Rolls-Royce Is Most Mentioned Brand in Pop Songs; Bentley, Mercedes, and Cadillac All Tie with Xanax

– The business writers at Bloomberg must either be bored or listening to hip-hop while they monitor their stock terminals, else we’d never have known that rappers and pop music artists mention Rolls-Royce more often than any other car brand. (That’s rapper Fat Joe with a Wraith, above.) – That’s the result, Bloomberg reported, of […]

Mercedes uses art deco inspiration for electric car concept

Luxury vehicles from the 1930s were nearly aircraft carrier-long. It was the art deco era dominated by seemingly never ending clean lines. So it’s no surprise that the Vision Mercedes-Maybach 6 Cabriolet is over six meters long (about 20 feet) and has a single line that runs the length of the vehicle. Hell, the back […]

Mr. Mercedes: Are You Driven to Watch More of the Stephen King Adaptation?

AT&T Audience Network put Mr. Mercedes in gear this Wednesday night, premiering its adaptation of the 2014 Stephen King detective novel. Did it leave you ice screaming for more? Adapted for TV by David E. Kelley (Big Little Lies), Mr. Mercedes opened with the titular character’s masterstroke massacre, in which someone donned a clown mask […]

Bye-Bye Baby B: Mercedes Spikes Its Electric Subcompact, Eyes More Mainstream EVs

– Mercedes-Benz has confirmed that the B-class Electric Drive—badged B250e—won’t be offered after the 2017 model year. The B250e is Mercedes-Benz’s only all-electric vehicle, yet the news of its demise isn’t entirely surprising. It was conceived from the start with an unusual pedigree and a limited shelf life while Mercedes-Benz used it to test some […]

New Mercedes GLA-Class spotted looking like a lifted A-Class

Development of Mercedes-Benz’s new subcompact cars is well under way, as evidenced by its Concept A Sedan and “spy” photos from Daimler Chairman Dieter Zetsche of the new A-Class. With that in mind, it’s perhaps not that surprising that, thanks to these spy shots, we’re now getting a peak at the second-generation GLA-Class. What’s a […]

HERE's Real-Time Traffic pools live data from Audi, BMW Mercedes cars

Remember last week’s news that German automakers were being accused of collusion? Here’s a case where working together might pay off for drivers. ​​​​Mapping expert HERE is launching a Real-Time Traffic service that pulls aggregated data from sensors in Audi, BMW and Mercedes-Benz vehicles that are actually out driving the road, making it the first […]