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Kelley Blue Book Names 2016 Best Buy Award Finalists

Kelley Blue Book Names 2016 Best Buy Award Finalists

Premier Awards Honor Best Vehicle Choices Available in U.S. Market, Recognizing 49 Finalists Consisting of 18 Vehicle Makes in 12 Vehicle Categories Kelley Blue Book today announces the Finalists for the 2016 Kelley Blue Book Best Buy Awards, which will honor the top new model-year vehicle choices available in the U.S. ... Continue reading

First Drive: 2016 Mercedes-Benz A-Class by Henny Hemmes +VIDEO

First Drive: 2016 Mercedes-Benz A-Class by Henny Hemmes +VIDEO

By Henny Hemmes Senior European Editor DRESDEN - September 2015: The fact that Mercedes-Benz has already face lifted the A-Class does not mean the compact model has not been successful. Since its market introduction, just three years ago, the model has been quite successful. Expanding the presence in the compact segmen ... Continue reading

New High-Tech Racing Yacht with Innovative Paint Finish: Mercedes-Benz Becomes Co-Sponsor of Alex Thomson Racing

New High-Tech Racing Yacht with Innovative Paint Finish: Mercedes-Benz Becomes Co-Sponsor of Alex Thomson Racing

Mercedes-Benz, alongside HUGO BOSS, is the new co-sponsor and technology partner for Alex Thomson Racing, one of the leading off-shore racing teams competing in the Ocean Masters World Championship. The new racing yacht is made completely of carbon fibre with a nomex core. The paint which was developed by BASF in colla ... Continue reading

Daimler Safety Professor Dr Joerg Zuern Receives 'European Safety Award for Commercial Vehicles'

Daimler Safety Professor Dr Joerg Zuern Receives 'European Safety Award for Commercial Vehicles'

Professor Dr Joerg Zuern, Head of Development Mercedes-Benz Vans, received the “European Safety Award for Commercial Vehicles” at the DEKRA Future Congress on 6 October 2015. The award has been conferred by DEKRA together with the German Road Safety Council and the European Association for Accident Research a ... Continue reading

Open from 11 October 2015 until 18 January 2016: Daimler Design Exhibition at the Municipal Gallery in Sindelfingen

Open from 11 October 2015 until 18 January 2016: Daimler Design Exhibition at the Municipal Gallery in Sindelfingen

The title says it all: "Daimler Design – Unexpected Moments" is the name of the exhibition which will be on show at the municipal gallery in Sindelfingen from 11 October 2015. The exhibition provides insights into the diverse spectrum of work in the field of design - from smart through Mercedes-Benz cars to the la ... Continue reading

Driver Assistance Systems for the City: Seeing and Recognizing Dangers in the Same Way as a Human

Driver Assistance Systems for the City: Seeing and Recognizing Dangers in the Same Way as a Human

Cross-traffic, cyclists, crossing pedestrians, perhaps engrossed with their smartphones, mothers with buggies, children playing – city traffic places demands on drivers in many different situations while at the same time posing risks of accident. Plenty of scope for assistance systems that support the driver in ad ... Continue reading

Mercedes-Benz Achieves Strongest Month for Unit Sales and Best Quarter in the Company's History

Mercedes-Benz Achieves Strongest Month for Unit Sales and Best Quarter in the Company's History

Mercedes-Benz finishes the third quarter of this year with new sales records. In September, 188,444 vehicles with the three-pointed star were handed over to customers worldwide (+15.8%), more than ever before in one month. A total of 477,999 vehicles sold from July to September brought Mercedes-Benz the strongest quart ... Continue reading

Automotive Brands Ranked In 16th Annual Interbrand Top 100 Best

Automotive Brands Ranked In 16th Annual Interbrand Top 100 Best

INTERBRAND’S 100 BEST GLOBAL BRANDS <br> LIST INCLUDES THIRTEEN AUTO BRANDS ... Continue reading

Another Term on the Daimler Board for Dr. Manfred Bischoff

Another Term on the Daimler Board for Dr. Manfred Bischoff

The Supervisory Board is also to propose a further term of office for Petraea Heynike In its meeting on October 1, 2015, the Supervisory Board of Daimler AG decided to propose to the Annual Shareholders’ Meeting of Daimler AG that Dr. Manfred Bischoff be reelected to the Supervisory Board for a further period of o ... Continue reading

Mercedes-Benz Actros with Highway Pilot - World Premiere on Public Roads

Mercedes-Benz Actros with Highway Pilot - World Premiere on Public Roads

On the A8 between Denkendorf and Stuttgart airport Daimler Trucks is today having the world's first series-production truck to operate on an automated basis drive on the motorway. Together with the state of Baden-Württemberg's Prime Minister Winfried Kretschmann, Dr Wolfgang Bernhard, Board Member of Daimler AG respon ... Continue reading

Mercedes-Benz USA Closes Out Third Quarter With Record September

Mercedes-Benz USA Closes Out Third Quarter With Record September

MBUSA posts 6.4% YTD increase, Mercedes-Benz up 6.2% for month ATLANTA -- Oct. 1, 2015: Mercedes-Benz USA (MBUSA) today reported all-time record September sales at 32,087 units, an increase of 6.0% from the 30,271 vehicles sold during the same month last year. Sales of Mercedes-Benz passenger cars tallied 29,020 units ... Continue reading

MOTOR TREND Names Mercedes-AMG GT S 2015 Best Driver's Car

MOTOR TREND Names Mercedes-AMG GT S 2015 Best Driver's Car

LOS ANGELES -- Oct. 1, 2015: TEN: The Enthusiast Network announced today that MOTOR TREND has selected the 2016 Mercedes-AMG GT S as its 2015 Best Driver's Car. The award announcement, made on MotorTrend.com with a special video presentation on the MOTOR TREND YouTube channel and CBS This Morning and Fox & Friends morn ... Continue reading

Expansion of Mercedes-Benz Research & Development Center in China continues under new management

Expansion of Mercedes-Benz Research & Development Center in China continues under new management

The Mercedes-Benz Research & Development Center in Beijing is under new leadership as of October 1, 2015. Prof. Dr. Hans Georg Engel follows Klaus Mannsperger as the head of Daimler’s Chinese R&D facilities. In his new position, Engel will oversee a growing number of departments and functions with a broad range of res ... Continue reading

Mercedes-Benz Special Trucks: The First Econic Euro VI with Natural Gas Drive and Five Unimog U 530 Trucks Delivered to Vienna International Airport

Mercedes-Benz Special Trucks: The First Econic Euro VI with Natural Gas Drive and Five Unimog U 530 Trucks Delivered to Vienna International Airport

The first Euro VI-compliant Mercedes-Benz Econic NGT (Natural Gas Technology) has been delivered to Vienna International Airport. The natural-gas-powered truck will operate as a catering truck equipped with a lifting mechanism manufactured by Doll. Econic’s low cab enables a very low delivery height from catering vehi ... Continue reading

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