Hans Nibel: One of the Catalysts That Made Mercedes-Benz What It Is Today
21 Nov 2012, 14:06 UTC · By: Alex Oagana / Nibel's work was instrumental in the rise of Mercedes-Benz in 1930s, and he was also one of the main architects of the merger that resulted in Daimler-Benz
Digging Deeper in the Mercedes-Benz vs France AC Refrigerant Saga
7 Aug 2013, 16:41 UTC · By: Alex Oagana / You are probably all aware about the ongoing battle between the French government and Daimler AG, but I'm guessing not everyone is in the know about the possible, even probable, hidden reasons ...
smart fortwo “Wins” Most Embarrassing Car Award
7 Aug 2013, 14:49 UTC · By: Alex Oagana / In a survey made on a... let's say distinctive sample of 1,500 licensed drivers, carinsurance.com tried to find out what are the most embarrassing cars to be seen in on American roads. Winn...
Upcoming Mercedes-Benz Viano Caught Again Testing
7 Aug 2013, 13:20 UTC · By: Alex Oagana / The second generation of the Mercedes-Benz Viano is getting closer and closer to its late-2013 or early 2014 release date, so the Stuttgart engineers are hard at work testing the last technical bits...
First Engine-Driven Flight with a Daimler Engine Happened 125 Years Ago
7 Aug 2013, 11:53 UTC · By: Alex Oagana / It was 9:00 AM on 10 august 1888, 125 years ago. A new era of manned flight was about to begin right in the factory yard of the Daimler Motor Company (Daimler-Motoren-Gesellschaft). Powered by a...
smart fortwo electric drive Tested by Fast Lane Car
7 Aug 2013, 08:12 UTC · By: Alex Oagana / The smart fortwo has been the smallest road-going car in the world since 1998, and it lilliputian stature has been both a blessing and a curse for most of its potential customers. One of the less...
Mercedes-Benz UK Sets New Sales Records for July
6 Aug 2013, 12:27 UTC · By: Alex Oagana / Sales figures from all major markets have started to pour in at Mercedes-Benz, with the UK market being the latest to achieve record-breaking figures for the German brand in July. According to th...
Mercedes-Benz Extends PGA Tour Patron Partnership Until 2017
6 Aug 2013, 09:22 UTC · By: Alex Oagana / After becoming an “Official Patron” of the PGA Tour in 2010, Mercedes-Benz has just renewed the agreement with the Professional Golfers' Association of America, extending it through...
Daimler's Sindelfingen Plant Video is Full of Smiling Engineers and Robots
5 Aug 2013, 07:59 UTC · By: Alex Oagana / Daimler AG has quite a few reasons to be very proud of what is essentially the crown and jewel of its ever increasing array of manufacturing plants. So proud, in fact, that they've released...
Dieter Zetsche is Giggling over Global Mercedes Sales
2 Aug 2013, 17:30 UTC · By: Alex Oagana / After earlier in the day we told you about the seventh consecutive record month and all-time high when it comes to Mercedes-Benz sales in the USA, it is now time to present you the global results, w...
Mercedes-Benz US Sales Jump for All Time Record
2 Aug 2013, 11:04 UTC · By: Alex Oagana / The American branch of Mercedes-Benz reported July sales of 26,423 units, a figure that represents an 18.5% jump over the 22,294 vehicles that left dealer showroom floors in the same month of last y...
2015 smart fortwo Mule Spotted with Production Front
2 Aug 2013, 08:35 UTC · By: Alex Oagana / The upcoming third generation of the smart fortwo has been caught testing via some pretty ugly pre-prototype mules for quite a while now, but now it seems to be getting into a more production-lookin...
Daimler AG Goes to War With France
1 Aug 2013, 09:52 UTC · By: Alex Oagana / The banned refrigerant saga deepens, as neither Daimler AG or the French government is willing to give each other a break. As most of you know, France has blocked the sales of the Mercedes-Benz A...
Dieter Zetsche is OK With Losing the US Luxury Sales Race This Year
31 Jul 2013, 13:35 UTC · By: Alex Oagana / Usually, car company head honchos are very restrained when talking publicly about their competitors or about failing predicted sales figures. Apparently, this is not the case with Daimler's epi...
Nissan, Daimler Planning Japanese Joint Venture
16 Nov 2011, 12:59 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Usually, when two French carmakers join forces to make engines in some European factory or other, it all sort of makes sense. However, a Japanese-German joint venture in Mexico might have a bit too ...
French City of Lyon Joins car2go Program
7 Oct 2011, 17:41 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / The first French city and the third one in Europe to adopt the car2go scheme is Lyon, , which will provide residents a fleet of 200 smart fortwo cars available for “on-demand” rentals. W...
BMW and Mercedes Sitting in a Tree...
21 Nov 2012, 14:06 UTC · By: Alex Oagana / In these times of economic recession, most of the automotive manufacturers are having a hard time staying above the floating line with the soaring gas prices, low purchasing power and customer confi...
Daimler and Evonik Partner for Superior Lithium-Ion Car Battery
21 Nov 2012, 14:06 UTC · By: Vali Mihaescu / The Germans seem to be determined to make it big in almost every technology branch. In Stuttgart Daimler and Essen AG and Evonik Industries AG are creating a lithium-ion battery technology that the...
Daimler AG Adopts Shorter Work Plan
21 Nov 2012, 14:06 UTC · By: Vali Mihaescu / After most of the car manufacturers in the world faced the situation of shutting down their manufacturing plants or adopting shorter work programs, it's now time for the Germans to do the same....
Daimler Pulls the Plug on Sterling
21 Nov 2012, 14:06 UTC · By: Alexandru Stan / If you've been planning to get a Sterling truck, it's high time you bought one as the brand is about to get axed along some 3,500 jobs in Canada and the US. Parent company Daimler AG, whos...