2007 Mercedes-Benz E63 AMG Video

$102,500 for a car may seem a bit pricey but the 2007 Mercedes-Benz E63 AMG showed that it was worth the price. The AMG 6.3L V8 engine performance was incredible, powering out 507 horsepower at 6,800rpm and 465 ft-lb torque @ 5,200 rpm, although you do get more than [...]

2008 Mercedes-Benz C-Class Video

If you want to show off your success every day on your drive to work, trips to the grocery store, and class reunions, you’ll be smart to look at the 2008 Mercedes-Benz C-Class when buying your next vehicle. Choose the C300 luxury model or C350 sport model. Starting [...]

2008 Mercedes-Benz C-Class: A Step In The Right Direction

To view the all-new 2008 Mercedes-Benz C-Class is to view the future of the brand. We all know by now that the vaunted German brand has not been so vaunted over the years. Complex and unreliable electronics have taken some of the luster off of the three-pointed [...]

Mercedes-Benz S550… Private Jet? Luxury Yacht? The Luxury Sedan!

In the life of every journalist, there are highlights. They may come in the form of a big scoop, or interviewing an overachiever in the field one reports on. For an automotive journalist, the ability to get up-close-and-personal – and downright intimate – with your field’s overachievers is [...]

2007 Mercedes-Benz CL 550: Two Door Supremacy

When Mercedes-Benz decided to redesign their CL-Class of cars, I took a long breath and wondered out loud. “How can they improve a perfect design?” came the echoes from deep within. The last CL I’d driven was the CL 65 AMG, with its hand built twin-turbo, 6.0 liter [...]

2006/2007 Mercedes-Benz E350 4MATIC: Improving Upon Perfection

The product portfolio at Mercedes-Benz has proliferated rapidly in the last few years. New models from the C-Class Coupe to the savage SLR have kept the brand abreast of the niche-market trend. Still, there is no other model that so inherently defines Mercedes than the E-Class. Buttering the Benz [...]

2006 Mercedes-Benz ML500: Four by Fifty (Grand)

We finally got some real seat time in the all-new M-Class–and it was worth the wait. The new Mercedes truck is everything the old ML wasn’t, beginning from bare metal. Where the old M was a body-on-frame, overweight truck with a leather-and-wood wrapper over sturdy but plebian mechanicals, the new [...]

2006 Mercedes-Benz R500: Six Passengers and a Six-Figure Income

Soccer moms never had it so good. Introducing the all new Mercedes R500. We just spent a week hauling people and stuff around in the slickest six-passenger vehicle on the market, and we figure this vehicle should be on everyone’s shopping list once baby number three is on the way.

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2006 Mercedes-Benz R500: A People-Hauler for the Other Half

The people at Mercedes Benz must be working overtime. In the last couple years alone, the boys in Stuttgart have brought to market several all-new vehicles–think CLS-class, B-class, the upcoming baby-ML-class, and this new R-Class. Mercedes calls it a “grand sports tourer” or “crossover,” based upon the unibody construction [...]

Seven Cars to Watch in 2005: Quick Reviews & Previews

As car guys working for an automotive publication, we’re regularly asked, “Which cars excite you this year?” And while the question is well-intentioned, it’s often a difficult one to answer. Does the person want to know about performance cars? Dream cars? Everyday cars? We sat down and asked ourselves which [...]