Tag: mercedes benz

When Mercedes Benz wanted to promote their brand new fuel cell technology to the world they decided to think different. They covered their car in LED’s and placed a camera on the other side to project a real time image, essentially making it look invisible. Ingenious!

Hammond supervises Toni Gardemeister as he races a Skoda Fabia Super 2000 against jet powered flying man. Jeremy Clarkson then compares two street race cars, the Maserati GranTurismo MC Stradale and the Mercedes Benz C63 Black. Afterwards May and Clarkson schools us on the history of the now defunct SAAB, taking a look at their turbulent past and iconic cars. Grab the episode here.

In this episode of Top Gear, Richard Hammond heads over to America to give viewers a taste of the Nascar world (which I admit doesn’t look very interesting). Jeremy reviews the Mercedes Benz SLS roadster, but also gives potential buyers competitive alternatives. James and Jeremy then travel all the way to China to check several of the new cars coming out from Chinese manufactures. Download the episode here.

I haven’t seen many 190s around town but back in the day these cars were thee sport sedans you wanted to get. As the predecessor of the C class, the 190 set the standard for luxury sport sedans in the eighties. This rapping duo certainly think that the 190 was legendary, releasing a tribute video named “The Mighty 190″.

Drive released one of the most entertaining videos I’ve seen in a while. Chris Harris takes an ordinary Mercedes Benz C63 and slaps on four spare tires on to it, increasing its “power to rubber” ratio. As you can imagine the dynamics of the vehicle changed but for the better of course, in the end Chris was pleasantly surprised at how well the vehicle maneuvered around the test track.

Check out this great guerrilla advertisement for the Mercedes-Benz C63. It shows a modified 3D model of your typical street surroundings against a blurred background to help illustrate speed. The banner reads “Looks fast. Even in park”. BBDO agency from Toronto, Canada created this great advert.

You’ve probably seen this video floating around but I had to post it. Motor Trend decided to hold the greatest drag race using only the best cars in the world. The list: BMW 1M, Ford Mustang Boss 302, Porsche 911 GT3 RS, Chevrolet Corvette Z06, Ferrari 458, Nissan GT-R, Audi R8 GT, Mercedes-Benz SLS, Lexus LF-A, Porsche Cayman R and the Lotus Evora S. Video after the jump.

Mercedes Benz USA recently released a 5-minute video about the history of AMG. AMG is Mercedes Benz elite tuning division that is responsible for creating some of the scariest cars by shoving a v8 or v12 into them. Watch the video after the jump.

Superbowl XLV wrapped up yesterday with the Green Bay packers taking home the championship against the Pittsburgh Steelers. If you haven’t heard about the Superbowl it is the final championship game played in the National Football League in the USA. The Superbowl is easily the most popular/most-watched event on American television and is sometimes considered an American holiday. Due to its popularity,, commercial airtime is limited and extremely expensive. Because of the limited airtime and high cost, companies often focus on creating short memorable commercials. I’ve rounded up what I thought were the best car related commercials, so everyone could enjoy them. Videos after the jump.

Everyone’s favorite Top Gear hosts are back for one more episode of the season. The three head down to the United States taking a cross country tour in three high powered super cars: Mercedes Benz SLS, Ferrari 458 and the Porsche 911 GT3 RS. If you haven’t had a chance to download the episode yet, head over to Final Gear to get the torrent for the episode.