

Mercedes-Benz

Retromania: 20 modern retro-styled cars
Ever get that sense of deja vu? That you’ve seen it all before? In the world of car design, the clock is turning back once again to a bygone age of style. Here are 20 slices of thoroughly modern retro.

2012 Mercedes-Benz SL
It’s a big change, this new SL. The design is much edgier and more complicated. Complex curves, scoops and sharp lines intersected in so many different areas it’s hard to take it all in initially.

Benz’s bizarre A-class noodle-hunting anime
Yes, it’s as weird as it sounds.

Electric Merc smashes record
Mercedes-Benz has shattered the record at the Nurburgring for an electric car.

Oz bound: Mercedes-Benz GLA priced from $47,900
Mercedes-Benz has revealed pricing of its new pint-sized GLA crossover, which will arrive Down Under in April

S-Class hits hyperspace, V-Class turns posh
Mercedes-Benz tackles performance, luxury and economy

Stripped-out S-Class hybrid from $195,000
Benz’s low-cost S300 BlueTEC Hybrid will win at the bowser, but buyers will pay in other ways

Mercedes-Benz to launch 911 rival
New spy shots surface of hot Mercedes-Benz GT AMG, the ‘baby SLS’

Pricing released! Mercedes-Benz CLA
Pricing of the new Mercedes-Benz CLA range has leaked, with Aussies set to pay $49,990 for the base CLA 200 model.

Mercedes system tracked Boston bombers
The two alleged ‘Boston bombers’, Dzhokhar and Tamerlan Tsarnaev, were tracked by police using a two-way, satellite system known as ‘mbrace’, fitted to the Mercedes-Benz SUV car-jacked by the brothers on the night of the Boston Marathon attacks.

Mercedes-Benz makes music the star!
Mercedes-Benz is famous for making cars, trucks, buses, and now … music.

Merc’s mental 6×6 off-roader
Four-wheel-drive not mental enough for you?

350km/h Brabus 800 Roadster
Bored with the standard Mercedes-Benz SL65? Then this bonkers offering from tuning company Brabus ought to scratch your itch.

Merc C63 AMG ‘Edition 507’ bahnstormer
Mercedes-Benz’s performance and motorsport division, AMG, has produced an even wilder version of its C63 hot rod, scheduled to go on sale here later this year.

Wheels Magazine: Mercedes reveals SL 63 AMG
Mercedes-Benz has revealed the flagship version of its most luxurious roadster – the SL63 AMG.

E63 AMG gets 410kW
Mercedes’ all-new 5.5-litre twin-turbo V8 will power the E63 AMG sedan and Estate from 2012 – more powerful, torquier, yet less thirsty

New C63 AMG Coupe revealed
Mercedes-Benz has revealed the wildcard in its 2012 C-Class pack, in the form of the 2012 C 63 AMG Coupe

Champs galore in Classic
Sir Jack is back in a Mercedes AMG and a new C63 AMG wagon debuts in this week’s Classic Adelaide.

X6 proves the doubters (and motoring journos) wrong
The melding of a sports coupe and SUV has been a niche hit for BMW. Next – the X6 M rocket.