mercedes

  • Launch Drive: Big changes for C-Class Coupe

    What is it? Part of the drop down menu that emerges when you hover the mouse cursor over the C-Class icon, although we’d be so bold as to give new C-Class Coupe its own space such are the raft of changes. An elegant looking thing that corrects some of...
  • Why the Mercedes X-Class will redefine segment

    Admit it – at some point of your life you came across a ridiculous rendering of a Mercedes Bakkie on the internet and thought “HA! Never in a million years!” The first images which appeared on April Fools Day didn’t help matters. Well, just when we thought 2016 was...
  • Geneva: New Mercedes C-Class Convertible

    Mercedes has just revealed the fourth and final instalment to the C-Class collection, consisting of the sedan, estate and the coupe. Meet the new Mercedes C-Class Convertible. First impressions of the soft-top C-Class are quite impressive considering that the previous C-Class never had a drop-top derivative, resulting in Mercedes...
  • Andy Cowell explains louder F1 exhaust design

    A louder exhaust on all F1 cars taking to the grid in 2016 won’t make the racing any closer but it might sell a few more tickets. Introducing the genius rule change for 2016… the unrestricted exhaust pipe with separate vent for the wastegate. Taking us through this complete overhaul of...
  • Hamilton talks through his dominant Mercs

    So it’s far from Red Bull’s ambitious (and controversial) ploy of driving last year’s F1 car around a public ski slope, but Mercedes and Lewis Hamilton come together for a clinical gathering of their two -maybe three – championship winning cars. Technical detail is vague and the whole thing is short...
  • Drive Review: Mercedes GLE 350d (2016)

    Not just Mercedes but many brands have gotten tangled in a new badge nomenclature for their expanding models. The Mercedes GLE is just one of them and the new badge aims to separate Mercedes’s SUV range from the rest of it. Henceforth GLE, G Class, GLC cover the activity...