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  • Mercedes doubles down on compact segment

    With sales of Mercedes compact cars doubling each year, it makes sense that the manufacturer has shirked its image of only driving older owners around in comfort, and taken on the role of catering for the younger, first-time Mercedes owner.  A minor facelift has been implemented to its compact...
  • Mercedes Benz hits back hard with AMG GLC63

    Mercedes has flexed its muscle in the SUV segment once again, although this time it’s something that nobody expected; a V8 medium-sized SUV. This is the Mercedes-AMG GLC63 AMG 4Matic+ and the GLC63 Coupe AMG 4MATIC+; unsettling on the tongue but very easy on the eye. The fire-breathing family...
  • BMW to have aggressive model roll out till 2019

    The BMW Group has promised to roll out more than 40 new or updated models across its three luxury brands – BMW, MINI and Rolls-Royce – by the end of next year. The primary objective of this strategy is to reclaim the luxury sales crown from Mercedes through focusing...
  • Mercedes hits back hard with 600kW AMG GT

    The 2017 Geneva Motor  Show is now fully underway with manufacturers giving the public tastes of their new models coming to market, and glimpses of what might come further in the future. Mercedes stole the show on Tuesday with the debut of the Mercedes GT Concept- a 600 kW...
  • Merc’s latest E63 S Estate is a 290km/h superwagon

    Just a few days after BMW revealed their new wagon, the  5 Series Touring, Mercedes have unveiled their 450kW answer to BMW – the new E63 S Estate. Expected to debut in March this year at the Geneva Motor Show, the new ‘superwagon’ has come back with even more...
  • Bottas to replace Rosberg in championship team

    Mercedes Benz has signed Valtteri Bottas to replace F1 world champion Nico Rosberg alongside Lewis Hamilton, with both parties confirming the deal Monday morning. Bottas has raced his entire career with Williams and  scored nine podiums, but he is yet to win a race or start from pole position....
  • Mercedes working on 400HP engine for A 45 AMG

    About four years ago when the Mercedes A 45 AMG broke cover, it made headlines as the world’s most powerful hot hatch. Back then, its 2.0-liter four-cylinder turbocharged engine produced 265kW, but with the facelift came a power boost, too, to 280kW early last year which allowed it to...
  • Efficient Mercedes C 350 e comes at a price

    Hybrids can easily make a bad first impression. Take the new C 350 e from Mercedes as an example. When it was dropped off for road test the battery was flat and because I had no opportunity for a quick charge and barely had enough time to acquaint myself...
  • X-Class is the Africa’s new Mercedes C-Class

    The Mercedes X-Class has finally been revealed after countless renderings and spy shots! The new model has been developed in a close collaboration with Renault-Nissan, partner to Mercedes’ parent company, Daimler, and is set for production in Spain and Argentina alongside the Renault Alaskan and the Nissan Navara. Five...