Mercedes-Benz raises April sales by 11.7% to a new record high
Dienstag, 7.Mai 2013Mercedes-Benz delivered 116,566 vehicles to customers in April (+11.7%), more than in any previous April. Unit sales since the beginning of the year totaled 441,464 vehicles (+5.6%).
The brand with the star was able to grow strongly, especially in the NAFTA region, Russia and the Asian markets. In April, Mercedes-Benz also posted double-digit sales in [...]
B-Class Electric Drive: Zero emissions – with star
Donnerstag, 28.März 2013A new-generation electric car is celebrating its world premiere at the 2013 New York International Auto Show:
the Mercedes-Benz B-Class Electric Drive makes its debut with a dynamic design, high-quality interior and a high-torque electric motor for local emission-free driving. This makes for lively and effortless driving pleasure over a range of around 115 miles [...]
From barn find to original glory: 300 SL to be restored after sitting in a garage for 20 years.
Donnerstag, 3.Januar 2013The Mercedes-Benz Classic Center in Irvine, California just took delivery of a particularly interesting piece of automotive history: a 300 SL that, by the looks of it, has spent quite some time sitting in a garage and that is now about to be restored.
This 300 SL is owned by a 93-year old gentleman from Newport [...]
Daimler to Produce Additional Model at the Mercedes-Benz Tuscaloosa Plant (USA)
Samstag, 22.Oktober 2011Daimler will further expand its U.S. plant in Tuscaloosa, Alabama: as of 2015, an entirely new Mercedes-Benz model will roll off the production line as its fifth product.
The plant has been the traditional production site of the brand’s M-, GL-, and R-Class SUVs and will also build the C-Class for the North American market [...]
car2go Announces First All-Electric Carsharing Fleet in North America
Donnerstag, 14.Juli 2011car2go N. A. LLC, a subsidiary of Daimler North America Corporation, announced that San Diego will be the first North American city to have a 100-percent electric vehicle (EV) carsharing program. San Diego Mayor Jerry Sanders, Nicholas Cole, President and CEO of car2go N. A. LLC, and Jonathan Read, CEO of ECOtality, made the official [...]
B-Class F-CELL reaches seventh country in its world tour: More than 5000 kilometres through Australia – F-CELL World Drive starts its third route section
Mittwoch, 30.März 201159 days after setting off from Stuttgart, the F-CELL World Drive has reached the third continent of its round-the-world tour. On 29 March the locally emission-free cars left Sydney for their journey to Melbourne. The next destination after Melbourne is Adelaide, after which the cars will start a 6-day journey to Perth that takes them [...]
Mercedes-Benz F-CELL World Drive in North America – Leg 10: From Los Angeles to Sacramento
Freitag, 11.März 2011On day 39 of the circumnavigation, the F-CELL World Drive embarked on the tenth leg, which leads north through the coastal state of California. The route takes the participants through San Francisco as well as to the Californian capital Sacramento. During this leg, the vehicles cover a total of 950 kilometers. By staging local activities, [...]
Mercedes-Benz F-CELL World Drive in North America – Leg 8: From San Antonio to Phoenix
Montag, 7.März 2011Starting from San Antonio on March 3rd , the three B-Class F-CELL vehicles set off on the eighth leg. The ride across the state of New Mexico to Phoenix in Arizona is the longest leg of the US-stage, covering a distance of more than 1.600 kilometers. On March 2nd the tour therefore used the opportunity [...]
Mercedes-Benz F-CELL World Drive in North America – Leg 7: From New Orleans to San Antonio
Freitag, 4.März 2011The seventh leg of the F-CELL World Drive led the vehicles from New Orleans in Louisiana over a distance of more than 1.070 kilometers to San Antonio, Texas. Along the way, the tour made a stopover at the mobility project car2go in Austin.
Source: Daimler AG
Mercedes-Benz B-Class F-CELL en route in the USA – About circumnavigators, stacks and roadsters: the F-CELL World Drive heads through North America
Freitag, 25.Februar 2011On 25 February the F-CELL World Drive embarked on the second leg of its tour when three striking green B-Class F-CELL set out from Fort Lauderdale on the East Coast of the USA on their first North American leg towards New Orleans. In total, the vehicles will be covering around 7500 kilometres in the USA [...]
Setra presents new US touring coach in Florida
Mittwoch, 2.Februar 2011The Setra brand marked its attendance at this year’s UMA Motorcoach Expo bus trade show in Tampa, Florida (19 – 23 January 2011), by featuring a newly designed touring coach.
At the ceremony to unveil the coach, Lothar Holder, Director of Sales for Setra buses and coaches at EvoBus GmbH, said: “With the new ComfortClass [...]
Successful Year for Mercedes-Benz: Sales Up 15 Percent Worldwide in 2010
Samstag, 8.Januar 2011Sales of Mercedes-Benz passenger cars developed positively throughout 2010, with double-digit increases recorded every month. As a result, the brand had already surpassed its 2009 sales volume by the end of November.
The fourth quarter has been the best quarter in the company’s history, with deliveries of 313.700 units, an increase of 14 percent. [...]
Mercedes-Benz B-Class F-CELL: Mercedes-Benz brings the latest fuel cell fleet to the USA
Donnerstag, 18.November 2010Right in time for the Los Angeles Auto Show, Mercedes-Benz is presenting the new B-Class F-CELL as the first fuel cell powered electric car produced under series production conditions in the USA. The first vehicles will be handed over to selected customers before the end of this year. In 2012 a total of around 70 [...]
Mercedes-Benz Financial Services USA LLC is the new name of the former Daimler Financial Services
Montag, 15.November 2010Daimler Financial Services (DCFS LLC USA) announced that it changed its legal entity name to Mercedes-Benz Financial Services USA LLC, effective today.
The company will continue to serve as the captive finance unit for Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC and its dealers and retail customers; smart USA dealers and customers; and Daimler Trucks North America and its [...]
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 Cab: A real Taxi Classic
Freitag, 17.September 2010Provincetown is a vacation spot on the eastern edge of highway 6. Here a company called Mercedes Cab trusts the classical cars from Stuttgart for over a million miles now.
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