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The new Mercedes-Benz C-Class has passed the European NCAP (New Car Assessment Programme) crash tests with flying colors. The Sedan has therefore been awarded five stars and, according to the Euro-NCAP organization, is one of the safest cars available on the market.
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Unrivalled spaciousness, plus exemplary safety, optimum comfort and tangible agility.

Just a few months following the market debut of the saloon, Mercedes-Benz is now unveilling the estate version of the new C-Class. The estate takes the trademark strengths of the saloon, such as safety, agility and comfort, and combines them with a significant increase in spaciousness and versatility.
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In the German Touring Car Championships (DTM) the new AMG C-Class ensures exciting motor racing at the highest level, and now its roadgoing sister model is celebrating its debut: the new C 63 AMG. Its AMG 6.3-liter V8 engine develops a peak output of 336 kW/457 hp and a maximum torque of 600 newton meters – unrivalled figures in this segment. Accordingly the C 63 AMG accelerates from zero to 100 km/h in 4.5 seconds, while its top speed is electronically limited to 250 km/h.
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Lake Park, FL - Six-hundred and forty horsepower. As enthusiasts, we tend to think of a car that packs that kind of heat in terms of how much trouble it can get us into. If you’re Chris Pecalevski, you tend to think of these things a bit differently.

“We’re in the business of protecting our clients,” explains Pecalevski, “and that means we have to be ready for anything.” Pecalevski is the Director of Business Development at INKAS Armored, a company known for building vehicles as safe secure as bank vaults … and bank vaults, actually.

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Powerful cars need wheels of first-class quality and strength that can easily cope with the high weights and the associated maximum axle loads. Moreover, the ideal wheels for M, G and R Class models from Mercedes-Benz should also be light. Carlsson wheels combine these technical aspects with an attractive design. For example, the 2/11 Brilliant Edition wheel, which does not adhere to the rule that ‘form should follow function’ but goes a step further with form, i.e., design, building an extraordinary symbiosis with function. And now it is also available in 22″.

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This is the fourth generation of Mercedes’ smallest and most affordable saloon - an S-Class in miniature if you like, and a direct challenger to BMW’s dominant 3 Series and Audi’s popular A4.
Though in fact, this C-Class is less of a miniature of its limo big brother than the last, Mercedes anxious to vest the car with a visual character of its own that’s more dynamic and athletic. It’s a look intended to appeal to the more youthful driver who currently owns a BMW. But the older Mercedes loyalists have not been forgotten, which is why this car comes with two front grille styles. Read the rest of this entry »

Concurrent with the market introduction of the new Mercedes-Benz C-Class BRABUS (Brabus-Allee, D-46240 Bottrop, phone + 49 / (0) 2041 / 777-0, fax + 49 / (0) 2041 / 777 111, Internet www.brabus.com) presents an exclusive sport program for the new sedan. Highlights of the product lineup are the BRABUS 4.0 displacement engine with 332 hp / 244 kW for the V6 gasoline models, an elegant aerodynamic-enhancement program, light-alloy wheels with 20-inch diameter and corresponding suspensions, plus numerous individual interior options. Read the rest of this entry »

German magazine - Auto, Motor und Sport - awarded Brabus as the best tuning brand of 2007.

Voted by more than 100.000 readers, Brabus got 56.1% pro votes. It is the second successive year in which Brabus wins the competition, last year being awarded as the most popular brand with the most reliable products. Read the rest of this entry »

The world is about to get more car crazy, courtesy of the new, extra-potent SLR McLaren 722 Edition. Only 150 will be built (Mercedes has sold just over 1100 “standard” SLRs since the car’s debut in 2004), and only 20 or 30 of those will come to the U.S.-at a price of around $480,000 each.

Don’t even bother selling everything to get a 722 of your own, either: All 150 cars, Mercedes says, have already been booked.
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