Posts Tagged ‘Mercedes-Benz’
New Merc V8 and V6's
May 11th, 2010 
Kyle New Mercedes muscle Not too long ago Drive reported on the next generation AMG 63 motor, which had been downsized to a 5.5L V8, albeit a biturbo V8. So whilst capacity had indeed been cut, power and torque were up, always a good thing. In line with this trend sparked by AMG, two Mercedes [...]
Mercedes Estate Concept
April 23rd, 2010 Kyle Mercedes Shooting Break Now this is a tough one, at first glance I thought oh no, Merc have gone and done a 5 Series GT, horrible. And whilst I’m not convinced about the rear at all, I think this latest concept from Mercedes is quite the looker. I’m not going to say from which angle [...]
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Tags: China Auto Show 2010, concept, estate, LED Headlights, Mercedes-Benz, piezo-electric injectors, Shooting Break, V6 
No Comments »Daimler and Renault-Nissan get cosy
April 7th, 2010 Kyle The Renault-Nissan alliance has entered into a co-operation deal with Daimler with the two groups respective small cars apparently being the focus of the co-operation. Daimler and Renault-Nissan are set to work together on the generation of the smart fortwo and Renault Twingo, which includes the planned introduction of electric versions for these vehicles. Unsurprisingly [...]
AMG's top lunatic heads for vans
March 23rd, 2010 Kyle In a move that could possibly result in a series of the biggest crashes you’ve ever seen, Mercedes have taken the boss of AMG, you know, those insane guys from Stuttgart with no regard for rear tires, and put him in charge of their van division. Now given AMG’s penchant for putting their 6.3 V8 [...]
Kyle's F1 Blog
March 18th, 2010 Kyle Hero to Zero The 2010 F1 season, a couple of weeks ago it was one of if the most anticipated seasons ever, now not so much. More champions on the grid than you can shake a stick at, three new teams, a smattering of new drivers, Schumacher returns, a whole raft of new rules, the [...]
Posted in Drive columns Tags: Bahrain, F1, Formula 1, Mercedes-Benz, Red Bull, Renault No Comments »AMG's still bonkers
March 13th, 2010 Kyle AMG’S new 63 Anyone remotely interested in performance motoring will at the very least have heard of Mercedes AMG’s 63 motor, their mad V8 that AMG seem intent on putting in virtually every single one of their vehicles. And for good reason, sure it could hardly be described as the most frugal engine around but [...]
Posted in Drive News Tags: 63, AMG, biturbo, Daimler, M 157, Mercedes-Benz, piezoelectric, S 63, V8 No Comments »Daimler ditch Tata
March 11th, 2010 Kyle Daimler sells Tata stake Daimler has sold it’s 5.34% of ordinary shares in Tata Motors. The sale is not a case of Tata buying shares back, as the shares have gone to various groups of investors on the open market. Tata’s shares are up 19% since February, so whilst that means Daimler stands to make [...]
F1's latest monster
March 1st, 2010 Kyle SLS F1 Safety Car When the 2010 F1 season kicks off in Bahrain early March some of the worlds most impressive cars will be on display, but threatening to steal the show is AMG’s all-new halo car, the SLS gullwing. The new Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG Official F1™ Safety Car replaces the already very special SL [...]
Posted in Drive News Tags: 6.3L, AMG, F1, Mercedes GP, Mercedes-Benz, safety car, SLS, V8 No Comments »E blows its top
December 15th, 2009 Christo Mercedes-Benz officially launched its new E-Class cabriolet, set to go on sale in Europe in May 2010. It’s essentially identical in size to the E-Class Coupe and will be available with the same engine options as the coupe, a 3.5-liter V6 and 5.5-liter V8. Mercedes has elected to use a 0.9-inch-thick fabric roof for the [...]
SLS AMG looking like The Real Deal!
September 15th, 2009 Russell Yes while Mclaren readies it’s own new supercar, its partners in the faintly silly SLR Mercedes have entrusted their next full-on supercar over to their tuning arm AMG, and the result is looking rather tasty indeed. The SLS may be dripping with nostalgic styling cues harking back to that greatest of Mercedes supercars, the SL [...]
