The Citan Tourer is targeted as a lifestyle vehicle when compared with the forthcoming T-Class MPV, and its van roots certainly show through. However, the new Citan has seen a significant improvement in its materials, refinement and how it drives, so that’s no hardship in the …
The new Mercedes Citan is a relatively refined van that offers some good tech and respectable carrying capacity and payload. The ride is ok and the engine is punchy enough and fairly frugal too, making this a competent all-round commercial vehicle. Think of Mercedes vans, …
Mercedes-AMG seems to be in endless pursuit of power and performance, and even its non-traditional performance cars such as the GLC 63 Coupe offer over 500 horsepower in S guise, but for many, that’s not enough. We’ve seen some impressive modified versions of the GLC 63 …
Mercedes-Benz SL 65 AMG Black Series is the ultimate version of the R230 SL (2001-2011) and a pretty rare one since it was built in 350 units. The exclusivity and the desirability of AMG’s twin-turbo V12 have caused prices to increase lately, with the pictured example …
Fifty years ago, Mercedes-Benz secured the airbag patent. Now the premium carmaker equips the S-Class luxury sedan with the first-ever front airbag for the rear passengers. Back then, it was an “impact protection device for the occupants of a motor vehicle”. It equipped the S-Class …
Maximilian Götz Waits, Picks Up the Pieces & Lifts an Incredible 2021 DTM Crown Some will say that Mercedes-AMG stole the 2021 DTM German Touring Car title at Norisring last weekend. Some may say it’s unfair, that the favourite was banged out the way. And others …
We have a love/hate relationship with tacky retail items branded with our favorite automotive monikers and sold at markups so high that they should be illegal. But even in that realm, the price Mercedes-Benz is charging for an AMG Petronas Formula One team-branded bicycle is outright …
In an automotive world revolving so much around all things crossover, SUV, and truck-based, it’s no wonder new rivalries are being born each day. Even virtual ones, for that matter. Throughout a little more than a century of automotive life, we have seen raging strafes …
The Sonderklasse has always been a staple of automotive technology, a trendsetting car if you will. Technological complexity increases with each new generation and refresh, translating to more software-related bugs. Codenamed W223, the latest and the greatest Sonderklasse has been already recalled on three occasions. …
Although referring to vehicles as whips is often considered slang, the term is actually rooted in horse-drawn buggy history. A bit closer to the present, though, and the nickname was emerging during the 1990s U.S. hip-hop scene to signal a Mercedes-Benz. So, it’s a bit …
Hot Wheels are easy to collect — they’re fun even if you’re an adult, the catalog is huge, and above all they’re cheap. One exception to the last point is a Mercedes-Benz 300SL developed jointly between the toymaker and watch manufacturer IWC Schaffhausen. Sold with a …
When thinking of a word to describe a matte, blacked-out twin-turbo V8-powered 523 horsepower roadster, the word “stealthy” doesn’t exactly come to mind. In fact, if you’re behind the wheel of the 2022 Mercedes-AMG GT Stealth Edition, there’s a solid chance that most people will turn …
