Archive for the ‘Mercedes Benz’ Category

The Volkswagen Passat CC (called the Volkswagen CC in the U.S.) is by nearly all accounts a great-looking car. And now the smooth four-door coupe has won a prestigious red dot design award.

The top award for vehicles, officially "red dot Design Award 2009 – Best of the Best," in the product design category for 2009, is shared with the Seat Ibiza, from Volkswagen AG's Spanish affiliate.

Other vehicles to achieve a red dot design award—but not be called Best of the Best—include the 2009 BMW Z4, 2010 Honda Insight, upcoming 2010 Volkswagen Golf, and the European-market-only Ford Fiesta and Opel Insignia, with honorable mentions going to the...

When a standard four-cylinder, four-door sedan won't do for your next out-of-town car trip, Hertz has a better idea: rent a Mercedes-Benz instead.

Luxury car rentals are mostly a niche market, but the nation's biggest rental car company has a Prestige Collection that includes everything from Audis, to Cadillacs, to Lincolns. Now it's adding the three-pointed star to its lineup with rental availability of 2009 C-Class sedans and 2010 Mercedes-Benz GLK-Class sport-utes.

All Hertz C-Class four-doors come with Bluetooth, a power sunroof and the COMAND controller for audio and phone controls. The Benz GLK350 utes provided by Hertz come outfitted...

The 2012 Mercedes-Benz M-Class has been on the drawing boards for a while--and now, the German automaker is running tests on prototypes spotted by the spy photographers over at Motor Authority.

The new ML-Class sport-ute is due to arrive in 2011 as a 2012 model. These first photos of test mules show what could be a slightly shorter body, on an unchanged wheelbase. The ML-Class is expected to remain a five-seater, while Mercedes continues to offer a seven-passenger GL-Class ute and continues to debate the future of its six-passenger R-Class crossover.

All three vehicles are now built in Alabama, and share most of their powertrains. For the...