Middle Mercedes just right coupe
Mercedes-Benz stunned the luxury car business six years ago when its first CLS came on the scene. I recall driving what must have been the first model in the city, parking it next to a twice-as-expensive Bentley Continental while shopping.
Groups filing signatures to recall Wisconsin governor
Cheryl Cummings, center, turns in her last petition signatures to John Heckenlively in the recall office at the Racine Labor Center in Racine, Wis., Saturday as Mercedes Dzindzeleta, left, watches.
Ford Recall 2012: Ford Recall List Include 450K Defective Minivans, SUVs
Ford Motor Co. has recalled about 450,000 United States vehicles, according to a report by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) on Wednesday, January 11, 2012. The 2012 Ford recall include 245,000 Ford Escape SUV models 2001 and 2002. About 206,000 of the Ford recall are Freestar and Mercury Montery minivan models 2004 and [...]
BMW Recall 2012: BMW recalls 88,911 Mini Cooper cars due to possible vacuum pump problem
BMW of North America announced early last week a voluntary recall of 88,911 Mini Cooper cars, citing possible problems related to electronic control of vacuum pump. BMW Mini Cooper S Countryman Image Credit: Kare Bleier, AFP/Getty Images According to a post at the official website of National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) on Tuesday, January [...]
BMW Beats Mercedes to Take Lexus’s U.S. Top-Selling Luxury Title
Bayerische Motoren Werke AG’s BMW brand outsold Daimler AG’s Mercedes-Benz last month to cement its victory as the top luxury brand in the U.S. for 2011.
2011 recall round-up
Car recalls are a fact of life, but what exactly are they and which manufacturers have been affected in the past year? We analyse the figures to find out...
Mercedes-Benz makes striking move in naming Cannon as U.S. chief executive
POWER of the press! You may recall an October 2011 column right here in which Steve Cannon, the vice-president of Marketing for Mercedes-Benz, was the principal speaker at the College of Charleston’s School of Business.
BMW Projected to Beat Mercedes in U.S. 2011 Luxury Vehicle Sales
Bayerische Motoren Werke AG’s BMW brand may have outsold Daimler AG’s Mercedes-Benz last month to cement its victory as the top-selling luxury brand for the year, according to an estimate of their sales.
Morality tames Kal skimpies
The swing doors out the front of Kalgoorlie's Wild West Saloon suggest a frontier reputation which is more legend than fact.