Photo by Mr.choppers (Wikimedia Commons) Are you hoping that your Mercedes-Benz will make it to 200,000 miles? Don’t worry; Mercedes actually boasts of its longevity with its High Mileage Award, which has been given out since the 1960s, and has even reported some cars clocking in at more than a million miles (or 1,610,000 kilometers).[…]
Photo by Grossman Glotzer Management Corporation (Wikimedia Commons) The Mercedes-Benz brand is an icon of style, class, and performance. As such, Hollywood executives, singers, and many other media moguls love to reference it. Over the span of decades, there have been some pretty interesting homages, not to mention obvious situations of product placement. Many of[…]
Photo by FulviaFiend (Flickr) The first auto endurance race occurred in 1894, and participants traveled between Paris and Rouen. Vehicles without horses were invited to participate in the event to display their operating safety, reliability, and best speeds. The first vehicles to cross the finish line on that day had engines designed by Gottlieb Daimler,[…]
Photo by Moto “Club4AG” Miwa (Flickr) Mercedes-Benz is the type of brand that screams value, so an owner has to wonder when it’s OK to be cheap with replacements. Should a car owner pass off high-value original equipment manufacturer (OEM) parts to wander through the dubious world of aftermarket Mercedes parts and find something barely[…]
Mercedes-Benz is a brand that has been around for well more than a century and has consistently built some of the most beautiful and luxurious cars the world has ever seen. Not only that, but they have also been a dominant force in auto racing since the very start, producing incredible race cars owned and[…]
Some of the most frequently replaced car parts are also some of the best ones to learn how to replace at home: windshield wipers, motor oil, headlights, brake pads, and shocks. Car repair is often viewed as way too complex and difficult, but by tackling these jobs, you will learn basic car maintenance that will[…]
Photo by Seongbin Im (Flickr) Carl Benz was the mastermind behind the world’s first automobile, which rolled out for its debut to the world on December 31, 1879. This innovative vehicle was called the Benz Patent Motorwagen. It had a single-cylinder, two-stroke engine that caught the public’s attention almost immediately. Working with the two-stroke engine[…]
It’s finished! You’re finally done with your restoration or customization Mercedes-Benz car project. You’ve collected the OEM parts, put the pieces together, taken several test-drives, waxed, shined, polished, and are ready to show your finished piece of transportation perfection off to the world. If you haven’t yet planned a bucket-list road trip that hits every[…]
Daimler AG is the company that owns and produces the cars we know and love, but the company also has a rich history, dark secrets, and interesting quirks that the public might not necessarily know about. Mercedez-Benz and its parent company are famous for high-end German engineering, but here are some things you might not[…]
Photo by Brady Holt (Wikimedia Commons) Both over its long history and today, Mercedes-Benz has been a company that continues to innovate and find new solutions for safely and stylishly transporting drivers and passengers. That means that they’ve been at the forefront of many different safety-related innovations, such as one of their most important patents:[…]
Today, the symbol of the three-pointed star surrounded by a circle is synonymous with the famous brand that provides amazing cars driven by famous people and characters like James Bond. Cool, classy, and simple, it’s a beautifully designed logo that’s changed very little over the years. But the symbol also has a hidden history and[…]
Photo by moerschy (Pixabay) Mercedes-Benz has been famous for pushing the envelope and coming up with futuristic car models for almost a hundred years. Even though the brand may not have the same clout it did in the 1980s, industry experts still look to Mercedes-Benz to see what’s really in store for the future. While[…]