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We've all heard that cars lose a massive amount of their value the minute a consumer drives them off of the dealership lot, and in some cases that can absolutely be true. Some vehicles (none under the Mercedes-Benz nameplate, thankfully) can depreciate in value by as much as 36% in the first year alone, while the industry average for depreciation in the first year is 17%.

Cars are pieces of machinery, and as such…

On some levels there is a stigma about buying a luxury vehicle that is not “new,” due in large part to preconceived notions about the stereotype of a “used auto” lot that does everything possible to scam patrons out of their money to make a quick buck.

Buying a Certified Pre-Owned Mercedes-Benz from a respected Mercedes-Benz dealer (like us here at Fields Motorcars) is an entirely different experience, and the way that the auto industry…

Considering the most recent Super Bowl broke a record for viewership, we can all safely assume that a ton of people saw the new "Tortoise and the Hare" advertisement from Mercedes-Benz. Apparently, the commercial did its job, as searches for the Mercedes-Benz AMG® GT S featured in the spot have been up several hundred percent (and in one case, a few thousand percent) in the days and weeks since originally airing.

Specifically, AutoTrader searches for…

In our last post we talked about how excited fans of Mercedes-Benz in Florida should be about the upcoming Mercedes-Benz C350 Plug-In Hybrid, perhaps the most dynamic, comfortable and efficient hybrid that we've seen, but as the North American International Auto Show in Detroit has wrapped up, we felt it would be worth taking a quick spin around the other essential bits of Mercedes-Benz news coming out of Motor City over the course of…

Well, Mercedes-Benz has been very active over the course of the last month, introducing all sorts of great new production models and concept vehicles at the Detroit Auto Show, but we here at Fields Motorcars were particularly interested in the upcoming 2015 Mercedes-Benz C350 Plug-In Hybrid, the first Mercedes-Benz C-Class hybrid to hit U.S. dealerships.

Considering the fact that the C-Class is one of our best-selling model series, it makes sense that Mercedes-Benz would…

You might remember about a year ago at this time, us talking about the record 2013 year in sales Mercedes-Benz had just wrapped up, and how proud we were to have been a part of it. At the time, we weren't sure if were possible to be more proud as a part of the Mercedes-Benz family.

But then 2014 happened.

Now, once again, we're talking about yet another record-setting year for the esteemed…

The plain and simple truth behind why so many luxury car buyers choose Mercedes-Benz vehicles is that they want the very best that money can buy in pretty much every way possible. Many walk into our facility knowing that they'll get awesome engines, loads of features, gorgeous aesthetics and top-notch craftsmanship, but what is often overlooked is just how strong these vehicles are in terms of safety.

The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS…

There are thousands of people worldwide who get a good chunk of their automotive news and opinions from the wildly popular BBC show, Top Gear. Of course, in that role, Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May have quite a responsibility to consumers to absolutely nail their annual "Car of the Year" awards, and we here at Fields Motorcars of course think they did a splendid job this time around, as Mercedes-Benz vehicles took home…

As far as American auto shows go, there really isn’t anything quite like the one held annually in Detroit, which is why we think there is no better stage to introduce the brand-new Mercedes-Benz GLE than the Motor City motor exhibition.

All it takes is one look at the car to know that Mercedes-Benz is on to something really unique. Visually, it sits somewhere in between a station wagon and a crossover, but that…

When we are asked about what sets apart the 2015 Mercedes-Benz Sprinter from other non-luxury commercial vans available for purchase these days, the easy answer is that the quality of the materials and the lavishness of the cabin are more than enough to place it on a pedestal among its ilk, but there's another reason the Sprinter is unlike most other commercial vans in the industry: four-wheel drive.

While the weather is generally pretty…