Posted in Auto News on Feb 4th, 2011
The 60-second Mercedes-Benz Super Bowl XLV ad celebrates the German auto maker’s 125th anniversary. It also features five of its newest models. This is the first time the car maker has ever advertised during the Super Bowl. In addition to a cameo by Kanye West, the ad includes a soundtrack featuring Janis Joplin singing, you [...]
Posted in Auto News on Jul 1st, 2010
The 1981 Cadillac V8-6-4, the 2008 Geely, the 1980 Chrysler LeBaron, all great examples of cars with bad design flaws. To find out why requiring a car owner to disassemble their rear suspension in order to change their air filter is a bad idea and why Mercedes-Benz’s 1990s-era biodegradable wiring insulation is an even worse [...]
Posted in Auto News on Feb 22nd, 2010
Mercedes-Benz is experimenting with plug-in hybrids that can run on batteries or a fuel cell. The F 800 Style, “multi-drive” concept car riffs on the same technology used in the S 400 Hybrid and the B-Class F-Cell. But the look is brand new, sort of…it’s actually reminiscent of the classic 300SL Gullwing Coupe. The F800 [...]