2014 Mercedes-Benz M-Class, E-Class Named Among Safest Cars

Today's cars features safety technologies that most of us couldn't have dreamt up 20 or 30 years ago. Movies and books about the future featured automobiles that could fly in the air and run on compost rather than gasoline, but none of them had adaptive cruise control or rearview cameras or lane departure warning systems.

We suppose that doesn’t make for quite as interesting science fiction as a flux capacitor, but the…
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2014 Mercedes-Benz E-Class Named IIHS Top Safety Pick+

When consumers walk into our facility with their lists of wants and desires in a luxury vehicle, we see all sorts of fun things that have to do with engine power, technology, sunroofs, stereo systems and so much more, but what is often very underrated, in our opinion, is a focus on safety.

Granted, a growing number of customers are interested in things like airbags and advanced safety tech, especially compared to, say, 30 years…
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Nothing But Love for 2014 Mercedes-Benz E250 BlueTEC®

It may have been easy to miss, but early in the year Road and Track magazine named the 2014 Mercedes-Benz E250 BlueTEC® “America’s most fuel-efficient new car,” and then went on to spend the bulk of a rather lengthy and flattering article explaining how its efficiency, luxury and driving dynamics made it among the most desirable green cars in the industry today.

If you haven’t read it yet, you really should. It’s…
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AMG® GT Teaser Video Hits the Web

People expect a lot out of a luxury brand like Mercedes-Benz, but luckily for our customers, Mercedes-Benz engineers always find a way to meet and ultimately exceed those expectations. We're really starting to think that the upcoming AMG® GT, due out later this year, is going to fall neatly into that "exceeds" category.

Just this month, a 50-second teaser video was released on YouTube, which works the way teasers usually do; we were given…
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2014 Mercedes-Benz ML63 AMG® Among Most Fun SUVs

When buying a luxury automobile, consumers understandably head into the process with a laundry list of things that the vehicle absolutely must do.  If a customer is buying an SUV, for example, he or she is going to want something safe, practical, versatile, powerful, luxurious and technologically advanced because those are all the qualities required of a vehicle in order for it to satisfy its day-to-day duties.

Some SUVs are more than just workhorses, however…
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2014 Mercedes-Benz B-Class Electric Drive Goes All-Electric

When first looking at the 2014 Mercedes-Benz B-Class Electric Drive, one's first impression is probably mild confusion, since Mercedes-Benz vehicles this small aren't something we're used to seeing here in the United States.  Despite that fact, this vehicle marks the first of what are likely to be several smaller Mercedes-Benz vehicles slated for an American debut over the course of the next several years, though it's not the smallness of this…
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2014 Mercedes-Benz E350 Named Among Coolest Family Cars

There is no questioning the fact that today's "family vehicles" are better in just about every way than the "family vehicles" many of our customers grew up with, and we're not just talking about modern day advanced technologies, updated safety and modern creature comforts. Long gone are the days of the gigantic box van and wood-paneled station wagon, as an entirely new crop of family-friendly automobiles has introduced itself to 2014's car-buying…
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2014 Mercedes-Benz E250 BlueTEC® Exceeds Efficiency Expectations

Earlier this year, Road & Track senior editor Jason Cammisa had an interesting idea involving the 2014 Mercedes-Benz E250 BlueTEC®: While the vehicle's 45 MPG EPA estimate was impressive, it still fell a bit short of a certain competitor's vehicle that has led the industry in overall hybrid sales for over a decade. Despite that fact, Cammisa's real-world experience said that diesel engines outperform their EPA numbers, while hybrid drivetrains tend to fall a little bit short of their estimates. Knowing all that, he wondered, what if this Mercedes-Benz luxury sedan was actually the most fuel-efficient vehicle in…

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An Interior Worthy of Praise: 2014 Mercedes-Benz S550

There are about a million different reasons a customer can have for buying a new car, and all of them are more or less equally important.  When it comes to buying a luxury car, the quality of the interior can often carry a little more weight than several other criteria because that’s where the overwhelming majority of the advertised luxury resides. 

Some vehicles bring more to the table than others, which is why Ward…
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