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Posted August 5 2009 02:06 PM by Angus MacKenzie
To be honest I was a little worried about the dubs. Giant 21 inch alloys and low profile tires seemed about the last thing Mercedes-Benz's comfortable and capable GL-series SUV needed; pointlessly expensive Beverly Hills...
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Posted May 5 2009 12:00 PM by TT Editors
When are you guys going to do a comparison test of full-size vans? I think it's time to bring together vans from the Big Three: the Savana, Econoline, and Sprinter. Jason Walters Via the Internet
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Posted March 4 2009 11:53 AM by TT Editors
In addition to the standard concept and production car reveals, Geneva also hosts a large number of tuner outfits, primarily well-known companies that specialize in high-end autos such as Brabus, Techart, and Carlsson,...
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Posted December 29 2008 06:20 PM by Arthur St. Antoine
With the holidays fast approaching, my wife, daughter, and I departed sunny Los Angeles for the frozen tundra and tenebrous skies of southeastern Michigan. On purpose. Awaiting us in Ann Arbor were my parents, their tiger...
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2010 Mercedes-Benz GLK Crossover SUV Hitting Shores Hard
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Posted December 17 2008 04:36 PM by bkong
Thanks to Mercedes' venerable M-Class luxury SUV, and three other crossover vehicles, light-trucks accounted for 30% of Mercedes' U.S. volume by 2007. Not bad figures considering Mercedes still had nine passenger-vehicle...
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Mercedes Unimog Trucks Hit Wall with U.S. Diesel Fuel Regulations
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Posted December 1 2008 11:14 AM by bkong
Arguably the world’s toughest vehicles, aside from heavily armored tanks, the Mercedes Unimog U500 trucks look more at home as a military transport vehicle or a garbage truck. Nonetheless, Global Expedition Vehicles of...
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Posted November 6 2008 12:54 PM by Arthur St. Antoine
Mercedes-Benz isn't a name that springs to mind when you think "SEMA." Yet at the 2008 show, Mercedes-Benz is here, for the first time ever. And what an entrance: The German maker's familiar high-speed sedans and coupes...
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Posted October 31 2008 11:55 AM by andrew_strieber
This year's SEMA show is set to be a pretty memorable event, with displays from Ford, Hyundai, Hummer, and Chevy all featuring a collection of hot rides. Mercedes is also planning to make a splash, commissioning four...
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Posted August 15 2008 10:53 AM by Frank Markus
Well, by now the 190D, aka "Oilivia," our beloved little stinker, and her dashing escort the ML320 Bluetec are back in the tender care of Mercedes-Benz USA and the Classic Center where they've each probably enjoyed an oil...
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Diesel Road Trip Leg 4: St. Louis, McClintock, PA, to Montvale
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Posted August 11 2008 02:31 PM by Frank Markus
The anchor leg was intended to start out with Motor Trend's Martini-brigade (St. Antoine, Lassa, Markus, and Vance) whooping it up in the downtown St. Louis blues clubs where legendary musicians like Albert King, Ike...
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Diesel Road Trip Leg 3 : Colorado and heading east
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Posted August 8 2008 11:05 AM by Arthur St. Antoine
It's hot. Africa hot. Fry-eggs-on-grandpa's-hairless-head hot. The outside-temp gauge on the ML320 Bluetec following behind me, I learn via walkie-talkie, reads 107 degrees. Ah, but it's a dry…uh, no it is not. It's muggy...
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MT's Old-Tech-to-Bluetec Mercedes-Benz Diesel Across America Tour
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Posted August 7 2008 09:30 AM by Allyson Harwood
Boise, Idaho, to Denver, Colorado Bleary-eyed yet ready for the day, we meet by the two Mercedes parked in back of the hotel. We run through the morning checklist on the 190D, measuring tire pressure and water and oil...
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Diesel Road Trip Leg 2 day 1: Mercedes ML320 Bluetec and 190D in Seattle, WA
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Posted August 6 2008 09:50 AM by Ron Kiino
Seattle, WA, to Boise, ID It's 7 a.m. and I, as well as my teammates, associate editor Allyson Harwood and photographer Julia LaPalme, are already tired. We haven't even begun our 1400-mile drive from Seattle to Denver,...
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MT Takes Old-Tech-to-Bluetec Mercedes-Benz Diesel Across America Tour
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Posted August 4 2008 10:54 AM by Matt Stone
"MISTER, THEY DON'T MAKE diesel engines small enough for passenger cars. If I put diesel fuel in your tank, this car will never run again," grumbled the attendant of a little midwestern station. So we had to pop the hood...
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Posted June 27 2008 04:49 PM by Mark Williams
It's almost an epidemic. In the last two weeks, we've listened to three big automakers make thoughtful and detailed presentations about their current and future engine lineups. Clearly, they want us to know they're...
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