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Vintage R & T Review: 1998 Mercedes-Benz ML 320 (W163) · Luxurious Techno Tour De Force?
Posted on June 17, 2023 | 29 Comments“Mercedes’ new SUV is a techno tour de force, a standout player” says Road and Track early in their review, and that exemplifies the hype surrounding the launch of MB’s […] -
Curbside Classic: 1962 Mercedes Benz 220 SE Coupe (W111) – Old World Charm
Posted on September 30, 2022 | 17 CommentsIt took a bit over an hour of driving to reach the small hut in the countryside. I followed Dad and Mom as they entered the poor quarters, stepping through […] -
Lumberyard Outtake: 1981-1985 Mercedes-Benz 300TD Turbo Diesel Station Wagon – Qualified, Accomplished, Evergreen
Posted on September 8, 2022 | 16 CommentsI’ve got two pictures to tell a story. That’s all, two little pix. So this shan’t taketh too much of your precious time. Pondering this gnarled veteran, we’ve all seen […] -
Curbside Classic: Mercedes W210 – Mercedes’ Deadly Sin #2: Hubris
Posted on December 23, 2021 | 76 Comments(first posted 12/23/2015) Transcripts from an imaginary boardroom meeting at Daimler-Benz AG World Headquarters, Stuttgart, Germany, late 1990: CEO: “Gentlemen, we have a crisis. The new Japanese luxury marques are […] -
Curbside Review: 2021 Mercedes-Benz GLA250 – Honey, They Shrunk The GLS!
Posted on April 5, 2021 | 19 CommentsIt’ll come as no surprise that Sport Utility Vehicles have become big business at Mercedes-Benz, comprising about 60% of their total volume in the United States. While Mercedes has had […] -
Curbside Capsule: 1997-2004 Mercedes-Benz SLK-Class – A Drop Top Mic Drop
Posted on September 11, 2019 | 24 CommentsWhile you weren’t paying attention, Mercedes-Benz revealed a Final Edition of their SLC (nèe SLK) roadster. After three generations, the axe appears to have finally fallen on the folding-hardtop convertible […] -
Junkyard Classic: 1979 Mercedes 280SE – Across An Ocean, Up A Mile, And Forty Years Of Stories
Posted on September 8, 2019 | 37 CommentsForty years is a long time, but curiously many of us see a forty year old car and for some reason that span of time doesn’t really register. Perhaps in […] -
CCs For Sale: You Choose – Oh CC, Won’t You Buy Me A Mercedes-Benz…
Posted on July 27, 2019 | 21 CommentsA few weeks ago I was up in the hills way above Fort Collins orchestrating a home inspection and after walking around noticed the neighboring lot had a lot of […] -
CC Newsstand: The Triumphant Return Of The Inline Six
Posted on May 31, 2019 | 24 Comments2017 Mazda Vision Coupe concept Just this month, Mazda announced they were developing not one but two inline six-cylinder engines. This news comes after decades of V6 dominance over the […] -
CC Outtake: Today’s Berlin Taxis – Toyota’s Next Step On The Way To Global Domination?
Posted on March 7, 2019 | 35 CommentsEven before the demise of the Aussie Ford Falcon and Holden Commodore, Brisbane’s taxi companies were heavily embracing Toyota. The streets were dotted with HiAce vans, Camry Hybrids and Priuses. […] -
Auction Classic: 1969 Mercedes-Benz 600 – 218 Inches of Bankruptcy
Posted on July 13, 2018 | 27 CommentsWell folks, I have postponed it for a while. I wanted to never have to do it. But I am afraid here it comes. The “Sorry I have not written […] -
CC Capsule: 1993 Mercedes-Benz 300E (W124) – The Greatest Mercedes Of All Time?
Posted on March 20, 2018 | 38 Comments“The Greatest” — it’s a title which carries with it great responsibility, and one that should neither be applied nor accepted lightly. Yet for some cars, proclaiming them as the greatest […] -
Curbside Classic: 1963 Mercedes-Benz 230SL – Big Shoes To Fill
Posted on September 30, 2016 | 52 Comments(first posted 9/7/2012) This was the first real Mercedes sports car of the 1960s. Without doubt, M-B had designed some fine postwar cars, and the Fintail was quite modern (well, […] -
CC Outtake: CC House, Mercedes-Benz Division
Posted on January 9, 2016 | 21 CommentsSpoiled for choice: a well-used W123 and two W114/115s. Maybe the red one belongs to the exhausted Santa in the background. Spotted in Landisville, PA on 29 December, 2015. -
CC Streetscape: This Ain’t American Graffiti
Posted on October 14, 2015 | 21 Comments‘Tagging’, that controversial combination of vandalism and urban self-expression, made its way from the US to Europe in the late 1970s and has taken deep root there ever since. In […]