Official: Mercedes creates "aero trailer" concept to improve big rig fuel efficiency

Posted on November 28, 2011 by admin

Filed under: Concept Cars , Etc. , Technology , Mercedes-Benz Every time you drive by a semi and feel your car get pushed away from the rig, it reinforces the reality that tractor trailers punch a big, ragged hole in the atmosphere. It takes a lot of power to force those big boxes through the wind, and Mercedes Benz is working to please both fleet operators and the environmentally conscious by taking some of these heavy haulers for a spin in the wind tunnel for a much-needed aerodynamic tuneup.

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Official: Mercedes creates "aero trailer" concept to improve big rig fuel efficiency

Video: Step inside Mercedes-Benz Classic

Posted on October 21, 2011 by admin

Filed under: Classics , Videos , Mercedes-Benz This year marks the fifth anniversary of Mercedes-Benz Classic, the official U.S. restoration arm of the Stuttgart firm. Although it sits on an easy-to-miss corner of yet another ochre-hued industrial complex in Irvine, California, what is inside is anything but common The technicians who refurbish Benz history believe it is their job to make everyone else believe that no such job has been done.

Video: AMG Driving Academy publishes ten-part driving course on YouTube

Posted on August 24, 2011 by admin

Filed under: Performance , Videos , Mercedes-Benz , Racing Having the means to buy a performance automobile does not automatically come with the ability to drive it well. Few are as keenly aware of this correlation (or lack thereof) than Mercedes-Benz and its performance arm, AMG . In addition to building some of the most capable performance cars on the market, AMG also operates the AMG Driving Academy at locations around the world to show its customers how to get the most out of their cars.

Australian Outback cripples fleet of Mercedes G-Wagens during PR event

Posted on August 8, 2011 by admin

Filed under: SUV , Marketing/Advertising , Mercedes-Benz , Military , Australia , Luxury , Off-Road We’ve got to hand it to Mercedes-Benz . The Australian arm of the German automaker was so convinced that its iconic G-Wagen is one of the world’s most capable off-road vehicles, it decided to stage a demonstration run that would have seven of its boxy SUVs traveling from Halls Creek in Western Australia to Wiluna – a distance of 1,150 miles. As it turned out, the distance, though definitely a long way to go in the wild’s of Australia in just 14 days, wasn’t the real issue encountered by the intrepid group of drivers. You see, the trip was organized along the historic Canning Stock Route , which was created at the beginning of the 20th Century as a way to get cattle from remote ranches in Kimberly to Perth, where it could then be sold.

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Australian Outback cripples fleet of Mercedes G-Wagens during PR event

Video: What happens when Nico Rosberg and Michael Schumacher meet at dinner?

Posted on March 27, 2011 by admin

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Infiniti confirms plans to launch in Australia

Posted on March 25, 2011 by admin

Filed under: Convertible , Coupe , Sedan , Crossover , Infiniti , Australia 2011 Infiniti M37 – Click above for high-res image gallery Infiniti has big plans to expand beyond North America, and Drive reports that the Japanese luxury automaker intends to include Australia in its expansion. The site says that officials at Nissan have officially announced that Infiniti would head Down Under by September 2012, adding that the brand would start off with three stand-alone dealerships in Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane. When those dealerships launch, there will only be three Infiniti products from which to choose.

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Infiniti confirms plans to launch in Australia

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