F1 Safety Car gives you wings
Friday, February 26th, 2010 Posted in Formula 1, Mercedes-Benz | 1 Comment »Mercedes-Benz are pretty chuffed with their new F1 Safety Car. So much so they've written a long press release and released a bunch of new pics. The car, of course, is the SLS AMG 'Gullwing'. And this is the fifteenth ...
Mercedes-Benz F 800 Style Research Vehicle
Monday, February 22nd, 2010 Posted in Mercedes-Benz | No Comments »Today is the turn of Mercedes-Benz to reveal their star before the Geneva Motor Show. One wonders if there will be any surprises left when the show opens to the public on 4 March. However, Mercedes have most definitely surprised ...
Formula One pre-season - Valencia photo gallery
Monday, February 8th, 2010 Posted in Ferrari, Formula 1, Mercedes-Benz, Renault | 4 Comments »There's only a couple of days until Formula One pre-season testing resumes at Jerez (10-13 February). To help get you in the mood here is a 50-strong gallery of images featuring pics from Ferrari, MercedesGP, Renault and Williams. As usual ...
New vehicle sales report - January 2010
Sunday, February 7th, 2010 Posted in Audi, BMW, Hyundai, Mazda, Mercedes-Benz, Subaru, Suzuki, Toyota, VFACTS reports | 3 Comments »January 2010 showed good signs for the automotive industry in Australia. While sales for the month did fall dramatically from December 2009 it is worth noting there were strong financial incentives, in the form of Federal Government tax breaks, that ...
Michael Schumacher returns to F1 at Valencia
Tuesday, February 2nd, 2010 Posted in Formula 1, Mercedes-Benz | 1 Comment »Michael Schumacher is back! His eagerly anticipated return to Formula One with MercedesGP took its first step overnight with the season's first test session, held at Valenicia. Speaking at the end of the day Schumacher, who set the third fastest time, ...
New ‘Gullwing’ production starts - Australian delivery by mid-year
Friday, January 29th, 2010 Posted in Mercedes-Benz | 3 Comments »The new Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG 'Gullwing' is about to go into full production mode. Mind, to make a car that can drive upside down you can't use any old production line. As such the Gullwing will be hand-built across three ...
Mercedes GP launch: Michael and Nico interview
Tuesday, January 26th, 2010 Posted in Formula 1, Mercedes-Benz | No Comments »Following yesterday's launch of the Mercedes GP Petronas team lead drivers Michael Schumacher and Nico Rosberg talk up their chances for the 2010 Formula One Season. The clip is available after the jump and Schumacher says he believes his signing ...
Mercedes GP launches new era for Silver Arrows
Monday, January 25th, 2010 Posted in Formula 1, Mercedes-Benz | 7 Comments »Mercedes GP have just launched their 2010 season. The event took place at the Mercedes-Benz Museum in Stuttgart in front of 600 guests. The livery of the new Silver Arrows features silver paint, raw carbon fibre and the green colour ...
Schumacher has already overtaken Rosberg
Saturday, January 23rd, 2010 Posted in Formula 1, Mercedes-Benz | 3 Comments »Superstition, apparently, has seen Michael Schumacher edge ahead of new teammate Nico Rosberg before a wheel has even been turned. You see, 2009 world champion Jenson Button has taken the number 1 with him to McLaren. This means the new ...
Planet-F1 reveals Schumacher’s secret thoughts
Friday, January 22nd, 2010 Posted in Formula 1, Mercedes-Benz | 2 Comments »Planet-F1 have managed to secure exclusive access to Michael Schumacher's diary entries from the lead up to his Formula One comeback with Mercedes-Benz. Here's a teaser: "It would be a strange scenery joining Jenson. I believe he had a poster picture of ...
Magical museum tour
Tuesday, January 19th, 2010 Posted in Audi, BMW, Mercedes-Benz, Porsche | No Comments »Doing the "German Car Museum Tour" is on the "to do" list of most petrol heads. In relatively close proximity you have Audi, BMW, Mercedes-Benz and Porsche. While, further north, in Wolfsburg is the superb Autostadt, Volkswagen's celebration of itself ...
Tunnel vision
Sunday, January 10th, 2010 Posted in Mercedes-Benz | 3 Comments »Yeah, sure it's most likely a fake, but this ad/viral/promo clip for the Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG 'Gullwing' is worth a gander all the same. In case you're wondering, the text at the end of the clip reads: "Cockpit, engine, wings. ...
CLS to follow Estate fascination
Friday, January 8th, 2010 Posted in Mercedes-Benz | No Comments »It looks like Mercedes-Benz is all set to tackle the Audi A7 and BMW 5 Series GT with a production version of the 2008 ConceptFASCINATION. Understood to be based on the next CLS platform the Estate version is rumoured to ...
Audi and Benz differ on tariff savings
Friday, January 1st, 2010 Posted in Audi, Mercedes-Benz | 2 Comments »From today the Federal Government has dropped the tariff import duty on cars by 5 per cent. Audi has joined other manufacturers in passing on this saving direct to the consumer. That means the A5 Sportback you see above, which ...
Rendezvous? S’il vous plait!
Thursday, December 31st, 2009 Posted in Mercedes-Benz, Random videos | 2 Comments »Hollywood car guy Jay Leno has attempted one of the biggest car movie heists of all time. In this video The fast and the famous Leno says he was inspired by the iconic 1976 Claude Lelouch short film C'était un ...
