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Just when the BMW M6 thought the road was clear, the 2013 Mercedes SL63 AMG has swaggered into its path with 557bhp on board. It’s lighter, more powerful and better equipped. Make no mistake, this luxury GT is looking for a fight. The Performance Under the bonnet, the old SL63 AMG’s naturally aspirated 6.2-litre V8 [...]
The finalists for the prestigious World Car Of The Year awards have been announced. Two awards are up for grabs; the World Car Of The Year 2012 and the World Performance Car Of The Year 2012. The ten finalists in each category were selected by a jury of 66 international car journalists from Europe, Asia [...]
The annual What Car awards ceremony took place in London on January 11th and awarded 17 prestigious titles. Judged by a panel of journalists from the What Car magazine headed by editor Chas Hallett, German manufacturers did exceptionally well, collecting 10 of the 16 category awards and the overall car of the year title. Winners [...]
This is an artist’s impression (by Auto Bild/Larson) of how the new Mercedes E-Class Superlight could look when it appears in late 2015. According to Car magazine, Mercedes’s answer to the Audi E-tron and BMW i Series will feature styling cues from the F800 (C Class size) and F125 (S Class size) concepts and be [...]
The Mercedes SL is a motoring icon. And as the current car has been around for almost a decade it’s replacement is quite a big deal. And here it is, the first glimpse of the new sixth-generation 2013 Mercedes SL…if you don’t count the images which leaked out early. It will make its world debut [...]
If you’re struggling to find the perfect Christmas present for the petrolhead in your life, help is at hand. It’s Mercedes-Benz World. Set in the historic Brooklands motor racing circuit in Surrey, MB World offers a wide range of special driving experience packages. Thanks to state-of-the-art facilities including a wet skid circle, wet straight, handling [...]
Autocar has revealed the winners of its annual long-term Test Car Awards. During the course of 2011 Autocar staff lived with 17 cars day in day out, covering more than 250,000 miles on UK and European roads. If that doesn’t allow them to work out the good and bad points of these cars, nothing will. [...]
A total of 134,027 new cars were sold in the UK during November 2011. Figures published by SMMT show that new car sales fell by 4.2% compared with November 2010. Top 10 Best Selling UK Cars – Nov 2011 1. Ford Fiesta – 6,195 Sales 2. Vauxhall Corsa – 5,234 Sales 3. Volkwagen Golf – [...]
This is the new sixth-generation Mercedes SL – or at least its underwear. And it’s rather special because when it appears at the 2012 Detroit Motor Show in January it will be the very first large scale production Mercedes to use a lightweight construction made almost exclusively from aluminium. At a preview event held near [...]
When is an SUV not an SUV? When it’s the new Mercedes ML63 AMG masquerading as a supercar. Unveiled ahead of its debut at the 2011 Los Angeles Auto Show, the flagship Mercedes-Benz ML will arrive in June 2012 just months after the sane models. The Performance The 6.2-litre V8 from the last ML63 AMG [...]
