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Megabrands Aston Martin and Mercedes Benz Becoming Economic Allies?

marius — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 11:36:28 +0000

According to british automotive magazine â€žCarâ€ the two brands, Mercedes-Benz and Aston Martin are on the verge of becoming economic allies.

The partnership with Mercedes-Benz, would bring to Aston Martin a significant acces to various models of engines, most likely AMG engines modified for use in Aston Martin’s vehicles. At the moment, Aston Martin uses a V12 engine on the DBS and DB9, that dates back to the times when Aston Martin was still owned by Ford.

Whatâ€™s in it for Mercedes-Benz? According to â€žCarâ€ magazine, Aston may assist Mercedes with an upcoming redesign of the Maybach 57/62 ultra-luxury sedans. Mercedes would also become partial owner of the Aston Martin brand, a company that was one of the few profitable parts of Fordâ€™s now-defunct Premier Automotive Group.

730 hp Mercedes SL from Brabus

carsandtuning.org — Thu, 08 May 2008 16:00:49 +0000

Brabus prepared the last facelift version of Mercedes SL. Brabus wanted to impress everybody with this amazing tuning kit. And now, if there are many tuners, Brabus prepared a tuning kit with exceptional technical details that canâ€™t be competed.
The Germans mounted on new SL the most powerful engine they had, the one from Brabus Rocket. This is a V12 bi-turbo of 6.3 liters that produces 730 hp and with 5 speeds automatic gear box.
The Facelift accelerates from 0 to 100 km/h in 4 seconds, from 0 to 200 km/h in 10.5 seconds and the maximum speed is of 350 km/h.
The Brabus engineers also created a new suspension system and a new braking system. Iâ€™m really impressed. What do you think?

730 hp Mercedes SL from Brabus

730 hp Mercedes SL from Brabus

730 hp Mercedes SL from Brabus

730 hp Mercedes SL from Brabus

Tags: cars, car tuning, Mercedes, Mercedes SL, Brabus, car news, cars engines

Mercedes S-Klasse by Wald International

carsandtuning.org — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 16:42:58 +0000

The Wald International tuner shows us that not only Europeans know to tune a car. Wald International is one of the most important luxury tuners from Japan. Wald doesnâ€™t tune only the premium cars, but they also presented many exceptional kits.
The Japanese donâ€™t care too much about the technical changes, but they work a lot to obtain a very good looking car. It is the same with the new exterior kit for Mercedes S-Klasse, named Black Bison Edition Sports Line.
The car has the series engine, of 525 hp, accelerates from 0 to 100 km/h in 4.6 seconds and has a limited top speed of 250 km/h.
I hope you will enjoy the beautiful photo gallery!

Mercedes S-Klasse by Wald International

Tags: cars, Mercedes, Mercedes-Benz, Wald International, car tuning

Mercedes-McLaren SLR Roadster review

carsandtuning.org — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 17:23:01 +0000

The beautiful McLaren SLR Roadster has been around for several months now but the carâ€™s official media launch only took place in January, this year. Since then there have been several new reviews of Mercedesâ€™ ultimate sports car and now we have the latest clip from Fifth Gear.

Mercedes-McLaren SLR Roadster review

Follow the jump for to watch the review video or head over to our previous story for all the details.

Mercedes-McLaren SLR Roadster review

Tags: cars, Mercedes Benz, cars videos, SLR, roadster, review, news

New Mercedes CLC

carsandtuning.org — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 17:22:36 +0000

Mercedes has finally showed pictures with the newest coupe from its models, the one based on C-Klasse, named CLC. After the teaser presented few weeks ago, Mercedes offered pictures with its completely new coupe, the most accessible from the series.
Named CLC, according to the new politics of choosing names on Mercedes, that say that every coupe must start with â€œCLâ€, the model wants to be a dynamic version for C-Klasse.
The front designs donâ€™t offer many changes, because we already know the â€œCâ€, but the back is completely new. Big lights, moved on wings, too are a perfect match for the coupe; but it is a shame that Mercedes didnâ€™t offered a special design, because everything looks to traditional. Maybe this is the only bad thing about this model.

Mercedes CLC

Another good looking element for CLC is the third brake light, formed by LEDs and integrated in the rear boot.
The smallest engine available on CLC is a gas one that develops 122 hp and the much powerful one is a V6 of 272 hp.
There are also available CDI engines. CLC200 consumes something between 5.8 and 6.1 l/100 km that mean that you can make over 1,000 km with one full gas tank, because the tank has a 62 liters capacity.

Mercedes CLC

For all versions, Mercedes offers a standard 6 speed manual gear box, but for the 4 cylinders versions you can pick one 5 speed automatic gear box and for V6, the 7G-Tronic gear box.
CLC is a very important model for Mercedes and we can see it by watching the old SportCoupe sells.

Mercedes CLC

Tags: cars, car news, Mercedes, Mercedes-Benz, coupe, cars engines, Mercedes CLC

Mercedes-Benz SLK by Rieger

carsandtuning.org — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 19:09:00 +0000

Mercedes-Benz SLK continues in the legacy of smaller luxurious sport convertibles that started in 1954 with the model 190 SL (W121). I think you know this SL and it was very successful. Why not, it has not only unique design, but also handling far better then other cars in that age. 14.5 seconds to 100kmph was something unbelievable in that time for any car.
Rieger started with a front bumper. Itâ€™s connected with a front mask. Front maskTo change the whole look; Rieger changed the front hood too. Also the front mask isnâ€™t divided to two parts, but it belongs to the front bumper.
Rieger offers more rims to choose. There are mostly chromed ones. Right these are great match for luxurious Mercedes cars.

Mercedes-Benz SLK by Rieger

Tags: cars, Mercedes-Benz, car tuning, Rieger, luxury cars, sport cars, convertibles

Mercedes-Benz SLR 722 Edition

carsandtuning.org — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 07:22:00 +0000

The new Mercedes-Benz SLR 722 Edition has all the attributes of a thoroughbred racing car. Refined in numerous respects, this super sports car has more output, a tailor-made suspension configuration and a decidedly sporty interior.
The supercharged 5.5-litre V8 engine in the 722 Edition, which is hand-built in the AMG engine shop in Affalterbach, generates 478 kW/650 hp. The particular strengths of this high-performance engine are immediate response to movements of the accelerator, highly emphatic torque build-up and an unmistakable V8 sound. The performance figures are outstanding even for a high-end sports car: the 722 Edition accelerates from standstill to 100 km/h in only 3.6 seconds, and 200 km/h is reached in just 10.2 seconds. The maximum speed (337 km/h) is above the 334 km/h previously achieved by the SLR.

Mercedes-Benz SLR 722 Edition

Tags: cars, car news, Mercedes-Benz, SLR 722 Edition, cars engines, performance, sporty

Tuning for Mercedes

carsandtuning.org — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 17:28:11 +0000

I love to see a Mercedes-Benz, but I prefer to see one after it was modified by a tuning firm. So, for this I have a question: What company you should use to create a perfect tuned Mercedes-Benz?
This article is comparing three big names in tuning area: AMG, Brabus and Carlsson.
This tuner and vehicles comparison is made for C-Class models.
Let’s see some facts.

AMG

AMG tuning C 55 AMG

Cylinders/arrangement
~ 8 Cylinder-V-Motor,
~ 3 Valves per Cylinder
Engine displacement cmÂ³
~ 5439
Rated outpu kW(PS) bei 1/min
~ 270 (367) / 5750
Rated torque Nm bei 1/min
~ 510 / 4000
Maximum Speed rpm 1/min
~6700
Acceleration 0-100 km/h (s)
~5,2

AMG tuning

Brabus 6.1 S

Brabus tuning

Cylinders/arrangement
~ 8 Cylinder-V-Motor,
~ 3 Valves per Cylinder
Engine displacement cmÂ³
~ 6034
Rated outpu kW(PS) bei 1/min
~327 (445) / 6000
Rated torque Nm bei 1/min
~ 635 / 4500
Maximum Speed rpm 1/min
~ 6500
Acceleration 0-100 km/h (s)
~ 4,5

Carlsson

CM55K

Cylinders/arrangement
~ 8 Cylinder-V-Motor,
~ 3 Valves per Cylinder
Engine displacement cmÂ³
~ 5439
Rated outpu kW(PS) bei 1/min
~ 353 (480) / 6000
Rated torque Nm bei 1/min
~ 650 / 2800-4000
Maximum Speed rpm 1/min
~ 6700
Acceleration 0-100 km/h (s)
~ 4,4

Carlsson CM55K

Tags: car tuning, Mercedes-Benz, AMG, Carlsson, Brabus

M-Class Edition 10

carsandtuning.org — Mon, 22 Oct 2007 10:52:56 +0000

Mercedes-Benz has celebrated this year 10 years from introducing the M-Class.
At the celebration party they have presented a special edition for this model, called M-Class Edition 10.

Edition 10 is characterized by next elements:
- Edition 10 marks;
- 2 color leather interior (black and beige);
- bi-xenon lights, with black interior;
- 20 inch rims, grey or chrome shadow;
- 265/45 R20 V tires;
- few chrome elements;
- front guard and radiator grille with Titanium look;
- rear guard Titanium look;
- dim stops;
- dim windows;
- double and rectangular silencer head.

M-Class Edition 10

Mecedes-Benz M-Class Edition 10 will be available in the next variants:
1. ML 420 CDI 4Matic;
2. ML 280 CDI;
3. ML 320 CDI;
4. ML 350;
5. ML 500.

M-Class Edition 10

M-Class Edition 10

Tags: Mercedes-Benz, car news, M-Class, Edition 10, ML, special edition, model

Smacked Mercedes

carsandtuning.org — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 11:38:38 +0000

Are you mad on your ex boyfriend/girlfriend?
No problem!
You can resolve all this by smacking (s)he’s Mercedes. The easiest way to smack a brand new Mercedes-Benz is to take a bucket full with sand and follow the next instructions. See the image, to do what you have to do.

Smacked Mercedes

Tags: cars, smacked, Mercedes-Benz