Tag: Mercedes
THE RULE-BREAKER
The new smart for-us translates the practical loading concept of a pickup to the reality of 21st century urban traffic. It will celebrate its world premiere at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit 14 – 22 January 2012.
MADE IN CHINA
Marking another milestone for Mercedes-Benz in China, the first locally produced Mercedes-Benz GLK compact SUV rolled off the line today at the Beijing production plant of Beijing Benz Automotive Co.
TUNING WITH WARRANTY
The BRABUS Tuning Program for the new Mercedes M-Class will debut at the 2011 Essen Motor Show. Exclusive, individual and ecofriendly strong in compliance with Euro VI emission standards: these three attributes best describe the latest BRABUS tuning program.
THE ULTIMATE TOY
Mercedes-Benz has teamed up with LEGO to create the biggest TECHNIC model of all time; a 2,048 piece, 1:12-scale, functioning (including a pneumatically operated crane with working gripper arm) Unimog.
4×4 SHUNTER
Road-rail Unimog U 406, built in 1971 and upgraded with Euro 4 emission standards, acts as a railway “engine” when pulling the heavy construction train weighing 60t through the 1.2 kilometre long Cassana Wald Tunne on the San Bernardino Pass.
INSPIRED BY ANTS
Mercedes Benz has a rich background on offroaders and is well known as the maker of legendary rockcrawlers like the Unimog. The Iranian designer Siyamak Rouhi Dehkordi tapped into these traditions with his Hexawheel concept vehicle.
FIXED STAR WITH THREE POINTS
It is now 30 years since production of the Mercedes-Benz G-Class began. The Stuttgart-based car maker first unveiled this robust off-roader to the public in 1979, since when it has delivered a total of some 200,000 units of the G-Class to customers around the world.
