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You read that right, a diesel roadster, which is the first for Mercedes-Benz. The SLK 250 CDI is a two seater vehicle that boasts of superior design and ultimate power. The roadster boasts of 204HP power brought about by its 4-cylinder engine with 2143cc displacement. Itâ??s also an economical car with its 1.3 gallons of [...]

When Mercedes-Benz announced the North American branch of its Driving Academy, it was a welcome and necessary addition to the services the car manufacturer provides to the motoring public. There is nothing like a closed course and a set of professional driving instructors to emphasize the serious responsibility of operating a multi-ton high-speed machine. But [...]

The Monterey auction is but a segment of the famous Pebble Beach Concours dElegance, but it is by no means a drab event. Specially not this year, when a brace of important and significant Mercedes automobiles is expected to change hands at record prices. From a 1924 Sports Phaeton, a 1934 Cabriolet, a 1936 540 [...]

Mercedes has long been known as an innovative engineering manufacturer without peer, introducing technologies like anti-lock braking systems, traction control and airbags. Their list of innovations in all areas of automotive systems is as long as your proverbial arm, but they are not really recognized as frontrunners in the styling department. In large part, this [...]

The Avant/Garde Diaries : Transmission 1, Berlin in retrospect. Featuring Mercedes-Benz and fashion icon Raf Simons.

http://www.theavantgardediaries.com/en/article/16/TRANSMISSION1+BERLIN+in+retrospect 
First we take Berlin!

On the occasion of launching â??The Avant/Garde Diariesâ??, fashion icon Raf Simons presented â??Transmission1â?? â?? our three-day avant-garde festival that took place from July 15th to 17th in the Berlin Congress Center on Alexanderplatz.

The event followed the same idea as our digital interview magazine. In this case, we asked Raf Simons: Who or what do you consider ahead of time or in other words avant-garde?

The result was amazing! Under the direction of curator Raf Simons eleven artists presented their take on todayâ??s and tomorrowâ??s world. - A mix of inspiring people and pioneers.

Particularly the dance performance of the Michael Clark Company blew everyone away. Other highlights were Goose, These New Puritans and of course Fischerspooner, who performed twice during the festival.

All in all, we are very proud of the event and enjoyed working with these artists. Thanks to all of you who joined us! See more of the festival here

So, now that we took Berlin, which city will be next?

Mercedes-Benz vehicles are undoubtedly the best designed vehicles in the market. This was proven when the company bagged three first place awards at the 2011 Automotive Brand Contest. The first award is to the Mercedes-Benz design team, they got the Team of the Year. Then, the Mercedes-Benz CLSâ?? exterior got the Best of the Best [...]

Filed under: Convertible, Etc., Mercedes-Benz, Luxury

We'd be lying if we told you that we never fantasized about a generous donor arriving and delivering us one of our dream vehicles. It's not a realistic fantasy, but that doesn't mean it can never come true.

Just such a scenario took place in the real world, as Yahoo! reports that Pittsburgh Steelers cafeteria worker Maurice Matthews received the gift of a 1999 Mercedes-Benz SL500. The gift was given by Steelers secondary coach Ray Horton to Matthews for $20 on the coach's last day of work.

Horton dropped the news on Matthews by asking the food service employee, who would repeatedly ask to take his Benz for a ride, if he could borrow all the money he had. Since the two were reportedly close, Matthews gave Horton his only $20, which became the asking price for the droptop. Not too shabby, especially considering the book value on the 64,000 mile Benz is somewhere around $18k.

Steelers coach gives own Mercedes to cafeteria cook for $20 originally appeared on Autoblog 5.0 on Fri, 05 Aug 2011 09:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Looking, for now, like a Dodge Charger, this new Mercedes is actually the prototype for another 4-door coupe, which Mercedes popularized with its CLS model. Internally known as the C117, this car will become known as the CLC. Because it will be based on the platform that will be used for the upcoming B-Class hatchback, [...]

In what must have been an occasion akin to winning the lottery, a Pittsburgh man got his hands on a 1999 Mercedes SL500 without any idea that he would be in for the surprise of his life. Maurice Matthews is a cook working for the Pittsburgh Steelers team, and had long been joking with secondary [...]

Filed under: Convertible, Mercedes-Benz, Luxury

It's been a while since we've heard anything about the Mercedes-Benz SL-Class. That could be because the current model dates back to 2003, undergoing the facelift we know today back in 2008. But now we've got news, and it's a mixed bag of good and bad.

The bad news first: word is, Mercedes is discontinuing the twelve-cylinder versions of the SL. The SL600 was the first to be phased out, and now it appears the SL65 AMG is getting the axe as well. There's no word yet on whether or not that includes the hardcore, fixed-roof SL65 AMG Black Series.

The good news, however, is that phasing out of the V12 roadsters could signal the imminent arrival of the next-gen SL. That's expected to show up sometime next year as a 2013 model, and will come as good news for SL buyers as the current model has lived longer than anything in the Mercedes-Benz range this side of the Geländewagen.

Mercedes-Benz discontinues V12 roadsters ahead of new SL debut originally appeared on Autoblog on Sun, 31 Jul 2011 14:02:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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