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Learning to Love Dubs: 2010 Mercedes-Benz GL550

29274147 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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Readers' Letters: What About Vans?

17994325 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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Geneva Tuners: Brabus M-B G-Class , Mansory Chopster Cayenne Turbo S

15102470 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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Holiday On Ice: Two Weeks in the 2009 Mercedes-Benz ML320 BlueTEC Diesel

12192459 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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Can Mercedes' Baby-GL Make a Positive Impact on Mercedes' Bottom Line?

2010 Mercedes-Benz GLK Crossover SUV Hitting Shores Hard
12055734 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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Hardy Unimog Vehicles No Longer Allowed in U.S.

Mercedes Unimog Trucks Hit Wall with U.S. Diesel Fuel Regulations
10912285 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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Super-Modded Mercedes-Benz GLKs: the SEMA Tuner Challenge

11228481 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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Decision '08: Mercedes Reveals Four GLKs for SEMA, Asks Fans to Pick a Favorite

11007812 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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MT's Old-Tech-to-Bluetec Mercedes-Benz Diesel Across America Tour

10720098 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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MT's Old-Tech-to-Bluetec Mercedes-Benz Diesel Across America Tour

Diesel Road Trip Leg 4: St. Louis, McClintock, PA, to Montvale
190d-in-st-louis 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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MT's Old-Tech-to-Bluetec Mercedes-Benz Diesel Across America Tour

Diesel Road Trip Leg 3 : Colorado and heading east
10337333 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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Diesel Road Trip Leg 2 day 2: Boise, Idaho, to Denver, Colorado

MT's Old-Tech-to-Bluetec Mercedes-Benz Diesel Across America Tour
10285880 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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MT Takes Old-Tech-to-Bluetec Mercedes-Benz Diesel Across America Tour

Diesel Road Trip Leg 2 day 1: Mercedes ML320 Bluetec and 190D in Seattle, WA
mercedes-benz-ml320-bluetec-and-190d-in-seattle-wa 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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Diesel Road Trip Leg one: Mercedes-Benz 190D Ponton Sedan & 2009 ML320

MT Takes Old-Tech-to-Bluetec Mercedes-Benz Diesel Across America Tour
no-subject 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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Who makes the world's best diesels, GM or Mercedes?

Mercedes-Benz BluTEC diesel engine 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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