It’s time to meet the latest special edition from Daimler’s Smart brand. Known as the Smart ForTwo Sharpred, the special edition model is a real eye-catcher with a red and black paint scheme and is available as a coupe or convertible. The outside also features a front apron and rear trim panel that are grained [...]
Daimler AG plans to more than double output of its Mercedes-Benz brand models to 2.7 million by 2020 in its goal to become the world’s largest luxury automaker. According to a report by German business magazine Manager Magazin, Daimler CEO Dieter Zetsche plans to open new plants in China and the United States to meet [...]
Smart’s niche vehicles have been a hit or miss and to confuse things even more, Smart unveiled their For-Us, which is a pickup concept…yes, you read correctly. “We at Smart love pick-ups – if they are small on the outside, large on the inside, very safe and extremely comfortable,” said Smart’s CEO, Dr. Annette Winkler. [...]
In an unusual move akin to the Saabaru of recent years, Mercedes and Nissan have announced that Nissan will build four cylinder engines for use in an Infiniti and the Mercedes C-Class. “This is the newest milestone in our pragmatic collaboration and our most significant project outside of Europe so far,” said Renault-Nissan CEO Carlos [...]
We’re pretty sure by now you’ve heard of the phrase ‘range-anxiety’ – its a term to define the anxiety caused when your electric car ‘distance to empty’ figure reads something below 5 miles. Swiss firm Rinspeed is now trying to address the range anxiety issue with an innovative Dock+Go concept that it will show at [...]
At the 2012 Detroit Auto Show next moth, Smart will be showing up with what future urban pickup could look like with the new Smart For-Us Concept. Of course, Smart isn’t thinking of catering this to the common construction worker but instead is catering to the ‘young and young-at-heart with active lives.’ “We at smart [...]
Sources at Mercedes-Benz have apparently confirmed to AutoWeek that the Maybach brand will officially be killed in 2013. The decision comes after 10 years of disappointing sales of its Maybach 57 and 62 sedan. Daimler AG CEO Dieter Zetsche has decided against developing successors to Maybach modes, which were supposed to hit roads in 2014. [...]
Five minivan models have earned the 2011 Top Safety Pick award from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety. The winners are the safest vehicles around, with better rollover crash protection than other models. Other qualifying factors include the highest ratings for side, frontal, and rear crash protection, along with electronic stability control. On the top [...]
In an effort to reduce complexity, Audi, BMW, Daimler, FoMoCo, General Motors, Porsche and Volkswagen have teamed up to support the international standardized approach to charge electric-cars in the United States and Europe. The new agreement will allow electric-cars made by those seven automakers to share the same fast-charging stations. The new system will integrate [...]
Daimler and Chinese automaker BYD have put plans to build the first electric car of the collaborative effort on hold. The companies say that the premiere prototype will debut next April. Dieter Zetsche, Daimler boss, says that his brand is doing the majority of the planning and development on the car, and could easily work [...]
