton: Sebastian Vettel makes admission about Mercedes driver

That’s what Sebastian Vettel has admitted ahead of this weekend’s showdown with the Mercedes man at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. Hamilton secured the fourth World Drivers’ Championship of his F1 career at Mexico City’s Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez three weeks ago. And that triumph came after title rival Vettel failed to finish in the top […]

11 NOV

Lewis Hamilton confirms his Mercedes team were robbed at GUN POINT at Brazilian Grand Prix

Reports began to surface earlier in the morning that some Mercedes personnel were robbed as they left the Interlagos track last night. Members of the FIA and Williams were also caught up but it was claimed nobody was hurt. However, ahead of third practice, Hamilton revealed his team had been caught up in an armed […]

23 OCT

Mercedes handles the competition because it knows how to handle data, too

Mark Thompson/Getty Images AUSTIN, Texas—History happened Sunday at the Circuit of the Americas. Formula 1 driver Lewis Hamilton won for the fifth time in six years at Austin, inching him closer to a fourth world championship this year. And on a macro scale, Hamilton’s victory sealed a fourth straight Formula One constructors’ championship for the Silver Arrows […]

17 OCT

Mercedes recall 400,000 cars for exploding airbags – is yours at risk?

The car manufacturer issued an urgent recall last night after a number of cases were reported of airbags going off unexpectedly.  The cause for the faulty airbag is due to a dodgy spring in the steering column. Mercedes are concerned the clock spring module could break causing the airbag to go off unexpectedly.  Cars built […]

17 OCT

Mercedes EQ Electric-Vehicle Badge Emerges, Arrival of First Products Revealed

– If you were just settling in with the latest round of Mercedes-Benz changes of nomenclature, the brand is most definitely not done with its renaming game quite yet. The Frankfurt auto show heralded the debut of a new badge worn by the Mercedes-Benz S560e plug-in hybrid, the GLC F-Cell fuel-cell vehicle, and the Mercedes-AMG Project One […]

10 OCT

Mr. Mercedes Renewed for Season 2 at AT&T Audience Network

Mr. Mercedes isn’t out of gas yet: AT&T Audience Network has renewed the crime drama for a second season, TVLine has learned. RELATEDCable/Streaming Scorecard: What’s Renewed? What’s Cancelled? Showrunner David E. Kelley (Big Little Lies) and director Jack Bender (Game of Thrones) are slated to return for the 10-episode sophomore season as well, the network […]

21 SEP

Mercedes’ parent company will pour $1 billion in a plant that will create its Tesla rival

Mercedes-Benz BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany’s Daimler said it will invest $ 1 billion to expand its U.S.-based Mercedes-Benz plant in Alabama to start building electric sport-utility vehicles there from about 2020. More than 600 new jobs will be created as part of the investment, which includes plans to build a facility in 2018 near the […]