For decades we have watched our children grow up with video games, and wondered what the draw was. Video games have progressed from machines in pizza parlors fed with quarters to $500 boxes that sit in living rooms and offer Internet, shopping and DVD players, besides the actual games. When Mercedes-Benz announced this week that […]
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Mercedes-Benz Makes Joshua Jackson and Diane Kruger Drink From a Tailpipe
If a company told you that a car could produce water, would you drink it? That’s the situation posed between the Mercedes-Benz F-Cell vehicle, and actors Joshua Jackson and Diane Kruger in a recent video by the probably-not-sadistic automaker. Being actors, the two have personal resources for dramatizing the unusual science project. To make the […]
First Driving Impressions of the GLA-Class
When we last wrote about the GLA, it had just entered production in Germany, and we were looking forward to a spring arrival in the U.S. We now know, however, that the GLA250 4MATIC® and GLA45 AMG® will arrive in the fall, and the 250 in the spring of 2015. To herald their coming, however, […]
NAIAS 2014: The GLA45 AMG®
The Mercedes-Benz GLA45 AMG® was shown as a concept at the Los Angeles Auto Show just two short months ago. Concept vehicles have the coveted attribute to be either greater or less than whatever production vehicle they sire, but in this case the result appears to be “equal to.” (more…)
Three Mercedes-Benz Heating Options For a Comfortable Winter
During these winter months, getting into one’s car is associated with the “please heat up” position: hunched forward, hands tucked under arms, ears bright red, and breathing outward just to check that, yep, it is indeed cold enough to see one’s breath. (more…)