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Report: Mercedes planning B-Class plug-in hybrid for U.S.

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Filed under: Hybrid , Etc. , Europe , Technology , Hatchback , Mercedes-Benz , Electric Mercedes-Benz has its heart set on boosting its U.S. sales by more than 20 percent, and Automotive News reports that mission may include plans for an extended range hybrid . Joachim Schmidt, head of global sales for Mercedes-Benz, said a special, U.S.-only B-Class plug-in hybrid with a range-extending electric motor may be headed to the States soon.

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Lorinser previews styling package for 2013 Mercedes SL

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Lorinser has released the first sketch of their upcoming styling package for the 2013 Mercedes SL.

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2014 Mercedes Benz Viano mule spied for first time with strange bonnet

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Development on the third generation Mercedes Benz Viano has begun as spy photographers have caught first pictures of a chassis test mule for the first time.

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2011: Onward and Upward Edition [UPDATE]

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Filed under: Car Buying , By the Numbers Which were the best-performing brands and automakers in 2011? We’ll tell you, and the answers may be surprising. The top two best-performing brands surprised us.

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2011: Onward and Upward Edition

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Filed under: Car Buying , By the Numbers Which were the best-performing brands and automakers in 2011? We’ll tell you, and the answers may be surprising. The top two best-performing brands surprised us. Jeep led the pack with a 44.04-percent sales increase for the year, followed by Mitsubishi , whose sales jumped 40.07 percent

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Report: BMW M5 quicker than 1 M Coupe quicker than M3

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Filed under: Convertible , Coupe , Sedan , Performance , Europe , BMW , Luxury Autobild recently set out to settle the question of which M vehicle is the fastest in the BMW stable at the moment. Not surprisingly, the German enthusiast publication found the BMW M3 CRT to be the quickest around the Sachsenring, setting the magazine’s fastest time around the track with a 1:38.37 minute lap time. That’s impressive, but not nearly as astounding as the time drummed up by the new BMW M5 . The portly sedan did the same deed in 1:38.90, or just three hundredths of a second slower than the special-edition M3

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