By admin on June 3, 2010
Do you remember when a car’s name was a simple affair, more often than not revealing the capacity of its engine? But that’s no longer the case. Things have been getting out of hand for a while now – and German manufacturers are amongst the worst culprits. BMW (whose 323i had a 2.5-litre engine for [...]
Posted in Features | Tagged BMW, Mercedes-Benz
By admin on May 31, 2010
This is a ‘Grand Sports Tourer’ says Mercedes. We say it’s a very posh MPV with four-wheel drive… and it’s enormous. Simon Heptinstall reports It’s much bigger than a Range Rover, positively dwarfs a Touareg, and even makes the enormous Audi Q7 look compact in comparison. Meet the mega-MPV from Mercedes: the R-Class multi-purpose vehicle. [...]
Posted in Mercedez-Benz, Reviews | Tagged Mercedes-Benz, Mercedes-Benz R-Class
By admin on May 31, 2010
Clearly in pursuit of younger blood, Mercedes-Benz has sent its C-class for a radical haircut and kitted it out with an entirely fresh wardrobe – including not one, but two new faces With sales nibbled away by all those nichemobiles, they say the war for the executive saloon is over, though no one’s told Mercedes-Benz. [...]
Posted in Mercedez-Benz, Reviews | Tagged Mercedes-Benz, Mercedes-Benz C-Class
By admin on May 31, 2010
Last summer saw the arrival of the new Mercedes C-Class Saloon, and now the Estate version is on the road in Germany. It is due in the UK in the spring. Estate cars don’t come much classier than this, but what’s it like to drive? We sent Sue Baker to the launch in Frankfurt to [...]
Posted in Mercedez-Benz, Reviews | Tagged Mercedes-Benz, Mercedes-Benz C-Class
By admin on May 31, 2010
DRAMATIC NEW C CLASS GETS THE BLUES The last year or two must have been interminable for executives at Mercedes- Benz, doing their best Oscar-losing smiles as they watched arch-rival BMW sweep all before it with its EfficientDynamics diesel engines. From next year though, they will not need to bury that sickly feeling of envious [...]
Posted in Mercedez-Benz, Reviews | Tagged Mercedes-Benz, Mercedes-Benz C-Class
By admin on May 31, 2010
Chocks away. A giant hangar at an old wartime airfield in Wiltshire was the location for the introduction of the new M-Class Seeing a long line of Mercedes’ where Spitfires were once housed was a somewhat ironic timewarp. The way the hangar dwarfed the MLs added emphasis to the changes made to the car. For [...]
Posted in Mercedez-Benz, Reviews | Tagged Mercedes-Benz, Mercedes-Benz M-Class
By admin on May 31, 2010
Mercedes’ take on the MPV wasn’t a big success in six-seat form, so they’ve had a second look at the package. Ian Robertson investigates Luxury is what Mercedes-Benz is all about and its large people carrier, the R-Class, has that in spades. Using the M-Class off-roaders platform, and built in the same Alabama factory in [...]
Posted in Mercedez-Benz, Reviews | Tagged Mercedes-Benz, Mercedes-Benz R-Class
By admin on May 31, 2010
MERCEDES RAISES THE SPORT BAR Now’s no time to be storming the automotive catwalk with a posh 4×4, but just because most of us face a crunchy road ahead in 2009, there are still many buyers out there who desire a Merc to traverse the potholes in style. The revised M-Class certainly does that. If [...]
Posted in Mercedez-Benz, Reviews | Tagged Mercedes-Benz, Mercedes-Benz M-Class
By admin on May 31, 2010
A- CLASS GETS THE BLUES Blue is the new green, if you take any notice of badges from Mercedes-Benz or Volkswagen, anyway. The strategy to cut fuel consumption for the latest “eco” models appears to be similar for both too. As far as the Mercedes-Benz A160 CDI BlueEFFICIENCY is concerned, the changes include revisions to [...]
Posted in Mercedez-Benz, Reviews | Tagged Mercedes-Benz, Mercedes-Benz A Class
By admin on May 31, 2010
The Mercedes-Benz Viano has the presence that many MPV’s lack. But does it have the ability to match the showbiz lifestyle? Ian Robertson walks up the red carpet to find out If you are a viewer of X-Factor, or the earlier series Pop Idol, you will already be familiar with the MPV, especially the upmarket [...]
Posted in Mercedez-Benz, Reviews | Tagged Mercedes-Benz, Mercedes-Benz Viano
