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Montag, 11.April 2011With immediate effect, Mercedes-Benz is combining the V6 diesel engine in the S 350 BlueTEC with an ECO start/stop function.
As a result, the fuel consumption of the luxury class saloon has been brought down to 6.2 litres per 100 kilometres (NEDC combined). The S 350 BlueTEC is also one of the world’s cleanest diesel [...]
New light-alloy wheels from Mercedes-Benz Accessories: Putting on the shine
Samstag, 2.April 2011In good time for the switch from winter to summer tyres at the beginning of spring, Mercedes-Benz Accessories GmbH is offering new wheels designed to lend Mercedes vehicles an even more impressive appearance.
In line with customers’ wishes, the accessories specialists are broadening the range of popular bichromatic wheels. Apart from their visual merits, these [...]
New engine manufacturing facility at Mannheim plant: international benchmark for precision, efficiency and quality
Freitag, 25.März 2011Quality without compromises is the key focus of the new engine manufacturing facility at the Mannheim production plant. For the production of the new OM 47x engine family, every detail of the manufacturing process has been optimised.
The three areas of foundry, machining and assembly work perfectly together like the cogs of a well-oiled wheel. [...]
Preparation for the next generation of fuel cell drive systems: Mercedes-Benz to build its own production of fuel cell stacks in Canada
Donnerstag, 17.März 2011Mercedes-Benz announced today that it will set up its own production of fuel cell stacks in Canada. By doing so, the company will bundle the development and production for one of the key components of fuel cell powered electric vehicles in Vancouver, British Columbia.
Prof. Herbert Kohler, Head of e-Drive and Future Mobility: “To consolidate our [...]
Mercedes-Benz USA Delivers First Customer Zero-Emission F-CELL Vehicle
Donnerstag, 16.Dezember 2010The first new Mercedes-Benz F-CELL hydrogen-powered B-Class vehicles are now available to California residents, making emission-free driving a reality.
Mr. Vance Van Petten took the keys to the very first Mercedes-Benz B-Class F-CELL vehicle available to U.S. customers during an official hand-over at the newly renovated dealership of Fletcher Jones Mercedes-Benz in Newport Beach. [...]
Change of management in manufacturing: Dr. Eberhard Haller, head of the Mercedes-Benz plant in Sindelfingen, retires
Donnerstag, 16.Dezember 2010Dr. Eberhard Haller, head of the Mercedes-Benz plant in Sindelfingen, is retiring at the end of December after more than seven years as the head of Daimler AG’s largest passenger car site in the world and nearly 30 years with the company.
Dr. Willi Reiss will be appointed as Dr. Haller’s successor as head of [...]
Mercedes-Benz Again Records Double-digit Growth, Sales Up 14 Percent in October
Freitag, 5.November 2010Worldwide demand for Mercedes-Benz passenger cars continues to increase, with 100,500 units sold in October (October 2009: 88,400). Deliveries once again showed double-digit growth, with a gain of 14 percent.
This means that Mercedes-Benz also recorded strong growth last month compared to the prior year, even though sales had grown again in October 2009 for [...]
Daimler AG reports a 3 percent increase for Mercedes-Benz and smart Vehicles in the U.S. for October 2010
Mittwoch, 3.November 2010Daimler AG today reported U.S. sales of 19,443 Mercedes-Benz and smart vehicles, an improvement of 3.1 Percent compared to October 2009. All sales figures in this release are on an unadjusted basis unless otherwise noted.
Mercedes-Benz USA (MBUSA) today reported October sales of 19,076 vehicles, an increase of 4.9% for the month and up 20.1% on [...]
Mercedes-Benz keys given the Swarovski treatment: Fine crystals and the three-pointed star shine together
Dienstag, 2.November 2010he inventors of the automobile and the inventors of the Aurora Borealis crystal effect today introduce to the market an outcome of their cooperation: a car key upon which more than 200 fine SWAROVSKI ELEMENTS sparkle alongside the Mercedes-Benz star. A limited edition of 800 of these luxurious keys will initially be offered to customers [...]
Appearing in the E-Class and S-Class from December: Mercedes-Benz makes xenon light even brighter
Donnerstag, 28.Oktober 2010Achieving light colour which is as close as possible to daylight is one of the biggest safety benefits in the field of headlamp technology. Mercedes-Benz is now one of the first automotive manufacturers to offer xenon headlamps boasting a significantly brighter light output.
From December, production of the E-Class and S-Class will make use of new [...]
Electric mobility takes centre stage: Production start Mercedes-Benz A-Class E-CELL at Rastatt plant
Mittwoch, 15.September 2010Following the start of production of the smart fortwo electric drive and the B-Class F-CELL by the end of 2009, the company is now gearing up the production of its third electric passenger car: the Mercedes-Benz A‑Class E-CELL.
With the electrified A-Class, Daimler aims to gain experience concerning the integration of battery-electric drives into four-seated [...]
Mercedes-Benz Plant in Ludwigsfelde Produces One Millionth Commercial Vehicle
Donnerstag, 9.September 2010The Mercedes-Benz plant in Ludwigsfelde has every reason to celebrate: Today, following 45 years of production, the one millionth commercial vehicle rolled off its assembly line. The milestone vehicle is a Mercedes-Benz Sprinter.
More than 2,000 employees, political officials, and businesspeople took part in the ceremony at the plant and witnessed the official handover of [...]
Mercedes-Benz increases sales worldwide by 22 percent in August, posting double-digit growth for the tenth month in a row
Freitag, 3.September 2010Sales of Mercedes-Benz vehicles continue to increase. In August, the brand posted double-digit growth for the tenth month in a row. Sales were up by 22 percent, and deliveries to customers around the world amounted to 81,000 units last month (August 2009: 66,200). Since the beginning of the year, Mercedes-Benz has now sold 735,400 passenger [...]
Mercedes-Benz delivers over 1 million C-Class cars of current production series to customers
Montag, 2.August 2010Around one million customers have bought a vehicle of the current C-Class production series since the market launch of the C-Class sedan in March 2007 and of the estate model in November 2007.
“The C-Class is our best-selling production series and therefore of great importance for Mercedes-Benz,” said Dr. Joachim Schmidt, Executive Vice President Sales and [...]
1965: The first truck completely assembled at the Wörth plant came off the production line
Dienstag, 27.Juli 2010Acquisition of the premises was hardly spectacular, meriting a few marginal lines in the Annual Report of 1960: “In the Wörth area near Karlsruhe industrial premises have been purchased that lie favourably close to the South German parent plants and on which construction of a production facility for major assemblies will begin in the near [...]
July 1990: Third Mercedes-Benz assembly plant built at Rastatt
Sonntag, 18.Juli 2010It was an auspicious moment, when on18 July 1990 Werner Niefer, the then Chairman of the Board of Management of Mercedes-Benz AG, ceremonially broke the ground for a new assembly plant at Rastatt. This would be the company’s third passenger car production facility in Germany, after Sindelfingen and Bremen.
The Rastatt plant was officially opened in [...]
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