Benz Makes (Yet Another) Winner

It really seems like people can’t get enough of the 2017 Mercedes-Benz E300. And who can blame them? Not only is the car a gorgeous piece of automotive design, it’s packed with some really impressive tech to help keep you safe on the road as well as an engine that apparently doesn’t feel like it’s a 4-cylinder.

All things considered, the E300 should be a very solid (and safe) sedan worth buying if you are in the market for something new.

If you’re like us, though, you are probably more interested in making your classic run like new with a Mercedes-Benz engine than trying to buy a whole new Benz altogether.

The 2017 Mercedes-Benz E300 is a remarkably smooth, quick, comfortable and technologically sophisticated luxury car, but a tight backseat and a few bugs in its autonomous driving controls keep it from perfection.

Other midsize luxury sedans are less expensive than the Benz and many offer more standard equipment, but the E-Class has an advantage in quietness, materials quality and available safety technology. Its styling has been updated to match the rest of the Mercedes-Benz lineup, but that may serve only to make it blend into the background.

The E-Class sedan is the workhorse of the Mercedes-Benz luxury showroom. It serves as a personal luxury car, executive transport, taxi cab or high-powered performance machine, depending on where in the world you happen to be. I recently drove a 10th-generation E-Class, an E300, which features a host of new safety systems, a new powertrain, new styling inside and out, and a new level of autonomous driving technology that’s sure to open some eyes. Continue Reading

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Drone-Launching Benz Vans Incoming

Regardless of whatever your opinion might be on Mercedes-Benz vans (or vans in general), the automaker has teamed up with the new tech company Matternet to design a van that you’re going to have a hard time not thinking is cool. The concept van is packed with drones that are practically fully automated. The delivery driver won’t even have to load them or change out the batteries.

What’s really cool about this van (called the “Vision Van” right now – here’s hoping that changes, eh?) and its flying delivery army is that they can be used pretty much right away… as long as the delivery area’s local regulations allow for automated drone flying, that is.

Even with most of us seeing Benz as a luxury or sporty vehicle manufacturer, the move to build these vans wouldn’t really be out of place. They actually sell a ton of their work-centric vans, and the figures are pretty surprising. In fact, in 2015 alone they ended up selling over 300,000 of their various models.

Though you might not be able to integrate something as science-fictiony as an automated drone delivery service right now, there are still some very impressive Mercedes-Benz accessories worth checking out in the meantime.

Mercedes-Benz Vans and drone tech startup Matternet have created a concept car, or as they’re calling it a Vision Van, that could change the way small packages are delivered across short distances.

The Vision Van’s rooftop serves as a launch and landing pad for Matternet’s new, Matternet M2 drones.

The Matternet M2 drones, which are autonomous, can pick up and carry a package of 4.4 pounds across 12 miles of sky on a single battery charge in real world conditions. Continue Reading

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Mercedes Benz Owners Look to Autonomous Cars

Surveys show that Mercedes drivers are among those who most desire for fully self-driving cars, while drivers of American trucks like Jeep and Dodge are among the lowest interest groups for the emerging technology. Perhaps it is ultra-luxury cars that will be the only vehicles to ever tout this feature, while trucks and SUVs will forever be left in the dark ages of requiring driver participation.

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When you look at other cars on the road, do you wonder which of your fellow drivers are most wishing they were doing something else? In a new survey published this month, the answer is Mercedes-Benz and Infiniti drivers.

The survey, conducted by MaritzCX, asked 12,353 vehicle owners about their thoughts on autonomous cars. As reported in Bloomberg, about 27 percent of Mercedes-Benz and Infiniti owners say that are “very interested” in purchasing a fully autonomous car should they become available. That’s more than any the owners of other brand surveyed.

For comparison, about 14 percent of BMW owners said they were “very interested” in the technology. Ram owners were the least likely to buy a self-driving car, with only about 6 percent saying they were “very interested.” Jeep owners also ranked low, at about 8 percent. Continue Reading

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Mercedes Benz Maybach RC Car

We were not expecting to see the Maybach 6 from Mercedes to be presented as it was at Pebble Beach. The massive long, sleek beast was something we’d have expected to be driven about by a professional who’d hop out and run on about how great of a ride it was. What we got instead was what may be the most expensive RC car ever driven.

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Mercedes-Benz unveiled its Vision 6 Maybach concept car at the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance last weekend to great fanfare. It’s a huge, sleek, red gullwing coupe with an electric drivetrain and over 700 horsepower. And now, thanks to this video, we can see it’s controlled by a remote.

Marchettino, an Italy-based car-spotter, caught video of an official using a video game-like controller to move the car back and forth, and even turn the front wheels, all while the actual cabin stays empty. He uses the controls to position the car on the grass, and later, load it onto a trailer with ease. Continue Reading

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A Spa Engine Upgrade Worth 5 F1 Tokens?

Mercedes has gone about with yet more tune ups and upgrades with their F1 racing team, pushing them all the way back on the start-up line. The trend of frequent replacements and upgrades are making all of their races uphill battles, and a lot of the blame is being shunted to under performances by the driver.

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The news comes on a weekend when the German car manufacturer has elected to hand Lewis Hamilton new components because he was running short.

He is currently facing a 30-place grid penalty for the race because he had new parts fitted for both practice sessions that took him over the allocation of five that he is allowed for the season.

With him already pegged to the back of the grid, it is possible that Mercedes may choose to add further new parts to his allocations in final free practice on Saturday.

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Mercedes has not specified in what areas its power unit has been improved, but both Hamilton and teammate Nico Rosberg have been given the new developments. Continue Reading

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F 015 an Automated Massage Car – Yes, Please!

While some people might perk up to anything advertised with Time Machine paired together, Mercedes is marketing their upcoming smarter cars as a means of spending more quality time doing what you need to do while our cars just get more and more autonomous.

In the meantime, make your current Mercedes Benz interior as comfortable as possible – it might not massage you, but that doesn’t mean it has to be unpleasant.

I was quietly hoping Mercedes had an automotive breakthrough of a temporal nature.

After all, the Dieter Zetsche, chairman of Mercedes parent Daimler, was at the IFA 2016 trade show in Berlin to talk about the car as a quality time machine. Unfortunately, the focus was more about a quality time machine.

Zetsche does make the argument that technology will help you wrest back valuable time lost from driving, sitting in traffic and finding parking — especially once self-driving cars become a reality. But that’s not really the same.

Mercedes is just one of many automakers and tech companies working on cars smart enough to drive without any human control. Continue Reading

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Benz Trying to Tie Tennis to Their Cars

Mercedes-Benz has released a 2 minute long video featuring Roger Federer who portrays himself as well as many great tennis players over the last 60 years alongside the ever changing Mercedes SL series.

A commercial that exemplifies honor for the great sportsmen of the past and their legacies, as well as hammering in that Mercedes greatness with the longest running history among all auto manufacturers.

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As the U.S. Open tennis tournament nears, Mercedes-Benz is teaming with one of the game’s all-time greats in a humorous ad campaign.

“Timeless” features the Mercedes SL and Roger Federer — in multiple forms.

Thanks to a combination of computer-generated imaging and a camcorder, the campaign highlights tennis history by having Federer perform as stars such as Rod Laver, John McEnroe, Andre Agassi and Bjorn Borg.

At the same time, the videos also feature Mercedes SLs and how the roadster has evolved over the years.

Mercedes began releasing teasers last week on its YouTube channel. The full video (2 minutes, 9 seconds) was initially released by Federer on his Facebook page and is available on YouTube. Continue Reading

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Mercedes Benz Starts Downsizing in Brazil

The Brazilian based factory in Sao Bernando do Campo which primarily focuses on manufacturing of trucks and busses has experienced extreme losses of profits during the declining market state of brazil leading to the current offering of the equivalent of $31,000USD to sign up for the voluntary layoff of 1,400 individuals.

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SÃO PAULO — Mercedes-Benz, a unit of Daimler AG, kicked off a voluntary layoff program to cut a total of 1,400 jobs in Brazil, amid reduced sales of trucks and buses.

The company, which has four units across Brazil, said that the layoff program will take place at its unit in São Bernardo do Campo in São Paulo state, where there is a total of around 9,000 employees. This reduction represents about 15.5% of that unit’s workforce.

The layoffs will take place until Aug. 31 and the company will offer a one-time payment of 100,000 reais ($31,000) per employee registered in the program, regardless of seniority and age, Mercedes said in a statement. Continue Reading

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Can We Get a G500, Too?

The Mercedes G-Squared, or G500 4×4^2 was a behemoth that landed in Carolina Beach to tower over other trucks at an annual off-road gathering and make first impressions. Well it certainly did with its 17” ground clearance and powerful engine and grip on even the trickiest of sands leaving it a show stealer at the show.

Unfortunately the G-Squared will not be showing up stateside until early 2017, but this demonstration was sure to generate interest. For those who’ve already invested in a modern g-wagon and aren’t ready to upgrade, click here for any G550 part needs.

The guy with the jacked-up Toyota Tundra pantomimes snapping a photo, so I pull alongside and peer down, down, at his truck—which is an unusual perspective when you’re next to a full-size pickup with 35-inch tires. I jump out and we both stand there gazing at the seven-foot-tall Bavarian Sasquatch drenched in highlighter-yellow paint and wearing German license plates.

“Man,” he says. “I never thought I’d live to see a jacked-up G-Wagen on Carolina Beach.” Me neither. We definitely won’t see two. Right now, this is the only Mercedes-Benz G500 4×42 on the continent.

You can buy a 4×42, or G-Squared, in Europe, Russia, the Middle East, and Japan. In early 2017, you’ll be able to buy one in the United States. Continue Reading

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Mercedes Camper Van Looks to Make Adventures More Comfortable

The luxury car manufacturer Mercedes has in recent years made extreme efforts in diversifying its hold in other car markets, and this is yet another step in that process. Mercedes has revealed a new assortment of modified vans with the biggest one including a kitchenette and full bathroom. Unfortunately, there seems to be no plans for US releases of these camper vans, so Stateside buyers might need to mod out their Mercedes vans with upgraded suspension and custom interiors to suit their needs.

Eat your heart out Matt Foley, because thanks to Mercedes-Benz we now totally want to live in a van down by the river.

The German brand recently unveiled a handful of converted camper vans it plans to bring to the Caravan Salon trade show in Düsseldorf, Germany. This resulted in two reactions here at Car and Driver:

How are we just now hearing about the Caravan Salon trade show in Düsseldorf, Germany?

How long has Mercedes-Benz been depriving stateside camper-van enthusiasts of these glorious machines?

In regard to the latter question, it turns out Westfalia has been converting Mercedes-Benz vans into mobile sleeping quarters for close to four decades. Continue Reading

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