This is the Mercedes that even other Benz owners covet. The 2011 Mercedes-Benz CL-Class is an opulent throwback to F. Scott Fitzgerald’s Great Gatsby era of luxurious peregrination — that’s travel to you and me.
So successful has this exclusive four-seat coupe been as a standard bearer for the company that its gestation into its […]

MEC Design has unveiled a new styling package for the pre-facelift Mercedes S-Class (W221).
Created for a customer in Germany, the 2007 S550 is a dead ringer for the current S65 AMG. Only the lack of LED turn signals in the headlamps and LED daytime running lights in the front bumper give it away. As […]

It doesn’t get much further up the Mercedes-Benz pecking order than the SL65 AMG Black Series. Before the SLS came along, at least, it served as a rolling example of what the power-hungry speed freaks at AMG were capable of achieving. And in the process, they replaced the SL’s folding hard top with a fixed […]

Visions of wealthy surfer dudes chasing tasty waves isn’t exactly the first image we’d associate with the freshened up 2011 Mercedes-Benz R-Class, but right before our drive in-and-around New York City, we received this tidbit during the press preview: it’ll swallow 7-foot boards. Good to know.
While we’re guessing surf board stowage isn’t a top priority […]

Mercedes-Benz has unveiled the 2011 M-Class Grand Edition.
Currently on sale in Germany, the special edition features a unique exterior with blue-tinted windows, darkened lighting units, an AMG grille, a powerdome hood (standard on the ML 450 CDI 4MATIC and ML 500 4MATIC), and 19-inch wheels (20-inchers are optional).
Inside, the cabin boasts poplar wood trim, ambient […]

When pondering the idea of any near-$100,000 hybrid luxury sedan, one has to wonder, “What’s the point?” The only hybrids that sell in any significant numbers are the Toyota Prius and Ford Fusion, and for good reason. Both allow drivers – and particularly hyper-milers – to squeeze every last mile out of each gallon of […]

The opening paragraph in the road book supplied by the Mercedes handlers was, well, interesting: “Driving a car in Mexico continues to be risky and can at times be dangerous,” it read. “This is primarily because Mexicans like to drive very fast and feel almost magically attracted to bends. This preference is frequently at odds […]