Jalopnik: Mercedes-benz

CLK GTR Is The Ultra-Rare Super Car Mercedes Had To Build

Tom Joslin — Sun, 12 Feb 2012 11:00:00 EST

Mercedes didn't exactly have road use in mind when they designed the CLK GTR for the recently introduced FIA GT Championship, but in order to meet homologation standards for the series 25 cars were built for the street. More »

Watch A Supermodel Stand In Front Of A Mercedes-Benz SL

Wes Siler — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 14:45:00 EST

Oh, fashion. You have the prettiest girls and tons of money, but you never fail to be, well, a bit shallow. What's this video of a 2013 Mercedes-Benz SL parked behind a blonde chick have to do with anything? Nothing. But Lara Stone is smoking hot. More »

For $2,300, this pickup probably has very little pick up

graverobber — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 08:00:00 EST

If you like German cars and El Caminos, you're pretty much going to have to either pick up a Sawzall yourself or buy something someone else's home-built pickup. Today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe More »

Kim Jong-Il's secret Mercedes-Benz fetish

Mike Spinelli — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 12:00:00 EST

As the Dear Leader of an impoverished country, where most citizens are too poor even to afford a bicycle, Kim Jong-Il enjoyed the fruits of his dictatorship to the fullest until his death. Many of those fruits were Mercedes-Benz cars. More »

2013 Mercedes-Benz SL: Photos

Ray Wert — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 08:04:00 EST

Is Mercedes-Benz's flagship NYC dealership making its neighbors deaf?

Mike Spinelli — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 16:00:00 EST

Mercedes-Benz Manhattan's 330,000 square-foot dealership is a model of quiet efficiency. Towering windows cast golden afternoon sun serenely across acres of luxury cars. Attentive greeters, trained by Ritz Carlton, greet customers from behind a hotel-like concierge desk. Every touch-point inside the $30 million facility is welcoming and helpful. Outside? Local residents say it's a train wreck. More »

You can own the world's gaudiest car for just $11 million

Mike Spinelli — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 12:00:00 EST

Sorry, Lexus. If you really want a December to remember, stick a bow atop this gold-plated, ruby-encrusted Mercedes SLR. It's the dream car of Swiss club owner and Thai-food impresario Ueli Anlicker, who built the "Red Gold Dream SLR." And it's $11 million. More »

Maybach will soon be kaput!

Mike Spinelli — Fri, 25 Nov 2011 15:30:00 EST

There's a sad sort of clanging from the clock in the hall, and the bells in the steeple too... Daimler AG is killing the ultra-pricy Maybach brand effective in 2013, the Wall Street Journal reports today. Something, something, something, something, oooo. More »

The most awesome hillclimb video you'll see today

Mike Spinelli — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 16:00:00 EDT

Reto Meisel's Mercedes-Benz W201 190 is barely a 190 at all. But when he attacked Mickhausen in Germany last month, he put on quite a show for the eyes and ears. So adding him to our expanding run of hillclimb stars was an easy decision. More »

The real reason why Steve Jobs drove without a license plate

Mike Spinelli — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 12:30:00 EDT

Many have speculated on why the late Steve Jobs never put a license plate on his cars. Was it because he preferred to pay whatever fines he incurred just so he could "Think Different"? Nope. He got away with it — legally — thanks to a California loophole. More »

Mercedes–Benz’s great Libyan racing swindle

Peter Orosz — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 15:30:00 EDT

Before Libya became the recently killed Muammar Gaddafi’s silly desert kingdom for 42 years, it was an Italian colony which hosted the Tripoli Grand Prix, the fastest motor race of the 1930s. Fed up with four years of Silver Arrow dominance, the Italians changed the rules for the 1939 race to make sure an Alfa Romeo or a Maserati would win. Little did they know that Mercedes–Benz would take up the gauntlet in spectacular fashion. More »

Mercedes-Benz X6-competitor to whip its big ass out in 2015

Patrick Frawley — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 15:00:00 EDT

At a press briefing yesterday to announce a $350 million expansion of their Alabama operations, Mercedes-Benz teased the assembled crowd with hints of a new model to be produced there. No specifics were given, but the consensus centers around a BMW X6 competitor built on the M-class platform. More »

Why Tobey Maguire rejected a meat-is-murder Mercedes

Mike Spinelli — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 10:00:00 EDT

Actor Tobey Maguire, who received a free Mercedes to use while filming The Great Gatsby II: Daisy's Bloody Revenge (no, just a remake of the original) in Australia, gave the car back because it had leather seats. More »

Rare "graduation present" Mercedes Gullwing found in a rat-infested garage

Mike Spinelli — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 16:30:00 EDT

Tom Wellmer's parents bought him an 1955 Mercedes-Benz 300SL for his college graduation. He drove it until the transmission gave out, then he parked it in a garage in California. That was 40 years ago. More »

A Mercedes built out of 10,000 pieces of scrap metal

Justin Hyde — Tue, 20 Sep 2011 10:30:00 EDT

Mercedes-Benz never put the 1954 300 SLR "Uhlenhaut Coupe" into production, and the only two examples ever built are locked in its museum. But a trio of German artists will sell you this: a statue of the 300SLR made from 10,000 pieces of scrap metal. More »

For $1,500, do you want fries with that?

graverobber — Mon, 19 Sep 2011 08:00:00 EDT

If you should choose to dine exclusively at fast food joints, you will likely shorten your life by decades, and when you do die, you will require a hearse with Kenworth on its grille. In contrast, today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe Benz W123 can sup on the dregs of burger joints with impunity, but will its price make it a happy meal? More »

In the company of the SLS AMG’s cracklesnortpopboom V8

Peter Orosz — Fri, 16 Sep 2011 16:00:00 EDT

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On a conscious level, the Mercedes–Benz SLS AMG is a cynical marketing ploy designed to milk the memory of Mercedes’s 1950s motorsport achievements. But listen to one at full throttle in a tunnel and all is forgiven. The SLS AMG makes the most viscerally wonderful supercar noise since Ferrari invented Ferraris. More »

2012 Mercedes-Benz ML63 AMG: This is it

Mike Spinelli — Tue, 30 Aug 2011 15:30:00 EDT

If there were any doubts about Mercedes-Benz's intent to keep the ML63 AMG in rotation, these photos should assuage the living crap out of them. A pre-production prototype was just spotted outside the Barnes & Noble in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, 20 miles west of the MB plant in Vance. More »

This is why you don't drive through standing water

Ray Wert — Sun, 28 Aug 2011 10:10:00 EDT

While walking along South Street on lower Manhattan's east side to inspect damage from Hurricane Irene, I found huge pools of water at a few of the intersections. It wasn't water inundation from New York's East River so much as it was runoff from the overpass, flowing down into already-overburdened storm sewers. More »

The 2011 Woodward Dream Cruise Jalopnik Staff Cruiser is the Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG

Ray Wert — Sat, 20 Aug 2011 12:30:00 EDT

The Woodward Dream Cruise on Metro Detroit's historic Woodward Avenue is one of the top ten greatest car events in the world. Each year, Jalopnik picks a special car as its staff cruiser. More »

Mercedes strands journalists testing G-Class in Outback

Justin Hyde — Mon, 08 Aug 2011 10:30:00 EDT

To prove the mettle of the Geländewagen SUV, Mercedes' Australian arm arranged a 14-day trip over the 1,242-mile Canning Stock Trail for journalists — at least, that was the plan before five of the six vehicles broke down. More »

Do not rent this car

Mike Spinelli — Fri, 05 Aug 2011 13:30:00 EDT

If you're coming to this post because you followed a link saying there was a Black Series with its top chopped off you're going to be as disappointed (and relieved) as the rest of us. It isn't. A sharp-eyed reader noticed a few inconsistencies with this vehicle (thanks Christopher) and, when called out, the rental agency gave an unsatisfactory response. They misled us, and therefore misled you, because putting a fake bodykit on a car isn't news. More »

Budapest’s secret Grand Prix street circuit

Peter Orosz — Fri, 29 Jul 2011 16:00:00 EDT

This Sunday will mark the 75th anniversary of the Hungarian Grand Prix, an event held since…1986. Fifty years before Formula One came to the Hungaroring, there was a Grand Prix race in downtown Budapest with 100,000 people in attendance. The Silver Arrows came. Scuderia Ferrari came. Three-quarters of a century later, we took a walk around Népliget Circuit’s beautiful, abandoned curves. More »

Watch F1 drivers try to scare each other on the Nürburgring

Mike Spinelli — Tue, 26 Jul 2011 13:00:00 EDT

Media-baiting setup or not, watching Nico Rosberg hot-lap the Nürburgring in the rain (after having had only one ride-along lap — from Michael Schumacher) with a terrified David Coulthard in the right seat is worth the branding cynicism. More »

There's hoonage under the sun with this 800hp über convertible

Mike Spinelli — Fri, 08 Jul 2011 14:30:00 EDT

Sure, convertibles get no respect, but German tuner Brabus — home of the twin-turbo V12 — has nonetheless transformed the bougie E-Class Cabriolet into an 800-hp desert blaster. Respect comes at a price, though. Here, it costs $680,000. More »

Mom, there’s wurst in my Mercedes!

Peter Orosz — Wed, 06 Jul 2011 14:00:00 EDT

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Sorry, Mercedes in my wurst—floating on a bed of squash főzelék (a staple of Hungarian summer cooking). Not every post can be about exclusive first drives of six-wheeled supercars, can it? More »

This is the new Mercedes-Benz C63 AMG Black Series

Mike Spinelli — Wed, 06 Jul 2011 12:30:00 EDT

Mercedes-Benz has reportedly revealed its new C63 AMG Black Series Coupe in France, at a test event at Circuit Paul Ricard. Details are few, but some on hand say the new model is lighter (by 44 lbs) but less hardcore than the CLK Black Series it replaces, and even includes seating for four. More »

Rose McGowan loses her top

Mike Spinelli — Mon, 27 Jun 2011 16:45:00 EDT

Man, we really feel for actress Rose McGowan. First the engagement to Marilyn Manson doesn't work out, then Charmed was canceled and now this. She's still awesome, though, even if the SL's hardtop isn't quite Death Proof. Seriously, Rose, call us. We know a guy. More »

Here's the 2012 Mercedes-Benz M-Class

Mike Spinelli — Wed, 08 Jun 2011 14:30:00 EDT

Here's the 2012 Mercedes-Benz M-Class, reluctant platform-mate of the 2011 Jeep Cherokee, suburban people mover au extraordinaire, frequent guest at many of the world's fine shops, including Nordstrom's, Neiman Marcus and, er, Safeway, and intrepidly posh carrier of lap dogs, orange slices and Thermoses. More »

This is the future of post-apocalyptic German off-road trucks

Mike Spinelli — Mon, 06 Jun 2011 15:30:00 EDT

Here's what the Mercedes-Benz Unimog would look like if automotive designers ruled the world. Mercedes revealed this concept for the all-terrain truck's 60th anniversary. The ultramodern interpretation suggests a range of influences from Luigi Colani to donks to tree frogs. More »

Cram a V12 into a Mercedes E-class, win powerful friends

Mike Spinelli — Thu, 02 Jun 2011 15:30:00 EDT

The boys at SpeedDriven have pulled off quite a coup on Germany's Brabus, which does Merc V12 swaps like suburban fathers mow lawns. This W211 E-Class's engine bay has gotten quite full after a recent 700-hp, EV12 swap. More »

The $100,000 Off-Road Challenge

Matt Hardigree — Tue, 31 May 2011 12:00:00 EDT

If glowing purple aliens landed in front of the drainage pipes our Range Rover Supercharged and Mercedes-Benz G55 AMG had just climbed, none of the guys in the lifted Jeep would have noticed. Nothing looks stranger than $230K screwing around in the dirt. More »

Here's the officially roofless Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG Roadster

Mike Spinelli — Sat, 28 May 2011 20:00:00 EDT

We're about 28 hours away from being able to wear white without getting dirty looks, and Mercedes-Benz has dropped official production data on its new SLS AMG Roadster. Does that mean we can break out the seersucker suit two days early? More »

What is the diesel of your dreams?

Tom Joslin — Sat, 21 May 2011 16:00:00 EDT

What better way to spend the last hours before Judgment Day than discussing the reliable and long lasting diesel engine and the interesting mix of car and trucks they have appeared in? This weekend we want to know what diesel powered vehicle makes you weak in the knees. What is the diesel of your dreams? More »

A Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG for EMTs

Mike Spinelli — Tue, 10 May 2011 15:30:00 EDT

It's the official Formula 1 safety car, but what would a Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG for EMTs look like? You're looking at it. Unfortunately for those EMTs, it's just a show car built to drum-up interest in Benz's real public-safety vehicles. More »

Woman survives fall from parking garage in tuner SUV

Mike Spinelli — Fri, 06 May 2011 13:30:00 EDT

A shopping excursion for Prada goodies ended in a five-story plunge from a parking garage in a Brabus-tuned Mercedes-Benz ML. The 32-year-old woman driving was injured but survived in the accident, which occurred yesterday near Komarovsky market in Minsk, Belarus. More »

Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG Roadster drops its top

Ray Wert — Thu, 05 May 2011 08:30:00 EDT

Mercedes-Benz has dropped a set of development shots of the new drop-top roadster version of the uber-awesome SLS AMG. These shots should surprise nobody as we've been seeing the SLS AMG roadster testing on the streets — and even in commercials since well before our first drive of the coupe version last year. More »

Tornadoes halt output at Mercedes, Toyota plants in South

Ray Wert — Thu, 28 Apr 2011 14:35:00 EDT

Violent weather across Alabama, Georgia and Tennessee has halted production at Toyota and Mercedes-Benz plants in Alabama, as emergency workers try to assess two days of damage in the region. More »

Mercedes A-Class brings fetal bulldog styling to the U.S.

Matt Hardigree — Wed, 20 Apr 2011 12:50:00 EDT

As we told you earlier today, the compact Mercedes A-Class is coming to the United States for the first time. More »

2012 Mercedes-Benz E63 gets AMG turbo V8, trees win

Mike Spinelli — Mon, 18 Apr 2011 17:30:00 EDT

AMG's new, 5.5-liter bi-turbocharged V8 impressed us in the CLS63, even if it didn't snarl like the old 6.2-liter naturally-aspirated blaster. Today, the turbo trickled into the midfield, showing up in the E-Class. Better mileage, too, for more greenness. More »