No mistake, McLaren must get it right in Monaco or risk driving unhappy …

No mistake, McLaren must get it right in Monaco or risk driving unhappy …
Senior management figures at Mercedes would relish an opportunity to attract Hamilton, having worked closely with the 27-year-old British star during their years in partnership with McLaren. They would not shudder at having to improve Hamilton's …
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CVC need Mercedes deal before any float: team exec
Champions Red Bull, McLaren and glamour team Ferrari have all signed up to a new agreement that governs the commercial side of the sport, including the distribution of revenues to competitors. Mercedes said earlier this week, in response to media …
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Ahead of Spanish Grand Prix, McLaren Moves Closer to 'Ugly' Step-Nose Design
The McLaren Mercedes MP4-27, undergoing testing at the Mugello circuit in Italy this week, before its nose was raised. In March, when the McLaren Mercedes driver Jenson Button won the Australian Grand Prix, it reaffirmed beauty's place in Formula One …
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AutoTrader.com Announces New Leadership at VinSolutions

AutoTrader.com Announces New Leadership at VinSolutions
By AutoTrader.com OVERLAND PARK, Kan., May 17, 2012 — /PRNewswire/ — VinSolutions, the industry leader in advanced software products for automotive dealerships, today announces that its president, Mike Dullea, has accepted a new position within the …
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Porsche introduces new Boxster to dealers at Birmingham's Barber Motorsports Park
Armed with iPads and a desire to take the new cars for a spin, Porsche dealership employees are spending three days in Birmingham learning about the new sports car and how best to sell it against competitors from BMW, Mercedes-Benz and Audi.
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Best 100 Hedge Funds
A native of Stuttgart, Germany, home to Porsche and Mercedes, the 52-year old fell in love with cars at an early age and today races on the amateur-motor circuit at tracks like Daytona, where he pushes his Porsche Spyder to speeds near 200 miles per …
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Daimler Profit Unexpectedly Rises on Mercedes-Benz Demand

Daimler Profit Unexpectedly Rises on Mercedes-Benz Demand
(600166) Daimler opened a 800 million-euro Mercedes-Benz car factory in late March in Kecskemet, Hungary, where it's making the van- like B-Class model. Workers at the site, Daimler's first new assembly plant in 15 years, earn one-fifth of their …
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Competent B-class deserves success
OPEN WIDE: As well as offering as much leg room as an S-class in the rear, the B-class has a good load volume and easy access. Mercedes-Benz says the global market for B-segment cars will rise from 19 million vehicles to 34 million by the end of the …
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For 50, Have You Considered Every Benz But SECs?
That's too bad because with the W126 Mercedes went back to basing their halo coupe on the S-Class sedan platform, and not just dachshunding the SL. The visual gravitas these cars emanate is still powerful today, especially the wide open B-pillarless …
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Mercedes Benz sales up 3.6% in Q2 of 2012: Daimler sees Smart and Maybach fare …
Mercedes Benz sales results for second quarter 2012 show that the company continues on their winning streak and have increased their sales figures as compared to what they achieved in 2011. The company has a host of new launches lined up and among them …
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Spyshots: Mercedes CLS Shooting Brake
It's the new Mercedes Benz GL-Class spotted in AMG … Continue reading → The next generation of the Mercedes-Benz S-Class has entered its final development stages, with the vehicle loosing some camo and offering our spy photographers the opportunity …
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Rendering: Mercedes GLA Crossover to Rival BMW X1
This is the new naming system from the German automaker, where all off-roaders will start with “GL”, the “A” indicating this is the smallest of the bunch. The platform will be shared with the new A- and B-Class, as well as an upcoming small sedan and a …
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Franklin Lakes police arrest Newark man allegedly involved in auto-theft ring
Police Detective Lt. John Bakelaar said Nuñez gained access to the garage by entering a third car parked in the driveway, another Mercedes-Benz, which contained a remote garage-door opener. Bakelaar declined to say why authorities believe Nuñez is …
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Mercedes-Benz B-Class F-CELL – at home with the stars
The S 400 HYBRID features a convenient start/stop function, which switches off the petrol engine if the car slows to below 15 km/h, for example when stopping at traffic lights. Furthermore, in 2012, Mercedes-Benz will launch the E 300 BlueTEC HYBRID on …
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Auto headlines
The car and motorcycle manufacturer is expanding to fend off efforts by Volkswagen's Audi and Daimler's Mercedes-Benz to grab the sales lead in luxury autos by the end of the decade. Volkswagen, Europe's largest carmaker, sees the pace of US auto …
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Mercedes-Benz SLK 55 AMG caned around Yas

Mercedes-Benz SLK 55 AMG caned around Yas
The SLK 55 AMG is the lightest of the Mercedes high-performance range and feels neat and nimble, almost go-kart like in its responsiveness. New to the SLK 55 AMG is a brake torque vectoring system that helps with cornering performance by selective …
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Test Drive: The 2013 Mercedes-Benz SL 63 AMG
We especially like the new larger body, which creates a much more muscular-feeling SL, differentiating the SL from the decidedly more up-market SLK-Class. Now some prices. This is US pricing for now – Australian availability and pricing is TBA.
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Mercedes-Benz G65 AMG: Not U.S.-Bound, Will Cost $500000

Mercedes-Benz G65 AMG: Not U.S.-Bound, Will Cost 0000
We've just received word from our sources at Mercedes-Benz that when the 2013 G-Class hits our shores later this year that it'll be missing an AMG model, for the 612-hp V-12-powered 2013 G65 AMG will officially not go on sale here in the United States.
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Mercedes-Benz plots SUV sales attack for 2014
Mercedes-Benz has had the mid-sized GLK (main picture) on sale in Europe for some years, though the model wasn't engineered for right-hand drive to make it compatible with markets such as Australia and the UK. This issue will be addressed with the …
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Mercedes-Benz India Introduces M-Class SUV

Mercedes-Benz India Introduces M-Class SUV
Mercedes-Benz India currently assembles the S-Class, E-Class and C-Class sedans, the Actros heavy truck, and buses at a factory in the western Indian city of Pune. It also imports and sells car models such as the CLS-Class and SLK-Class.
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Mercedes-Benz launching new Antos short-radius distribution truck
The possibilities with a truck like this are virtually endless, extending to refrigerator boxes, flat beds, high cubes and beyond. Scroll down below to read more about it in the full press release. Stuttgart – Mercedes-Benz is about to extend its …
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Ashok Leyland to launch 5 new products in FY13
The aggression comes at a time newer players like Mahindra Navistar, Volvo, Mercedes and AMW are increasingly fighting for a slice of the heavy truck market, which was not so long ago dominated by just two players – Tata Motors and Ashok Leyland.
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Carmarthen Laundry comes clean with eco-friendly Bevan21

Carmarthen Laundry comes clean with eco-friendly Bevan21
NHS laundry chiefs in south-west Wales bought their first Bevan-bodied Mercedes-Benz trucks back in 1999, with the intention of running them for five years. But so sturdily built, reliable and well supported did those two vehicles prove that not until …
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MERCEDES-BENZ SL550: Icon of innovation.
Not only does it have 46 more horsepower than the 5.5-liter V8 that was used in the previous model but, according to Diaz, it has as much power as the Mercedes-Benz SL63. There's certainly no shortage of power under the hood of the new SL550, …
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MyDealerLot to Provide Retail Automotive Technology for Mercedes-Benz USA As …
ROSWELL, GA–May 12, 2012: MyDealerLot (MDL) announced today that it has been selected to participate in the Mercedes-Benz USA (MBUSA) Preferred Vendor Status Program to provide Automated Customer Recognition, Targeted Messaging and Asset Tracking …
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Mercedes sets sights on SUV segment[1]| chinadaily.com.cn

Mercedes sets sights on SUV segment[1]| chinadaily.com.cn
Models from the R-Class and GL-Class will also be on display. The SUV segment began to soar in 2007 as China's market matured and has since developed into the fastest-growing segment. In the past five years, sales of Mercedes-Benz SUVs have grown from …
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Mercedes-Benz GLA SUV To Rival BMW X1, Audi Q3: Report
The UK's Car magazine reports that the new model will follow Mercedes' revised naming system, carrying the GLA name. The GL signifies all future SUV badges starting with a G, and the A for its size. Underneath the small SUV would be Merc's versatile …
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