Mercedez C300 Avantgarde Test Drive

Mercedez C300 Avantgarde Test Drive for the first time, C300 Avantgarde is the sporty sedan with premium taste.



In Mercedes C-Class Car, the C300 is a type of top. C300 Avantgarde released at a price of $79,000 (off the road), or more expensive at around $4000 million from CGI C250 Avantgarde AMG variants. Therefore, it offers the sensation was quite different, Especially from behind the hood. C300 Avantgarde bring the kitchen runway 3,000 cc V6-powered 231 HP at 6,000 RPM and 300 Nm of torque at 2500 RPM. Cash, the equivalent figure is made of this variant is more driver oriented.



As if not enough, C300 avantgarde also packed with the latest transmission 7G-TRONIC 7-speed. Can be played with the manual mode, shiftronik or paddle-shift. There is also a Sport mode option, which simply activated from buttons on the center console. In this mode, the characters felt more violent sport.



"with All black interior, sporty feel bad." honest visitors who are curious to try the C300 Avantgarde. Also concluded, "most brought Stable cornering speed." This is not because the existence of Avantgarde features adjustable suspension, fashion, Sport or Comfort.

In addition, the C300 Avantgarde has adopted the Electronic Stability Program (ESP) with Acceleration Skid Control (ASR), Anti-lock Braking System (ABS) and Brake Assist (BA). with cheap car insurance for all risk, this car is wonderful to buy as part of your styles.

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Mercedes Benz Brabus

Mercedes Benz Brabus , as usual, a very nice stand with almost the whole range on show.Several of the cars were equipped with this engine, Brabus´
version of the twin-turbo V12 called SV12, first introduced in the
Maybach but also powering Mercedes´ 600-models. Brabus has increased
the displacement from 5,5 litres to 6,3 litres which is achieved through
the installation of a unique steel-billet crankshaft, larger diameter
lightweight alloy pistons and precision-balanced connecting-rods.
The engine is also fitted with sport camshafts, precision-machined
cylinder heads, a high-performance sport exhaust system and reprogrammed
engine electronics. The engine is amazingly powerful, 640 bhp at 5100
rpm and a maximum torque of 1026 NM from 1750 rpm. This engine is
available for the SL-, CL- and S600 and the upgrade costs 44900 EURO
plus an installation cost of 1980 EURO. But it is also available in
the E-class in a model called EV12. The EV12 is only available as
a complete car, built in exclusive small-series production, which
means that you can´t upgrade your standard E500 with the V12-engine,
you have to buy the EV12 directly from Brabus. It is one of the most
amazing 4-door cars ever built.

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2009 Audi A4 vs. 2008 Mercedes-Benz C350

Mercedes Benz C350 VS 2009 Audi A4

With the overhauled 2009 Audi A4, the temperature is rising in the compact quasi-luxury sedan class. We recently tested the all-new A4 for the first time and came away impressed. Increases in length, wheelbase and interior space make it a close match to the Mercedes-Benz C-Class.

Although the Mercedes-Benz C350 trailed the BMW 335i in our last comparison test, the C-Class in its current guise represents an exclamation point of goodness in this market segment. Besting the C350 requires a car with enough talents to achieve critical mass.

And so it came to be that we tested a 2008 Mercedes-Benz C350 equipped with the Multimedia and Premium II Packages, TeleAid and slick-looking 18-inch AMG wheels with summer tires, a pricey $45,275 package that nevertheless fairly represents the fullest expression of C-Class goodness.

The 2009 Audi A4 with which we were provided by the manufacturer for this test turned out to be a German-specification car, which apparently means very little since U.S.-spec cars will differ only in the deletion of the front parking sensors and power-folding mirrors found on our test car, plus minor rejiggering of the options groups. Our A4 was equipped with 18-inch wheels and all-season tires.

Pricing of the new A4 has not yet been released, though Audi representatives have told us not to expect significant changes from today's A4. Based on this assurance — plus consultations with the magic bones and some scrutinizing of groundhog shadows — we estimate that this 2009 A4 3.2 Quattro test car will sticker very close to $45,000.

Both the Audi A4 and the Mercedes-Benz come only with automatic transmissions in the trim levels we tested. more

MERCEDES SLR

The Mercedes-Benz SLR marks a new era for high-performance cars and at the same time, celebrates the formidable SLR race cars of the 1950s. The SLR McLaren combines unmatched power and performance with classic Mercedes-Benz design cues. Featuring a full carbon-fiber monocoque, crash structures and body panels, the SLR is powered by a 617-horsepower supercharged 5.5-liter V8 that rockets the new SLR from zero to 60 miles per hour in under 3.8 seconds, on its way to a top speed exceeding 200 mph.

A Mercedes-Benz and McLaren Collaboration

The SLR super sports GT car showcases the collective experience of Mercedes-Benz and its Formula 1 partner McLaren in the development and production of high-performance sports cars. This unique combination of expertise is evident not only in the pioneering developments and impressive performance of the SLR, but also in its high levels of safety and practicality.

One dramatic example of technology transfer from Formula 1 racing is the carbon fiber composite material of the new SLR body, which provides rigidity and strength never before achieved in road-going vehicles.

Equally impressive is its high level of occupant protection. The SLR is distinguished as the first series production vehicle to utilize a front crash structure made exclusively of carbon fiber. Specially designed to absorb crash energy at a constant rate, the carbon fiber crash structure absorbs four to five times more energy in a severe frontal collision than similar structures made of conventional steel.

AMG Supercharged V8 Power

Each supercharged, intercooled V8 engine is hand-built at manufacturing facility of AMG, the high-performance division of Mercedes-Benz, in Affalterbach, Germany. The engine is mounted behind the front wheels in a front mid-engine position. Dry-sump lubrication eliminates the need for an oil pan, allowing the engine to be mounted as low as possible in the frame for better aerodynamics and a lower center of gravity, which benefits handling. Dry-sump lubrication also prevents oil starvation that can occur during hard cornering.

Ceramic Composite Brake Discs

The high-performance SLR super sports car is one of very few production cars to make use of ceramic brake technology. The brake discs on the SLR are made of a new composite material – a fiber-reinforced ceramic with astounding stopping power, high heat resistance, outstanding structural strength and long service life. The discs weigh less than half that of conventional brakes, and are fitted with eight-piston calipers in front and four-piston calipers in the rear. The brake system alone can decelerate the SLR up to 1.3 g, producing the theoretical equivalent of 2,000 horsepower. In addition, an innovative airbrake in the form of an adaptive rear spoiler in the trunk lid increases downforce, improving stability and braking even further. Under hard braking above 59 mph, the air brake pops up at a 65-degree angle, helping to stop the car from 62 mph is just 114 feet.

Broadening the Mercedes-Benz Product Portfolio

Not only does the new SLR boast a rich heritage, but it is also the new flagship of the multi-dimensional Mercedes-Benz brand. With by far the broadest product portfolio of any luxury automaker, Mercedes-Benz offers an array of models ranging from mid-size coupes and large premium sedans to luxury roadsters and the SLR super sports car. [source]

Mercedes CLK 2009, 3-series, A5, SC

2009 Mercedes CLK
The next generation Mercedes-Benz CLK, currently “in works”, will be a lot more ostentatious, displaying a dynamic look with angular lines, refining the visual language of the new C-Class sedan. Official launch is expected for 2009, sales beginning later.
With components from both C-Class and E-Class (to save costs), the 2009 CLK will compete with Audi A5, BMW 3-series, and Lexus SC.
The “nice guy” attitude of the current Mercedes-Benz mid-size coupe will be completely dropped, as the next-gen CLK will want to play with the “bad boys”. In order to do that it will feature an all-new design line, with angular strokes and aggressive accents. The four front lights layout will be kept, but this time they will no longer be round. In addition to that, the fog lights will use LEDs as most of the new vehicles will.
The rest of the body will borrow the aggressive wheel arches and body creases from the C-Class, but will have them refined in an elegant manner, proper for a coupe.
The aggressive esthetics will be backed by an all revised engine range. An important novelty will be the entry level 2.2 liters diesel that will offer a highly advanced depollution system and will provide a respectable power output of up to 204 bhp. As for the gasoline engines, they will feature direct fuel injection to improve efficaciousness. All engines will be available with the optional 4Matic, all wheel drive system. Hybrid versions are also expected to be developed later.



The 2009 CLK line-up is expected to be: CLK350 powered by a 272 hp V6, CLK500 powered by a V8 engine with an output of 388 hp. Later on, there will also be a CLK63 AMG powered by a 6.2 liter V8 engien with an output of 503 hp. A hybrid version may also be available.
The new CLK will be available on showrooms starting the summer 2009, and will feature technologies like: Presafe II, night vision, Command II, and the Distronic Plus adaptive cruise control system.
The computer generated images show you an envision of the next Mercedes Benz CLK based on available information and future tendencies in the design of the German brand.

Mercedes-Benz CLS550 and CLS63 AMG

The Different Between Mercedez CLS-550 and CLS-63

Mercedes Benz Made Recalls The 2007 GLX164 Version

Mercedes Benz USA, LLC. announced that they will be recalling certain models of the 2007 GLX164. They stated that on certain passenger vehicles equipped wit diesel engines, the crankshaft sensor could fail due to a separation of bond wires from the lead frame in the sensor. This results in an interruption in the electrical connection in the chip housing of the sensor.

When this happens, the vehicle may loose power rather than enter a limp home mode. In addition, the vehicle cannot be restarted after failure of the electrical connection in the sensor, increasing the risk of a crash.

Dealers will replace the crankshaft sensor. The recall is expected to begin during Febuary 2008. Owners may contact Mercedes Benz at 1-800-367-6372.

Mercedes CLC

Not Another Hatch > Mercedes CLC

Where's the trunk?

Americans seldom take kindly to hatchbacks. And who could blame us? What, when we have the open roads, the wherewithal, and - until recent times - the least expensive gasoline in the civilized world to spread out?

No fat jokes, please.

Moreover we expect - nay - demand that anything with a luxury moniker have either a trunk (a.k.a. "boot") or the closing hatch of an SUV or wagon.

There are certain chic exceptions. The MINI surely ranks not only as new cult classic, but Cinquecento-sized car that boasts Hummer-sized caché. And on the detour that is the Fiat 500, I'm sure if Fiat, SpA could get it's collective act together and sell Stateside, there'd be plenty of American car buyers that would embrace Italy's hot little number.

That said, for some unfathomable reason Mercedes-Benz feels that it can sell a hatchback C-Class to us gullible Yanks. It's sales logic that on its face is almost as dumbfounding as the Northeast media's smug lean toward Hillary Clinton.

This time they're calling it the CLC. As if that's somehow supposed to entice buyers here that a $30K hatchback - or in truth a full two-door that looks like some drunk October-fest goer came back to the factory after hours and took a saw to the trunk.

I guess it makes a certain economic sense. According to CAR, 320,000 of those infernal predecessor "sports coupés" have found new homes worldwide since 2001.

And true to trends unfolding at auto shows this world round, there seems to be a design movement that seeks to phase out the trunk for space considerations; the protruding boot's exit is nigh.

Still, I pause to rejoice that I live in a land that -for the moment- doesn't have to settle for a less-is-somehow-more definition of luxury. Mercedes-Benz can keep the CLC on their side of the Pond. We'll take the C-Class in sedan form, thank you.
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Another Benz Refit

Another Benz Refit > The SL

Looking new and doubtless improved.

Pictures of yet another Benz refit have splashed over the homepages of blogs and car sites across this great world-wide-web of ours. This time, it's the SL roadster and part of me wishes that the Tri Star just left well enough alone.

And another part of me says that those SLK-esque hood flairs are supafly.

As is the emboldened grille now with just one cross member and a more prominent Star to take center stage on the consummate boulevardier's prow.

There's a big mouthed, quad headlamped, R107 retro-chic swagger there that I really dig.

That which doesn't mix well with the new company of flutes, vents, and wider apertures are those signal indicators that are tacked on top of the headlamps.

BURSTING BUBBLES

What we're seeing friends, is the last gasp of the bubble-headlamped design theory that has at last reached the end point of its stylistic cul-de-sac. Fear not R230 lovers, the bubble headlamps will stand out as curious footnotes in Benz history. Right alongside the old W110 Fintails of the
sixties.

The 2009 SL does break molds. And those blocky headrests with built in heaters break a few style codes, too.

We should however not hesitate to see this as the most dramatic refit of a model in Mercedes-Benz history. On the merits of this remake, the current generation SL (already six years) could soldier on for another four at least.

Understanding that, there's no wonder why this Benz that's come of age has found widespread appreciation across a blogland populated chiefly by those who haven't yet.

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Mercedes CLS

Mercedes CLS > Face Lifts Don't Cure Ugly

CLS. Face lifted.

Taking a note from Joan Rivers, Mercedes-Benz has - after four prosperous years - elected to update its CLS-Class with a face (and tail) lift. And as is also the case for the renowned comedienne, we have yet to see the benefits that such augmentation has brought.

Somethings really are better left for time to sort naturally. It's not that the CLS looks bad now or before, per se. Coming to think of it, Joan Rivers doesn't look bad either - but let's stop that train of thought there.

It's that the sedan - no sorry - "coop-ay," is a seriously contrived P.O.S. (and that acronym doesn't stand for "point of sale")

Time and again, I fail to see the "romance" in those comic book curves. The CLS looks like something the Joker would drive if only it were sold in acid green and dark purple.

Plus, there's that mousy front airdam (which the face lift didn't help) and those amorphous yet somehow pointed headlights. Combined they give the Merc the look that an angry sewer rat might give a wayward cat.

And on the topic of Mercs, what urks me further about the CLS is that Stuttgart's arts & ideas people seemed to have drawn all their emotive inspiration from the late 1990s Mercury Sable; probably the second lamest car for a decade when FoMoCo design knew no depths.

The rear three quarter profile similarities are scarily similar. So rather than celebrate along with the rest of press for the new CLS' recent return from Palm Springs' seclusion, I'd prefer to extol the Camry-esque virtues of the platform-sharing E-Class instead.

Something tells me that Joan would, too.

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Mercedes-Benz 560SL

Admiring an R107 Mercedes-Benz 560SL is a very different sensation that driving one.

Like some of the most iconic Rolls-Royces, Bentleys, Ferraris, and Maseratis of yore, the two seater Benz powered by the flagship 5.5 liter V-8 of the late 80s fell someways short of the legend it espoused.

Automotive icons are seldom so long lived as the R107 which as a chassis started in the late 1960s and drove straight up to the start of 1990s. For the North American and Asian markets, the 560SL was supposed to be the grand finale that would epitomize the notion of owning a modern classic.

Yet as classic as the Benz was (and remains), it always had the feel of makeshift automobile.

How could I possibly mean that?

Don't get me wrong. As a Benz enthusiast, in my book, the R107 line (including the 560SL) ranks among the greatest cars ever made. But the panels looked like they never quite fit right, to mention nothing of the gaps that could swallow sparrows mid-flight.

What's more the car shook terribly without its top and with its roof it let in the rain through still more gaps which could be found where the window panes met the fixed glass of the removable hardtop.

Two speakers provided Mercedes' cheap excuse for a full audio system on their flagship roadster and heated seats were never made available. And on the subject of seats, the SL's were manually adjustable (minimally) and always seemed disproportionately big for the cabin.

Add some more injury, the signature helm sized steering wheel found its position fixed in the driver's lap, the trunk was good for a lady's purse, and did I mention that the interior was cramped and that the seats didn't adjust?

All of these character flaws could have been forgiven and forgotten were the 560SL's engine the same V8 found in the 560SEL flagship. But for whatever reason, the sound and performance that the 560SL gave was akin to that of the earlier 500 powerplant which featured a smaller 5.0 Liter, V8.

Straw picking? Hair splitting?

Anyone who has driven a 500 (SL, SEL, SEC) knows that as old fashioned, aluminum big-bloc V8s go, it pulled heroically, if with little drama as witnessed by a low-revving tachometer and mild engine roar.

The 560 engine as witnessed in the SEL sedan not only cut the 0-60 time from mid 8's to high 6's, it would scream like a banshee as it hit the red line.

So, one would figure that the SL - seemingly half the size of the S-Class sedan, less insulated and at least four hundred pounds lighter - would thrill the driver even more by harnessing the 560 powerplant and launching from 0-60 in perhaps six seconds flat with the roar of Wagnerian V8 chorus?

Nein!

The older 500's performance times remain along with the low drama. Sigh.

All that carping aside, the 560SL sure is pretty. About the prettiest boulevardier one could ever hope to buy for a mere $14,900 and to say nothing of getting such a low price for so high an icon.

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