Citan, the new compact Mercedes Commercial

The designation Citan joins the words 'City' and 'Titan' and give name to a new compact Mercedes commercial, which will be first presented in September at the International Exhibition of Commercial Vehicles in Hanover, Germany.

This new commercial vehicle is based on the next generation of the Renault Kangoo and will be available in conventional petrol and diesel, as well as passenger and commercial versions of different lengths and weight classes.

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Nissan builds Mercedes motors

2014 will be from the factory of Tennessee, USA, Nissan will start building four-cylinder Mercedes engine, what will be a premiere for the German mark.

In a statement, Dieter Zetsche, CEO of Mercedes, said: "Nissan's plant meets our standards of production and the quality level we require, so it's a win-win situation. In addition, customers are accustomed to different parts come from different vendors, so nothing to worry should. "These words were for the rest of the German consumer, panicked because they knew that their Class C, from 2014 will have engines made by Nissan in the U.S..

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Mercedes W100F, virtual prototype

Work of an Argentine name Jorge L. Fernandez, the F100W honors his compatriot Juan Manuel Fangio.
This designer has decided to run for a hobby web site hosted by Argentina Autoblog -. Regardless of the Mercedes - to celebrate the hundredth anniversary of Juan Manuel Fangio, the great plains of the pilot who won five titles of World Champion F.1, some of them behind the wheel of the Mercedes. The W100F Jorge L.

Fernandez was the winner and looking at the pictures, it is acknowledged some details of the W196, the famous silver arrows.
Besides the truly stylish attractive model, the Argentinean designer remembered the practical side and created two versions, the Monza W100F, and W100F competition version Stradale, variant for use on the road.

In the fertile imagination of Jorge Fernandez, the W100F is equipped with a supercharged V8, and the Monza version, the V8 biturbo becomes. A truly spectacular work of Argentina, being now in the hands of the Mercedes look, or not, this modern Silver Arrow with very good aspect and W196, which recalls the famous 1954 and 1955, years in which Juan Manuel Fangio won the world championship of F.1, which also contains two types of bodywork, wheels covered up or discovered.

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Mercedes E300 BlueTEC shows in Detroit

Mercedes chose the Detroit Auto Show to reveal its first series production hybrid, and then a diesel hybrid.

The Blue Tec Mercedes E300 sedan and wagon versions, will be available in September 2012, taking the brand from Stuttgart chosen the Detroit Motor Show to be held next month as the stage for worldwide exposure.

Under the program Bluefficiency, Mercedes will introduce the E300 equipped with the most powerful version of the block 2.1 liter diesel and a petrol version called E400, but that is only for the U.S. market, both with hybrid technology.

The aim of this Mercedes E300 BlueTec is the European market for fleet, and for this the mark of the star used a hybrid system and the excellent 2.1 liter block. All in all, are 109 g / km of CO2, a figure that offers great tax advantages and it hits, so obviously, the value announced by BMW for its ActyiveHybrid 5: 149 g / km.

With 205 hp and a torque of 500 Nm, the block is accompanied by a diesel power unit with 27 hp and 250 Nm placed inside the casing of the gearbox. Although not an official figure, it is known that the E300 BlueTEC has a 0.8 kWh battery that allows all-electric mode operation. However, if the figure of autonomy is only 2 miles at a speed of 60 km / h, with little avail. The set of measures to save fuel and reduce CO2 values, there is the start / stop system, energy recovery from braking and deceleration, cruise and tires so low rolling resistance. Thus, in addition to 109 g / km of CO2, the E300 BlueTec consumes just complains Mercedes, 4.2 l/100 km, an improvement of almost 3 l/100 km compared to the E250 CDI!

In terms of performance, Mercedes claims an acceleration 0-100 km / h in 7.5 seconds with a top speed of 240 km / h. The American version of the E400 is equipped with a V6 3.5 liter petrol engine with electric motor coupled to the same E300 BlueTec. According to data from Mercedes, obtained under the North American measurements, renowned more restrictive than the European, the E400 uses an average of 8.7 l/100 km, excellent value.

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C 63 AMG Black Series for sale

Keeping the usual strategy of "Black Series", Mercedes has released a version even more special C 63 AMG, which is facing those who have large bag and likes sports cars radically.

With a tremendously aggressive look, the C62 AMG Black Series provides the mechanical part of the same exuberance. The 6.3-liter V8 delivers 517 hp and a torque of 520 Nm, thus offering an acceleration 0-100 km / h in 4.2 seconds, with a mixed consumption of 12.2 l/100 km and CO2 emissions of 286 g / km. The speed is limited to 250 km / h ... or not.

Way exuberantly extended (2.8 cm on each side of the car), many aerodynamic appendages, air intakes and gaudy huge wheels, a complete package of style that makes the Black Series car a truly aggressive.

Inside, the rear seat disappeared (you have to pay if you want to count on them ...), appear similar to the competition bucket seats and black coats with red details. The steering wheel is with the tabs on the AMG gearbox semi-automatic, with the command to the various programs located in the center console programs (C, S, S +, M and Race Start). The ESP has three settings, including the "Off".

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Maybach ends in 2013

The decision by Dieter Zetsche, CEO of Mercedes, not to approve the plans for the replacement model of the Maybach 57 and 62 was more than halfway to the ax fell on the mark of prestige restored in 2002 after Mercedes have failed to buy Rolls-Royce group Vickers.

And why exactly well placed sources spoke to the CEO of Daimler, Dieter Zetsche, who said in an interview with German newspaper "Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung" that "would not be wise to develop a successor to the current Maybach, because the numerous conversations we were having about what the future of the luxury segment eventually reveal that the greatest success in this niche is the part of the Mercedes Maybach. "

That is, without telling the CEO of Daimler announced the end of Maybach and will pull even more Mercedes-up to the division of Rolls-Royce and Bentley. It is also the assumption of the failure of the strategy of Mercedes in recovering an ancient name for combat success of Rolls-Royce under BMW and Bentley hat under the protection of the VW group.

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