This car is designed by Maximiliano Torres Sagardoy, an Argentine car and product designer. And the car is Mercedes Benz W196 driven By Juan Manuel Fangio. The awesome model was created in Rhinoceros 4.0 and Rendered On V-Ray for Rhino. Hit the...
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Mercedes-Benz continues its long march forward in China. In February, “Benz” (as the locals call the brand here) racked in a 160 percent growth. 7,200 additional Benzes graced China’s roads by end of February. With more than 15,300 units sold...
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Remember Maybach? With eight years and untold millions now spent in a futile attempt to dethrone Rolls-Royce at the tope of the automotive pecking order, it seems that the monument to Daimler’s arrogance and greed will be going the way of Pontiac...
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This is could be the end of the road for Maybach, the über-luxury marque that was re-launched by Mercedes-Benz in 2002. Mercedes' attempt to snag market share in the upper echelon of the luxury market (i.e. from Rolls-Royce and Bentley) has fallen...
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found about 26 hours ago by Ray Wert on
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16 Mercedes SUVs worth $800K burned to a crisp in Georgia train fire. Tip-o-the-hat: P161911...
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found about 22 hours ago by Sam Smith on
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Insure.com has assembled a new list of the 20 most expensive cars to insure in America. Like speed? Say goodbye to your hard-earned skrilla....
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Mercedes premium, ultra-luxury brand Maybach is soon to be extinct, according to a report on Auto Express. The three models of Mercedes’ elite of the elite will get one more redesign, which will offer slight modifications including new grilles and...
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found about 48 hours ago by Wes Siler on
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Yesterday, we told you about a British man that found two delivery mileage E30 M3s and a Ford RS200 in a barn. Turns out there was a Mercedes 190 E 2.5-16 Evolution II in there as well....
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There’s a powerful sense of urgency in getting this Curbside Classic written. It’s to document the remarkable horde of old Mercedes W123 diesels, most proudly sporting a biodiesel sticker. But the biodiesel fad was already waning substantially...
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There’s a powerful sense of urgency in getting this Curbside Classic written. The biodiesel fad was already waning substantially when I shot this car a year ago. And since the $1/gallon federal subsidy for biodiesel disappeared with the new year,...
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found 3 days ago by Noah Joseph on
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While American racing fans remain enamored with stock car racing, road course-bound touring car series continue to draw big crowds overseas. In Europe there's the World Touring Car Championship. DTM is one of the most popular forms of motorsport in...
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The AMG tuned Mercedes SLK55 Roadster already packs a 5.5 liter V8 which produces almost 400 HP, but the tuning guys at Vath weren’t impressed, they took the little thing at tuned the engine to an impressive 565 HP — in a car that small! The...
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It’s time for Mercedes-Benz’s naturally aspirated 6,3-litre V8, that powered an array of AMG models over the years including the S63 AMG,...
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found 6 days ago by Steven J. Ewing on
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The Mercedes-Benz SLK55 AMG is already a fierce little roadster, what with its 5.5-liter naturally aspirated V8 cranking out 355 horsepower and 376 pound-feet of torque. But for those who want something a bit more bonkers, the folks at Väth have...
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That’s one of the great things about the new generation of video games; you can continue to add on content even after you’ve finished the game to keep it fresh. But here’s the thing: while we appreciate all the new content, it gets...
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found 7 days ago by Jonathon Ramsey on
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Not that there's anything new to report from last week, when we saw a prototype Mercedes SLS AMG Roadster at the factory in Affalterbach, but if you're the type that gets giddy over sketches then these are for you. As sussed out by Auto Bild,...
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found 7 days ago by Wes Siler on
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We've seen the Mercedes SLS AMG convertible before, even in person, but these patent drawings confirm what our eyes have been telling us: it drops the gullwing doors and gains a soft top....
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found 7 days ago by Jonathon Ramsey on
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What do you do after hitting success with a trial product? Bring it back and make it bigger, of course. That's just what Mercedes-Benz has done with its AMG Driving Academy, a program that our own Editor Paukert attended the course last fall at Lime...
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found 7 days ago by Steven J. Ewing on
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Our spy photographers have just snapped these shots of the next Mercedes-Benz C-Class undergoing winter testing, and these latest shots give us the clearest look yet at the entry-level luxury sedan's updated front and rear. The baby Benz should make...
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Who doesn’t like a proper wacky duel? Like the one where James May raced a Ferrari against a camel, or when the guys from TopGear did a “train vs Aston Martin” from London to Cannes? As in the case of the proverbial hare and tortoise, when you...
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It's time for Mercedes-Benz's naturally aspirated 6.3-liter V8 that powered an array of AMG models over the years including the S63 AMG to give its place to a newly developed AMG 5.5-litre V8 biturbo engine that's more powerful yet significantly...
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found 8 days ago by Wes Siler on
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The newest F1 track, Yas Marina is built atop a man-made island off the coast of Abu Dhabi. An Arabian version of Monaco, the circuit looks best with cars lapping it, cars like this Mercedes SLR 722. While some newer tracks merely attempt to...
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According to a recent report in Automotive News, Mercedes-Benz will see its current investment in green tech double over the next two years. The company will expand plug-ins and fuel-cell vehicles to every segment during this time, demonstrating...
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Daimler AG, the company that owns Mercedes-Benz, today sold its entire 5.34% stake in India's Tata Motors ending a relationship that stretches back more than five decades. The German firm said that the sale of 25.6 million shares will generate...
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found 9 days ago by Jeremy Korzeniewski on
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Here in the United States, the Mercedes-Benz product portfolio starts off with the C-Class sedan. Those familiar with the alphabet may realize that there are at least two available letters before 'C' that would theoretically allow the German...
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Mercedes introduced its 2011 E-Class Cabriolet at the Detroit Auto Show earlier this year. Ensuring that the first owners of the new Mercedes have a little extra hint of class and exclusivity, Mercedes-Benz announced the Prime Edition packages for...
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Found on web-zine Yanko Design was this mad doggy: the insane (-ly awesome) C.S.V. It stands for Cyborg Sensation Vehicle. Yes, really. Designed by Derek Chik Kin Ng, it'll be hitting dealerships in 2040 and targets "young adventurous...
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found 13 days ago by Graverobber on
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They say that, to make an omelet, you're going to have to break some eggs. Well, today Nice Price or Crack Pipe has an egg-shaped Mercedes, and if you want to make it, you'll need to break out twelve grand.Small, turbo'd and phone booth-thin ruled...
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At the Geneva Motor Show, Mercedes previewed its first-ever, series-production diesel-hybrid model, the E300 BlueTEC HYBRID that will be available in both sedan and Estate body styles when it is launched onto the market at the end of 2011. The...
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