Top Mercedes News2 hours ago - International Herald Tribune The FINANCIAL -- The Mercedes-Benz Cars division posted considerable sales growth in the first half of the year. 04/07/2008 04:31 - Automotive World Mercedes-Benz Buses and Coaches says it has received a major contract from SAPTCO (Saudi Arabian Public Transport) for 300 Travego coaches. The first 150 vehicles will be delivered before the end of this year, with the balance to be in service by early 2009. 2 hours ago - Channel 4 News Mercedes-Benz and McLaren are planning a final-run special edition version of the SLR super-roadster. |
Latest Mercedes News3 hours ago - The Race Site Formula 1 has Monaco, IRL has the Indy 500 and Sportscars have the Le Mans 24 Hours as their Crown Jewel Races in their calendar. Last. 3 hours ago - CV5 Coventry Communities Police are hunting a man who badly damaged a Mercedes car in Rugby on Wednesday night. The grey Mercedes estate car was parked at the old Cattle Market site at Craven Road, Rugby and was damaged at about 11 pm. 5 hours ago - AutoCorse.it In future the road maintenance department of the municipal cleaning services in the French capital - Propreté de Paris - will be working with the Mercedes-Benz Unimog. To this end the municipal authority in Paris purchased a total of nine Unimog U 400 with tu... 5 hours ago - The FINANCIAL The FINANCIAL -- On July 4, 2008 Mercedes-Benz ushered in the dawn of a new era. The centre of competence for emissions-free commercial vehicles (known by its German acronym of 'KEN') has been expanded to become the Mercedes-Benz Production Competence Centre f... 5 hours ago - The FINANCIAL The FINANCIAL -- Mercedes-Benz do Brasil is the leading seller of commercial vehicles in the Brazilian market. In the first half of this year 19,246 trucks were sold in the segment over 3. 8 hours ago - MarketWatch SAN FRANCISCO (Thomson Financial) - Daimler AG said Tuesday U.S. sales of Mercedes-Benz totaled 19,576 units in June, down 0.1% from the same month last year. The German automaker also said it sold 2,545 smart cars in the month. 8 hours ago - Bloomberg July 4 (Bloomberg) -- Daimler AG , the world's second-largest luxury carmaker, said sales at the Mercedes-Benz Cars division increased 1.8 percent in June as more drivers bought the Smart two-seat model. 9 hours ago - Infibeam Mercedes-Benz is set to install direct fuel injection technology into all its future petrol models . Speaking in Spain , Herbert Kohler, head of Mercedes-Benz’ environmental division, said the technology would be introduced gradually. 10 hours ago - StarPhoenix “tester's 15.95-litre V-8 BlueTec diesel produced 510 hp and 1770 foot-pounds of torque at just 1080 rpm Obviously, this helps matters, but so does the” 13 hours ago - Jamaica Observer “ld-class automobile manufacturers Mercedes Benz has partnered with the University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona, for the 10th staging of the UWI Golf” 13 hours ago - Wheels24.co.za Mercedes-Benz has announced that it will end its partnership with McLaren when their current contract expires next year. The two manufacturers cooperated on the development of the Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren roadster and were reported to be working on a new flag... 18 hours ago - CarCental The long-running partnership between Mercedes-Benz and sports car arm of British company McLaren will not be renewed when it expires in 2009. The primary collaboration between the two was the SLR supercar, due to end production at the expiry of the current con... 18 hours ago - Edmunds.com/Inside Line “Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren 722 Edition, sylphlike though it is, weighs 440 pounds more than the upcoming SLR Speedster. (Photo courtesy of Mercedes-Benz)” 04/07/2008 06:07 - Jalopnik Our friends at Popular Mechanics have just driven three Mercedes SUVs equipped with the Bluetec diesel engine. The ML, GL and R all share the same 320 CDI Bluetec oilburner, with Popular Mechanics reporting that it does an ample job of powering all three, desp... 04/07/2008 05:29 - MaineToday.com “Beth Quimby Portland Press Herald Staff Writer July 03, 2008 01:44 PM The Maine Energy Recovery Co. will pay a $38700 fine for failing a stack test at” 04/07/2008 05:17 - Telegraph.co.uk The crucial difference between the two power units is that the diesel achieves combustion through compressing its fuel/air mixture, whereas the petrol engine, which uses lower combustion pressures, needs a spark plug to ignite its fuel/air combustion charge. 04/07/2008 03:56 - Automobile Magazine We're saddened to think that, within a year's time, Mercedes-Benz's SLR McLaren will reach the end of its production run. We are, however, elated to hear that Mercedes plans on celebrating the finale with this, a limited-production SLR speedster code-named 'Z1... 04/07/2008 03:07 - LeftLane News In the ten years since it was first introduced, the Mercedes-Benz SLK has seen constant refinement. Now into its fourth year of the current generation and with today’s lifestyle, is it still a relevant ride. 04/07/2008 03:01 - Editor & Publisher SAVE | EMAIL | PRINT | MOST POPULAR | RSS | REPRINTS Ousted 'Merc News' Designer Adds Angry Farewell Images to 'Layoff' Display NEW YORK Martin Gee, the designer laid off from the San Jose Mercury News last week who had previously created a much-linked photo d... 04/07/2008 02:15 - Automobile Magazine “cedes' US diesel engine had grown to six cylinders, and a V configuration, by the time this 2005 E320 CDI took part in a 100000-mile,” 04/07/2008 01:41 - U.S. News Rankings & Reviews A report in the U.K.' Sun this week makes the claim "Mercedes are aiming to end the need for filling your fuel tank with petrol or diesel within just seven years." Kicking Tires calls it "a bit misleading. 04/07/2008 01:26 - Autocar Mercedes will send its SLR supercar out with a bang when it launches this sensational Speedster version at the Detroit motor show in January. The Mercedes SLR Speedster is likely to be the last road car link between McLaren and Mercedes. 04/07/2008 00:37 - Digital Signage Today iDklic, a specialist digital signage business based in Belgium, has been selected by Mercedes-Benz Belgium to deploy a nationwide digital signage network. Over 65 dealerships have already been equipped with the iDklic Media solution. 04/07/2008 00:21 - Manchester Journal said. "We see a big market in California," he said. "Mercedes is already popular there, and we want to implement the diesel in that market." According to the press materials distributed by the Mercedes technicians, BlueTEC was introduced in 2006. 03/07/2008 20:34 - DVICE Now that Tesla Motors has gotten loads of positive press for shoving 6,831 laptop batteries in a sports car to create its electric roadster , other car companies want to get in on the action. 03/07/2008 19:29 - Glasgow Daily Record A MAN who crashed his step-dad's Mercedes during a drunken joyride while his parents were on holiday has been jailed for four months. Benjamin Harvey, 25, took the car from his home in Crook of Devon, Kinross-shire in April. 03/07/2008 15:11 - CNW Telbec (Communiqués de presse) TORONTO, July 2 /CNW/ - Mercedes-Benz Canada reported today its ever with a total of 2,516 units registered for the month. Second results were also the best ever with 7,376 units delivered, up 28. 03/07/2008 11:19 - Times of India AHMEDABAD: His dad gushes that he is the youngest Mercedez Benz owner in Ahmedabad. But at 20, he looks more comfortable driving his Suzuki Hayabusa. Sneh Desai is a mind trainer and motivation guru who models himself after Anthony Robbins. 03/07/2008 10:55 - Times of India AHMEDABAD: His dad gushes that he is the youngest Mercedez Benz owner in Ahmedabad. But at 20, he looks more comfortable driving his Suzuki Hayabusa. Sneh Desai is a mind trainer and motivation guru who models himself after Anthony Robbins. 03/07/2008 08:34 - Autoblog Mercedes -- like a lot of other folks -- believes oil is going to run out eventually. But instead of waiting until the "Low on Oil" light comes on, the brand behind the three-pointed-star has set a goal to convert its entire fleet to run on alternative fuels b... View as RSS |