This is a strange story to write, but it fascinates us. In 1981, a boy dreamt of one day owning a Mercedes-Benz. His name was Raymond, after his father, and he lived in New Jersey with his apparently quite loving family. His older brother, David, was very successful in business having already become a millionaire […]
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“Mercedes-Benz Food Stamp” Writer Shows Complexity of Poverty
We are writing because two weeks ago an article appeared in The Washington Post about a woman’s struggle with becoming suddenly impoverished. This article was quickly shared throughout the Internet because there was something about the woman’s story that seemed unusual to people. We first noticed it when we saw dozens of retweets with the […]
2015 C-Class Gets Plug-In Hybrid Electric Version This Fall
The age-old balance between gasoline and electric cars is inching toward resolution. A new plug-in hybrid electric version of the C-Class is due to arrive in the U.S. this fall. Initial estimates say that the PHEV will have a 109 MPG equivalency. We say equivalency because PHEVs run on a mixture of gasoline and electricity, […]
MB Embraces Electric Vehicles, Millenials and Self-Driving Cars
Autonomous cars and Mercedes-Benz are a lot more closely related than you think. Features like Park Assist, Intelligent Drive, Blind Spot Assist and Lane Keeping Assist feel like incremental novelties when evaluated one-by-one. But consider them together and you actually have a vehicle that’s almost driving on its own entirely. The result is something that […]
Nintendo Opens Virtual World to Mercedes-Benz Vehicles
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 […]