Category: Mercedes-Benz

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VIEW ALL OF AUSTRALIA’S BEST CARS TOGETHER

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The Australian Motoring Festival will be a one-stop shop for new car browsers.

For the first time in one location, Australians will be able to walk around and study more than 40 of Australia’s best cars and see how they got their titles at the Australian Motoring Festival 26-29 March. Selected by the peak national motoring organisation, the Australian Automobile Association (AAA), in partnership with the RACV, NRMA, RACQ, RAASA, RACWA, RACT and the AANT, Australia’s Best Cars awards covers 15 categories, informing buyers and automotive enthusiasts about the best vehicles available in this country, with information on safety, performance, affordability, and more…. Read more

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BENZ COUPE ADDS NEW DIMENSION TO SPORTING LUXURY

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Two-door coupes, or their four-door counterparts, are becoming increasingly sought after by the automobile buying public. Coupes of all classes are popping up in a bid to satisfy the appetite of those looking for a sleek and sporty vehicle. Mercedes-Benz has traditionally been a leader in this field at the luxury end, and with its new S-Class Coupe, continues to serve up attractive packages. Origins of the Mercedes-Benz big coupes lie in the early 1950s when the company came up with the 300 S Coupe spruiked as ‘a car for… Read more

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2014 MERCEDES C-CLASS HYBRID REVIEW

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Mercedes-Benz has long had strong credentials in environmentally friendly cars, so is importing an increasing number of hybrids, in several classes to Australia. Our test car for the past week has been a Mercedes-Benz C 300 BlueTec hybrid, the latest variant of the all-new C-Class. With a recommended price of $74,900 plus on-roads its likely buyers will be the tech-savvy people, as well as those who want to make a statement about caring for the air we all breathe. Interestingly, Mercedes is using diesel-electric hybrids, rather than the petrol-electric units… Read more

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2014 MERCEDES-BENZ GLA 250 4MATIC REVIEW

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Mercedes’ GLA Class completes the small car triple-play so beloved of its compatriots Audi, VW and BMW – a hatchback-based SUV. Spun off the A Class platform, it has the extra height and the four-wheel drive its 4Matic badge implies. It also has some chunky urban warrior chic black plastic, big wheels to fill its huge arches and that now unmistakable Mercedes aesthetic. Its greatest competition is Audi’s gracefully ageing Q3 while the now-elderly – but capable – X1 brings up the rear. The Tiguan is so old it can’t… Read more

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MERCEDES-BENZ SL 400: CLEAN, GREEN – AND MEAN

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Meet the latest SL sports machine from Mercedes-Benz, the SL 400. A sleek, modestly priced (these things are relative, but $229,000 is pretty good in this class) model continues the line that began with the legendary Mercedes SL 300 Gullwing over 60 years ago. All German carmakers are rapidly switching to turbocharged engines as a necessary way of reducing emissions without hampering on-road performance. In fact we are rapidly reaching the time when nothing but turbo engines will be installed. The SL 400 engine, is a 3.0-litre, turbo-petrol, V6. The… Read more

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2014 MERCEDES-BENZ CLA 4MATIC REVIEW

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The CLA class has been the smash-hit for Mercedes in the same way the A3 sedan has been for Audi. It’s found plenty of buyers and sits perfectly alongside the A-Class hatch for those who prefer a boot. The C 250 Sport is a slightly curious animal – it’s got the hot-hatch power and – unusually, all-wheel drive. It’s got a lot of styling. It’s also significantly more expensive than offerings from VW and Audi so it would have to have something a bit extra – wouldn’t it? VALUE The… Read more

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NEW MERCEDES C-CLASS ESTATE

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The all-new Mercedes-Benz C-Class range has been expanded with the addition of a station wagon, or Estate as Mercedes likes to call it. Larger than the outgoing model it has rear-end styling that sits midway between that of the sleek CLS-Class Estate and that of an SUV. It could almost be added to the crossover list, rather than simply be called a wagon. That’s clever. The bodyshell is even more rigid than before in the interest of reducing noise and vibration, as well as giving even greater crash safety. It… Read more

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2014 MERCEDES-BENZ C 200 REVIEW

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Mercedes’ new mid-size warrior, the C-Class, has been in Australia since August. It’s a massively important car for Mercedes and is the car most-feared by BMW and Audi in the race for the young-ish thruster garage space. The new C is more youthful (the better to catch A and CLA buyers on the way up), lighter and more agile. It’s also wildly popular – in November it outsold the 3 Series and the A4 (and the Mazda6!), each by quite some margin and has been doing so all year, even… Read more

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SNEAK PREVIEW: MERCEDES S-CLASS AMG COUPE

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Mercedes-Benz has again used Motorclassica, Australia’s premier car show, to reveal a new model, this time the S-Class coupe. It’s not due for release until early 2015, but certainly created plenty of interest. It’s the second year in a row that the German maker has elected to launch or preview a new model, and perhaps points to the future of Motorclassica as an Australian jump-off event for high-end exotic cars. Mercedes-Benz provided the display car to whet the appetites of S-Class buffs. An S63 AMG coupe, top of the line… Read more

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2014 MERCEDES-BENZ GLA 45 AMG REVIEW

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There’s a big battle out there in the high-performance SUV world. In power and torque stakes, as well as the 0-100 km/h sprint, the new Mercedes-Benz GLA 45 AMG eclipses the almost-new Audi S Q3 compact SUV. In garden-variety cars none of these figures matter a bit to most punters. But, these are no ordinary cars. And those figures do matter to those who buy high-performance vehicles. The GLA 45 AMG has been launched because Mercedes-Benz seeks to cover all bases in the compact SUV segment – one of the… Read more