Mercedes-Benz News

Workers don't like the word, "outsourcing." It always means that you could lose your job. American auto workers have experienced this. Well, soon forkers for Daimler AG could soon be feeling the impact as well.According to Forbes , the German carmaker has said, in an attempt to cut costs, ...    Read more

MONTVALE, NJ -- Mercedes-Benz took two of the top rankings in Kelley Blue Book Marketing Research's second quarter consumer automotive perceptions research study, Brand Watch. The report, which surveys thousands of new car shoppers, ranked Mercedes-Benz as "Best Overall Prestige Brand/Luxury/Sophistication." The study also gave Mercedes-Benz the top ...    Read more

Has anyone ever wondered how car companies settle on the colors available for their cars? Apparently the folks over at the Wall Street Journal do, and discovered that automakers release new colors on selected models as a way to test them with consumers. If the colors on what ...    Read more

It looks as though Mercedes-Benz is playing on both sides of the fuel efficiency field. The automaker, reports HybridCars, will be offering two versions of the Smart Car -- one a hybrid and the other an electric. The electric version will feature a 41 horsepower electric motor, a ...    Read more

So now that DaimlerChrysler no longer owns Chrysler, the German side needed a whole new name to go by. Well, it isn't a whole new name. It's Daimler AG. But converting to the name wasn't as easy as you might have thought. The new Daimler AG, reports BusinessWeek , ...    Read more

The Vancouver Sun reports that its luxury entry-level sedan market is doing pretty good business. Currently, the category is dominated by such manufacturers as Acura, BMW, Cadillac, Infiniti, Jaguar, Lexus, Lincoln, Volkswagen, and Volvo.Well, there's a new kid on the block. Welcome, Mercedes-Benz. It ...    Read more

Never one to let a competitor like BMW steal all its glory, Mercedes-Benz has announced that it will add stop-start technology throughout all of its lineup, starting with the A and B series of smaller cars. Its corporate sibling, the Smart Car (pictured), will also feature the technology this fall.This ...    Read more

BMW and Audi may have beat it out of the gate in the race to get environmentally-friendly, but automaker Mercedes-Benz claims that it is still in the contest and will later if not sooner beat its fellow German rivals to the greener finish line. To make this a reality, Mercedes ...    Read more

Now that American Chrysler and German Daimler are divorced, there are calls for DaimlerChrysler to come up with a new name sooner than later. So a special shareholders meeting will be held in Berlin in October to do just that as well as to decide on the company's future strategy. ...    Read more

Is automaker Mercedes-Benz competing with Versace? Luxist reports that the German car maker has negotiated an agreement with Allison SpA for the production and sale of eyeglasses and eyeglass frames. The deal calls for 40 different designs of the glasses and frames to be offered. Prices range from $233 ...    Read more

MONTVALE, N.J. -- Gearing up for its August retail launch, Mercedes-Benz USA (MBUSA) is taking its long-awaited, new-generation C-Class sedan on the road to allow some 30,000 potential buyers to get an advance preview of the new vehicle and put it through its paces. The ride-and-drive ...    Read more

Telematics is becoming much more important to the automotive industry. The technology, which is the communication of information via wireless devices, is used to create safety features as well as provide more information for the driver. Perhaps as a result of this, ATX Group has selected Shiva Kalisetty, a 15-year ...    Read more

Affalterbach -- In the German Touring Car Championships (DTM) the new AMG C-Class ensures exciting motor racing at the highest level, and now its road-going sister model is celebrating its debut: the new C63 AMG.Its AMG 6.3-litre V8 engine develops a peak output of 451-hp and a maximum torque of ...    Read more

MONTVALE, N.J. -- Mercedes-Benz announced today that the bold new 2008 Mercedes-Benz C-Class lineup will begin at $31,975 for the new C300 Sport Sedan (228 hp, 221 lb-ft. of torque). The all-new C300 Luxury Sedan (228 hp, 221 lb-ft. of torque) will be priced at $33,675, followed by the C350 ...    Read more

When we hear or read the term "Wi-Fi," we immediately think of wireless communication between our laptop computer and the Internet. Now there are actions afoot to bring the Wi-Fi technology as we know it to the car, making it a sort of "hot spot" for wireless connection to the ...    Read more

Does Apple Computers intend to offer a vehicle navigation system? The company is just on the verge of introducing its new iPhone at the end of the month and has been one of the most aggressive companies in the computer trade and in the manufacturing and marketing of MP3 players ...    Read more

Analysts continue to weigh in concerning the aftermath of the DaimlerChrysler split. And, if Neil Winton of the Detroit News is correct, many expect now Daimler AG to do quite well now that it has unloaded the burden of Chrysler. Stephen Cheetham of Sanford C. Bernstein, for example, ...    Read more

All of us as teenagers driving for the first time have probably confronted the problem of losing our car keys and trying to figure out how to tell mom and dad. For some of us, however, the experience wasn't that bad. Back then the key was simply a key. It ...    Read more

Mercedes-Benz's small B-class "compact sports tourer" sedan, the B200, has been sold in Europe and in other markets since the spring of 2005; it made its way to North America by landing in Canada in the fall of that year.Mercedes basically took its mini-sized A-class vehicle and lengthened it, while ...    Read more

Maybe there is a ground swell of interest in the U.S. market for the upcoming Smart Mini from DaimlerChrysler (now Daimler AG). United Auto Group, the world's second largest auto retailer, reports that, in just a five week period, it has received deposits for the new Mini from 12,600 people. ...    Read more

Stuttgart, Germany -- Mercedes-Benz announced today that it will offer the SLR McLaren super sports car in the form of a roadster. Showcasing the latest in Formula 1 technology, the SLR McLaren is constructed almost entirely of carbon fiber, providing a very high degree of safety as well ...    Read more

Are you one of those business people who can't live without your Blackberry? Well, you probably will want to get a Mercedes-Benz as your next car.According to AME Info , the luxury German automaker has developed a Bluetooth telephone module that allows you to easily connect your Blackberry wirelessly ...    Read more

We've seen it in the war in Iraq too many times. A convoy of U.S. soldiers getting lost in the streets of Baghdad and getting ambushed as a result.Well, the U.S. Army is trying to do something about that. According to ...    Read more

Ditch the heavy baggage of Chrysler, and what would a resurrected Daimler-Benz look like? A small luxury-car maker with a heavy-truck unit—and that outcome would suit many DaimlerChrysler investors, who yearn to turn the clock back 20 years when the company was just such an auto (and truck) maker.Some German ...    Read more

Do you want to reserve a place in line to become one of the first Americans to inspect the DaimlerChrysler Smart Fortwo when it is released in the U.S.?But first, some details. The smart (yes, it's with a small 's') Fortwo is a subcompact car sold in Europe and set ...    Read more