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As you may know, it's Hanukkah time, when Jews all over the world celebrate what may be organized religion's lamest miracle, and one of the few holidays where we Jews managed to not end up exiled or slaughtered or anything. It's a holiday with candles, presents, fried potatoes and a kickass story about a tough Jew named Judah the Hammer, so all in all, a pretty good time. To celebrate, I've compiled this list of eight (and one extra, the shamash) great Jews of motoring. Most people thought we'd only get one, and here we have over eight. Truly a great miracle happened here. More »
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If your friends all fly Sikorskys and you must make amends, plead with the Lord to buy you a Eurocopter EC145 outfitted in "Mercedes-Benz style" with leather and wood. Then laugh heartily at those sad working-rich folks flying generic helicopters. More »
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The Mercedes Benz Museum in Germany made this advertisement to celebrate yesterday's 125th anniversary of Karl Benz filing a patent application for his three-wheeled car. The ad features the museum's beautiful Mercedes-Benzs honking a birthday tune. (Hat tip to smokyburnout!) More »
]]> http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5746762&view=rss&microfeed=true Daimler, BYD finalize design for joint-electric car that probably doesn't look like a Corolla. [WSJ] More »
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Although Henry Ford's 1901 race is touted by Ford for its importance, it wasn't actually the first American car race. That actually occured 115 years ago today in Illinois — in the middle of a blizzard. More »
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Whether you want to class it up at the drag strip or you're sick of your old Benz being slow and smelling like diesel, this "Pro Street" Mercedes-Benz could be the car for you. More »
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A shot of a vintage Mercedes 300SL Cabriolet with actual signs of usage during the 2010 Sachsen Classic from our favorite pair of Karman Ghia-piloting German photographers. [formfreu.de] More »
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A survey of Google Street View habits has shown Steve Jobs' home and Apple's garage birthplace are the third most visited locations by Briton's. Jobs was bested only by the White House and Hugh Hefner's Playboy Mansion. [CultofMac] More »
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The Mercedes SLS AMG E-Cell's the polar opposite of a golf cart. Electric, yes, but also sickly powerful with 528-hp and 649lb-ft of torque. Top Gear's stabbed the quiet-pedal and declared it "...the Future. With a capital F." [TopGear] More »
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There have been some images circulating on the seedier, more Russian side of the Internet showing a hapless Mercedes driver with his forearm horribly branded by a Mercedes logo from an airbag deployment. Trouble is it's totally bullshit. More »
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Architect Steve Hermann calls his "Glass Pavilion" home in Montecito, California his opus. The nearly-impossible looking cantilevered structure is mostly open air, but the basement "art gallery" is walnut columns and vintage cars. Ferrari Dino? Mercedes 300SL? Excellent taste, sir. More »
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The 2012 Mercedes-Benz CLS's predecessor was a recent high-water mark of form over function with beautiful details and proportions that helped start the coupe/sedan craze. The 2012 sports a fancier interior and a facelift with dowdier features. Progress? More »
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A Ford Model T paces a Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG at the Woodward Dream Cruise. Considering a stretch of Woodward was amongst the first concrete-paved road in the world, a more perfect illustration of automotive progress couldn't be asked for. More »
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Chrome cars are normally gaudy affairs, but somehow this chrome-wrapped Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 racer looks like liquid speed. The distillation of perfection wrought in aluminum und shteel. It almost needs a new name. "Sex on Wheels" seems appropriate. More »
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For your premium luxury grand touring needs, the newly minted Mercedes-Benz CL63 AMG offers a 5.5-liter twin-turbo V8 with 536 hp. Need something faster? The CL65 AMG has a 5.9-liter twin-turbo V12 and 621 hp. Decisions, decisions. More »
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Out of nowhere, Stuttgart has just unveiled a badass military truck concept called the G-Wagon LAPV 6.X. It's armor-plated, has a long-travel suspension with portal axles and hefty cargo capability, and it looks mean as hell. More »
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For the super-limited-edition Mercedes-Benz C-Class DR 520, Stuttgart started with a C63 AMG, added 60 horses, the AMG Performance Pack Plus, and matte black or white vinyl wrap. Zero to 62 mph in 4.1 seconds. Win. More »
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A letter written from prison by young Adolf Hitler to a Mercedes-Benz dealership features the Führer-to-be asking the dealer to take "a couple thousand [reichs]marks" off a prospective purchase. Seems his pocketbook couldn't support the aggressive automotive expansion. [AFP] More »
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This faux Mercedes E63 AMG Wagon is the work of tuner Arturo Alonso. Although it's just a body kit and wheels, it reminds us Mercedes needs to follow in GM's Cadillac CTS-V Wagon-shaped footsteps and sell it in the US. More »
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The first known Mercedes Benz SLS AMG crash has occurred in Russia where the bad-ass Benz tangled with a VAZ 2112. Both cars lost, but the SLS's gullwing doors still work. More »
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We're not positive this image is 100% accurate, but it's good enough for government work and claims to show the design direction of the soon-to-be-revealed 5.5-liter V8-powered 2011 Mercedes-Benz CL63 AMG and V12-powered CL65 AMG. [4WheelsNews] More »
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Thanks to feature bloat and nanny state safety regulations, cars continue to expand as fast as American waistlines. Still don't believe us? Look at this seven-generation Mercedes E-Class family picture. My, what a fat ass you have, W211. [via Blaaargh] More »
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What happens when you take a Mercedes SLS AMG, strip out the superfluous baloney, amp-up the engine and install race seats, gauges and gear? You get this — the factory-built Mercedes SLS AMG GT3 racer. Awesome. More »
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Insure.com has assembled a new list of the 20 most expensive cars to insure in America. Like speed? Say goodbye to your hard-earned skrilla. More »
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We'll give you a hint: It goes in a racing car that helped a certain Argentinean win two F1 championships. Four words: direct injection and desmo. (If you know your history, that last bit should clinch it.) More »
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The Mercedes Benz SLS AMG is seriously impressive, even if it is a little weird-looking. So impressive even though this ad runs 2:38, it only needs about 70 seconds to be awesome. We took the liberty of cutting the fluff. More »
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According to AutoWeek, Mercedes has given the go-ahead to a wagon based on their sexy Mercedes Benz CLS. It'll undoubtedly be influenced by the shooting-brake ConceptFascination from Paris two years ago, something we'll have absolutely no problem with. More »
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On Super Bowl Sunday, a TD can bring the crowds to their feet. Today, Nice Price or Crack Pipe has a 300TD from the year of Super Bowl XX that just might make you cheer. More »
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The Mercedes Benz SLS AMG is still fresh out of the gate but hot on its heels is the cabriolet version, here spotted during cold weather testing, demonstrating a situation buyers will never subject the car to. [DiabloMotor, (translated)] More »
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Our spy shooters spotted the next-generation Mercedes SLK taking a spin in Germany seemingly borrowing styling from the revealed Mercedes SLS AMG. Unfortunately, the big "63" on the side doesn't indicate a 6.3-liter AMG V8 under the hood. More below. More »
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German newspaper Express Daily is reporting an anonymous Russian billionaire has purchased Adolf Hitler's Mercedes-Benz 770 K. The customized blue Grosser Mercedes apparently exchanged hands for between $6 million to $15 million. (Hat tip to Everyone!) [Express (translated)] More »
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Seems the next Mercedes B-Class is abandoning its MPV shape in favor of a more five-door-hatch-like profile. The shape matters not to us as long as they remove the un-Mercedes-like amounts of suck from the current car. [SecretNewCars] More »
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We're not yet able to show you official images of the Mercedes AMG SLS Gullwing, but we now can show you some details thanks to this 22-page leaked dealer ordering guide. Anyone up for a $10,000 paint option? More »
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Development is wrapping up on the Mercedes AMG SLS Gullwing, the all-new, 571 HP gull-winged velvet hammer from Stuttgart. A sneak peek of the beast inside. More »
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Wald International takes the cake for the most bizarre custom line naming convention and will continue it with the 2010 Mercedes Benz E-Class Black Bison Sports Package. A one-shot comic-book-villain named teaser's all we get. More »
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Although BSG's over, apparently tuner ASMA has other plans with it's PhantASMA CL65 Wide Body. Prepare yourself, because even with the 735 HP V12, it's a tour de force of questionable Mercedes tuning. More »
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This morning's IIHS report on the shocking finding that little cars don't take well to colliding, at speed, with bigger cars? Now we have the crash videos. Let's take a look at all three below. More »
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Venus Williams and Andy Murray hopped on top a pair of Sony Ericsson-branded Mercedes-Benz GLK's for a promotional tennis match in Miami traffic. Nothing in that sentence makes much sense does it? More »
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Not all days at the Nürburgring are rainbows and unicorns, as evidenced by this 2012 Mercedes SLK prototype breaking down and spewing smoke in the tester's first run. Yeah, that's a bad day. More »
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This is a sad day, Mercedes AMG has sullied one of its most cherished icons, dropping a 6.0 liter V8 into a camo-painted Mercedes-Benz 300SL Gullwing designed for Bathing Ape Fashion founder NIGO. Ugh. More »
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