2010 MERCEDES-BENZ C-CLASS STYLING | [8 out of 10] Kelley Blue Book: “longer wheelbase and body give the car a substantial road presence” Car and Driver: “a look that says Mercedes in any language” Edmunds: “Cabin can come off as a little austere and a bit bland” The 2010 Mercedes-Benz C-Class is the company’s smallest sedan, one … Browse Photos

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2010 Mercedes-Benz C-Class / C300 / C350

China is the perfect place to think about the future shape of mobility. It’s my job here to push my staff to push the envelope and think about the global automotive future from Beijing Mercedes designer Olivier Boulay, explains his inspiration migration from Japan’s chauffeur-car culture to the streets of Beijing. The Wall Street Journal puts

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Auto Stylists Search For Inspiration… In China?

The 2009 Los Angeles Auto Show is just a couple of weeks away and in its lead up we have new details about what Mercedes-Benz is planning for the event. The luxury automaker will have no less than four debuts, including the all-new SLS AMG. The 563 horsepower supercar is just about to go on sale in Europe and we should have local pricing and ..

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Mercedes-Benz Planning Four Debuts For L.A. Auto Show

Here at TheCarConnection.com, we see a lot of gadgets designed to enhance the driving experience. Like the Mercedes-Benz mbrace system we mentioned yesterday, most are telematics devices offering directions, traffic news, and other familiar data. But MIT’s SENSEable City Lab envisions something different: an onboard robot capable of giving ..

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MIT, Audi Develop Onboard Robot For Road-Trips & Guilt-Trips

To paraphrase Kurt Vonnegut, the Maybach experiment was a conspiracy between Daimler and the rich to make the rest of us feel smart. The ultimate zombie brand, exhumed during the go-go nineties as a way for Daimler to charge even more for a stretched S Class, has now fallen on troubled times. And now, according

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Maybach: No Substitute For A Rolls Royce

Mercedes-Benz is announcing a new telematics platform on Monday that not only beefs up its navigation system with traffic and weather information, but also lets drivers lock or unlock their cars using an iPhone or Blackberry.

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Mercedes Connects to the iPhone (and Blackberry)

The “Two-Mode” hybrid system jointly developed by GM, Chrysler, Daimler and BMW is turning out to be quite the albatross. Chrysler’s Two-mode Durango and Aspen were discontinued before Bob Nardelli had the chance to drive one to last year’s bailout hearings. GM’s hybrid Escalade has been dead in the water, and BMW and Mercedes have

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Now How Much Would You Pay?: Mercedes ML Hybrid Offered As Lease-Only

The results are in and by the looks of things GM is doing alright since emerging from bankruptcy back in July. The revitalized company may have posted a net loss of $1.2 billion for the third quarter of 2009 but revenues are up more than $4.9 billion on the preceding quarter. [Motor Authority] From today onwards Mercedes-Benz customers will be ..

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GM’s Post Bankruptcy Results, New Mercedes-Benz Mbrace: Today’s Car News

Imagine it is thirty years in the future, 2029, and you are driving in a hard top convertible made in 2009. It has had three owners, and sports a healthy six-figures on the odometer. Would you expect it to leak, rattle, and/or squeak? Probably. Would you expect it to look dated and out of place as we

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Review: 1979 Mercedes-Benz 450sl “R107″

OK, your insurer might be. You’ll be fine though.

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Who’s Afraid Of Scary At-The-Limits Handling?