Filed under: Sedan, Performance, Videos, Mercedes-Benz, Luxury The AMG division of Mercedes-Benz has attracted two million views on YouTube. That’s as if every single person in Boston, Las Vegas, Long Beach and St. Louis stopped what they were doing and clicked the left mouse button to get a video fix on a three-pointed star and quad pipes. To thank its... 

Filed under: Car Buying, Marketing/Advertising, Mercedes-Benz, Luxury The rich have all the fun, don’t they? With your bank account, you get, what, free checks? Overdraft protection? A toaster maybe? If you had a cool million sitting around, just taking up space, you could get yourself a free Mercedes-Benz. Not just a base C-Class either. Open a five-year... 

Filed under: Convertible, Government/Legal, Technology, Mercedes-Benz We’ve had the chance to sample Mercedes-Benz’s so-called Magic Sky Control technology in both the SL and SLK roadsters, and it’s a pretty clever party trick. The technology can turn the overhead roof panel in either of the two-seaters from transparent to opaque by energizing... 

Filed under: Performance, Hatchback, Audi, First Drives, Luxury Performance With Poise As reaction settles down to news that Audi has scooped up Italian bikemaker Ducati right from under the nose of Mercedes-Benz for a cool billion, we can now get back to the four-wheeled performance Audi does best. And there are few better ways I can think of doing that... 

Filed under: Coupe, Europe, Safety, Mercedes-Benz, Specialty, Racing The latest hotted-up safety car for DTM is the Mercedes-Benz C63 AMG Black Series. If we’d been in a racing accident, we’re not sure we’d trust the men who stepped out of a car that’s half steroids, half Satan, but after 12 years of providing the safety cars (along with... 

Filed under: Minivan/Van, Mercedes-Benz, Beijing Motor Show, Luxury Limousines? That’s so last millennium. These days the pampered and rich in the know get chauffeured around in the back of pimped-out vans. Sure, they may look utilitarian on the outside, but inside, they’re as luxe as a private jet. Mercedes-Benz has been at the forefront of the... 

Filed under: Performance, SUV, Marketing/Advertising, Videos, Mercedes-Benz, Luxury Three screen tests for the 2013 Mercedes-Benz G63 AMG have been completed, and we think it’s gonna be a star. As with the G55, we expect the vehicle’s reputation to far outshine its sales, but with an exponentially improved interior, 544 horsepower, 560 pound-feet... 

Filed under: Performance, China, Mercedes-Benz, Beijing Motor Show, Luxury The intricate structure of brands and sub-brands in a consolidating global automotive industry is enough to make your head spin. And each major auto group has its own way of organizing itself. Over at Daimler, each of the automotive divisions is considered a sub-brand of Mercedes-Benz.... 

Filed under: Concept Cars, Coupe, Sedan, Mercedes-Benz, Design/Style, Luxury In the wake of images leaking earlier this week, Mercedes-Benz rolled out its Concept Style Coupe at the Transmission LA:AV CLUB at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles (MOCA), yesterday. The “CSC” is expected to officially make its world debut at the Beijing Motor... 

Filed under: Mercedes-Benz, Earnings/Financials, Middle East Abu Dhabi’s Aabar Investments spent $2.7 billion buying 9.1 percent of Daimler in 2009. At the time, Aabar said it was “excited by the commercial potential of our partnership,” both companies said it was a long-term investment and spoke of joint ventures, and Mercedes-Benz committed...