All Entries in the "Mercedes" Category

2012 Mercedes Benz E-Class – Offers Something for Everyone

Good Ground-breaking convertible features; marvellous handling balance and ride; voluptuous sedan cabin; powerful engines; wide-ranging safety features; scrupulously constructed. Bad Less sporty as compared to rivals. Introduction 2012 Mercedes Benz E-Class is a meticulously built, enjoyable to drive sedan and a premium luxury car triumph, which deserves serious consideration. Fast, solid, prestigious, safe and comfortable, the E-Class is offered as cabriolet, sedan, wagon and coupe body styles. It is sportier as compared to before, offering class Mercedes design. The convertible gets innovative soft top, which is nearly one inch thick with three layers of acoustic sound dampening, leaving good trunk space and providing wind protection with top down. For 2012 model year, the E-Class gets  [...]

2011 Mercedes Benz S-Class – A Spectacle of Refinement

Good Available four-wheel drive system; luxury features; eye-popping performance from AMG powertrains; well designed cabin. Bad Unintuitive telematics interface; expensive options. Introduction 2011 Mercedes Benz S-Class is the most prestigious sedan, which has been offering discerning buyers with unparalleled levels of class, sophistication and refinement for several years. Its rivals are impressive, but the 2011 S-Class remains a quintessential premium luxury saloon. For 2011 model year, the S-Class gets plenty of enhancements, which include smaller but more powerful V8 engine, lane departure warning system, blind spot monitoring system with automatic brake intervention and a split-view display. With legacy of leadership, iconic design and groundbreaking innovation, it continues to presage  [...]

2012 Mercedes Benz SLK Class – The Most Successful Sportscar Ever Built

Good Relatively huge trunk; plethora of standard equipments; comfy ride; innovative interior comfort options and roof; efficient and strong powertrains; well designed interior. Bad Comparatively tight cabin; lack of manual transmission on SLK350; no sunshade with regular glass roof panel. Introduction 2012 Mercedes Benz SLK Class is a class leading roadster, which combines top performance with exemplary ecology, light footed sportiness with stylish comfort and striking sportscar design with total suitability for everyday commuting. It carries on its predecessor’s strengths, while improving in number of areas to make it one of the desirable luxury convertibles. For 2012 model year, the SLK gets new turbocharged four-cylinder engine, overall design inspired by new SLS AMG sportscar and  [...]

2012 Mercedes-Benz GLK-Class – Roomiest and Cheapest

Normally the terms "Mercedes-Benz” and “Cheap” doesn’t feature in the same sentence, but there are some exceptions and when you talk about those models you are bound to use those aforementioned terms in same sentence. The 2012 Mercedes-Benz GLK350 is one such model. As a matter of fact the GLK350 is the second-cheapest Mercedes you could have in this country, but the good news here is that it might be the cheapest Mercedes you could get in the country, but still it doesn’t appear from the looks and feel of the car. The metallic thump of the car gives the look and feel of a bank vault you only have to add a spinning wheel. Drive the Mercedes-Benz GLK350 and you will feel the sturdiness of the car, which is a trademark of Mercedes' present lineup and surely makes any type of anticipated  [...]

2012 Mercedes-Benz E-Class – Fun to Drive & Scrupulously Build

There aren’t many cars in the market that offers as much variety as the 2012 Mercedes-Benz E-Class. The car comes in 4 body styles, 4 engine choices, 2 sub trim levels and a huge number of options. Bring in the same CLS sedan having its coupe-like roof and the already vast range grows even further. But the best thing here is that in this huge pile of alternatives, there isn’t a single bad choice that you could make. This is the reason why each and every model of this family earns our recommendation, be it the coupe, sedan, wagon or convertible, the E-Class is one of the best cars in the market. Now, for the model year 2012, the deal gets even sweeter. With the exemption of the adjourned E350 Bluetec and the V6 turbodiesel, the entire E-Class model has been given a new engine, which is  [...]

2011 Mercedes-Benz CL550: Road Test

Preface: The customers of premium cars having price tag displaying six figures could be categorized in two categories. The first category comprises of the customers wanting nothing but the rolling temples to lavishness, which are soaked with stature and can be spotted from miles. The second category features the people who wants comparatively low key models, but doesn’t wants any sort of compromise in the department of luxury. And seeing that the two categories of people, the premium cars have also is categorized in two aforementioned categories. The 2011 Mercedes-Benz CL550 that we are testing here is for the customers from the second of the two abovementioned groups. There’s no denying the fact that no-one handles luxury with as relentlessly competency, as Mercedes-Benz, and being  [...]

2011 Mercedes-Benz CL-Class – Sheer Road-Going Perfection

First Look: The 2011 Mercedes-Benz CL-Class simply could be said a ground bound equivalent of a private jet. The Mercedes-Benz CL-Class is like a Gulfstream G650, and this huge touring coupe serves its occupants with top-class material including polished wood and exquisite leather inside its cabin. But apart from the leather and wood, there is plethora of other modern equipments that makes the luxury inside this premium touring coupe unmatched. And the similarity with the Jet doesn’t ends with the luxury or comfort, even in terms of performance; the CL-class is similar to a Jet, and with any of its V12 or V8 engines delivering sufficient thrust to get your heart pumping more than normal rate. The CL-Class of Mercedes-Benz is based on the Mercedes-Benz S-Class, and hence the car shares  [...]

Mercedes Benz GLK – Definitely Worth A Look

Apart from universe, the small luxury crossover market is something that is constantly expanding. Seeing the increasing interest of auto buyers in this vastly expanding segment of automotive, the luxury automaker Mercedes Benz, finally decides to enter the market before it’s too late. So, arrives the Mercedes Benz GLK Class. The small crossover luxury GLK will be competing with a constantly increasing number of foes, and lets see what the vehicle has got to actually survive the cut-throat competition going here. The all new Mercedes Benz GLK Class is a premium crossover SUV launched in model year 2010, and has seating capacity of 5 passengers. The SUV is available in 2 basic body styles of: the GLK350 4Matic all-wheel-drive and the rear-wheel-drive GLK350 variant. The power for both the  [...]

Mercedes Benz M Class – Better Than Previous Generation

A lot of midsize luxury SUVs have entered the market, after the introduction of Mercedes Benz M Class, and despite Mercedes’ desperate efforts, its M Class SUV has been overshadowed by its rivals.  Its rivals were more refined car-based crossover SUVs, while the M Class we are talking about is a truck based SUV. After eight straight years on the same platform Mercedes at last reached for the much needed revise in the form of 2nd generation M-Class, which entered the market in the 2006 model year. The all new Mercedes Benz M Class is a spacious, powerful and loaded with plethora of upscale features. The latest Mercedes Benz M Class is a luxury SUV with seating capacity of 5 passengers, and is available in different trim levels starting from: the ML350 Bluetec powered by a turbodiesel V6  [...]

2011 Mercedes-Benz SL – Designed For Greatness

First Look The 2011 Mercedes-Benz SL is one of the very few cars that are designed for greatness. The charismatic 2011 SL is the fifth-generation SL Class, all set to rewrite the history and to set new milestones in automotive engineering. The 2011 Mercedes-Benz SL gets two new and distinct models this year in the form of - the SL500 Roadster and the SL500 AMG. Whichever of the two models you pick, you will be driving one of the shear masterpiece from the auto world, loaded with all the advanced features such as revised telematics, real-time traffic, a new enlightening tire-pressure monitoring system, satellite radio and HD radio. If you are among the very few lucky wealthy souls in the world, then you can even opt for the 100 special SL in the form of the SL550 Night Edition models. What’s  [...]

A Mobile Revolution In Dealerships By Mercedes Benz

Mercedes Benz has announced one of the most advance and technically superior offer to the dealers in the form of Apple iPads. The company has started the MB advantage program in which the facilities to dealers are being focused highly. This innovative approach of offering iPads to all of the dealers will help the dealers immensely in making the financial decisions even when they are not in the offices. The operating system of these iPads is also quite simpler and static. The salesperson can feed the VIN number of any of the Mercedes Benz cars and he will be able to get the latest schemes, discounts and net prices of the model offered by the company for that particular mode entered. This facility will allow the sales person to work freely even when they are not in the offices or any of the  [...]

2010 Mercedes-Benz E350 Coupe – Four-Passenger Coupe Replacing the CLK

First Look The 2010 Mercedes-Benz E350 Coupe certainly wasn’t an easy car to design even for the Mercedes-Benz engineers. The reason behind this is that they were redesigning a car which already was immensely successful and by redesigning that successful model they were taking a huge risk. Yes, you read it right, “redesigning”, not many of the folk knows that a lot of the components of 2010 Mercedes-Benz E350 Coupe has been taken from the successful C Class. The overall look of 2010 E-Class is more or less a metaphor for Mercedes-Benz’s varying direction. The all new E350 coupe is an executive class vehicle with impeccable design that draws the eye of respect towards it. What’s New for 2010 Mercedes-Benz E350 Coupe? The 2010 Mercedes-Benz E350 Coupe comes with a lot of improvisations  [...]

The 2011 Mercedes Benz R class facelift edition already under works

Mercedes Benz has received mixed response for its R class car. In spite of the declining sales of this edition Mercedes is not yet determined to completely write off this edition. The R class ‘Grand Sport Tourer’ edition received a facelift in 2007 to help turn around its declining sales, and now a more extensive update is already on its way. There are many prototypes of this edition which were camouflaged and captured by spy cameras in the streets of Europe. The first mild uplift came in 2007 to promote the car sales figures after the vehicle made its debut in 2005’s New York Auto Show.  The first update witnessed an addition of the cheaper rear wheel drive model as well as a more flexible seven seater model. There were no major cosmetic and mechanical changes experienced by this  [...]

Sneak Preview: 2012 Mercedes Benz ML class

In these days of tough competition each and every automaker is working hard to offer the best product which offers a perfect combination of good looks and excellent performance. To achieve this goal each automaker is open even to parts sharing to achieve maximum efficiency. Mercedes is also working at developing a Mercedes Benz ML class SUV which would offer cues from the G class and R class along with a more forward looking powerful engine. It is estimated that this next gen edition will be available only in the middle of2011. The images of the prototypes reveal an overall smaller body than the current edition though its wheel base remains unchanged. There are rumors that Mercedes is working at manufacturing a diesel electric hybrid ML class however a gasoline electric hybrid  [...]