All Posts Tagged With: "mercedes"
What’s German for “kickback”? Daimler workers broke Mercedes’ for profit
A master mechanic and two clerks, among others, are being investigated for intentionally sabotaging Mercedes cars being built at the Sindelfingen factory. Allegedly, repair shops in the area that weren’t part of the Daimler corporation were bribing workers with gifts, trips, and cash to alter the cars so that the repair shops could get the [...]
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Dreaming of a White XMas: Mercedes holiday gift collection
It’s November, and while it may not be white outside yet, you know what that means: the holiday shopping season is upon us. And to help all you gearheads get an early start, Mercedes has released a new collection of giftables. And it’s all white by us.
The latest additions to the Mercedes-Benz Collection include a [...]
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Mercedes offers buyouts to all Alabama workers
Nearly 4,000 employees of the Mercedes-Benz assembly plant in Vance, Alabama, are being offered buyouts in advance of another expected round of production cuts at the facility in January. The Vance plant produces the M-Class sport utility, R-Class crossover and GL-Class full-sized sport utility for the Mercedes-Benz lineup. In July, Mercedes slowed production for the [...]
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Spy Shots: Mercedes E-Class
If this is what the next E-Class is really going to look like, we think we prefer the lightly camo’ed prototype better. Still not exactly a beautiful proposition, it could just be that the car looks better in silver and black than it does in purple. If that’s the final grille, it loses a crossbar [...]
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SEMA Preview: Mercedes-Benz GLKs go from mild to WTF
Mercedes-Benz’ presence at SEMA has traditionally included a smattering of pimptastic E- and S-Classes lining the booths of the Big Balla tuners, and this year, we can expect more of the same. But to get the word out about the new GLK, Mercedes enlisted the help of four firms to accentuate the lil’ ‘ute’s character [...]
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Spy Shots: 2009 Mercedes CLK Cabrio
The next CLK Cabriolet — or E-Class Coupe Cabriolet depending on Mercedes’ choice of nomenclature — is out and about, wearing lots of camouflage. While this rendering looks like it could still be pretty accurate, the front fog lights have given way to LED’s, which are lit in this latest round of images. The extended [...]
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Spy Shots: R-Class facelift
The R-Class won a design award, went on tour with the Rolling Stones, was ropped in price, and still sold so poorly that Mercedes admitted the car was a failure. Yet M-B head man Dieter Zetsche said the car isn’t going away, so as one does with continuing product, the R-Class is getting some face [...]
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Details: Aston Martin and Mercedes’ “€300m deal”
In today’s chaotic automotive industry, if you’re not merging, divesting, or collaborating, then you’re just not trying. Both Aston Martin and Mercedes are only about 18 months removed from their respective divorces from Ford and Chrysler, and now the two luxury automakers are looking to shack up with one another. This time, though, they’ll skip [...]
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Spy Shots: Mercedes-Benz E63AMG Wagon
A covered up E63 AMG Wagon has been caught doing the rounds on public roads before we see it in showrooms some time next year. It looks like the potential ungainliness of the new E-Class could be gracefully smoothed out by the longer lines of the wagon. Of course, even if it is still ungainly, [...]
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VIDEO: Hamann-tuned McLaren SLR Volcano coming soon
Hamann is continuing to expand its lineup to include the top tier of luxurious performance, and it looks like the tuner has finally turned its attention to the Mercedes SLR McLaren.
A teaser video has been released, showing the conservatively named “Volcano” SLR sporting three-piece deep-dish wheels, two-tone paint, massive rear wheel arches, roof scoop, rear [...]
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