Showing posts with label Mercedes CL. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Mercedes CL. Show all posts

Man Accuses NYPD of Taking his Mercedes-Benz for a Joy Ride While he Was in Jail


Receiving a ticket for running a red light is nothing new - unless, that is, you were in jail and the police had impounded your car at the time, which is the case of 25-year old Rashad Lewis from Queens, New York.

Lewis' story started on Friday, August 3, when the 25-year old junior at Berkeley College was pulled over for a traffic violation while driving his luxury Mercedes-Benz CL coupe in New York City.

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AMG Taking Hold of All Future Daimler V12 Engine Development


According to a new report from Autoweek, the future of the V12 engine under the Daimler nameplate will be left in the hands of Mercedes-Benz's in-house tuner AMG.

Truth be told, the twelve-cylinder engine has remained a specialty in the market for the past number of years and is present in some the most exclusive high-end vehicles including the Mercedes S65 and even more pronounced in the Pagani Huayra.

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Prior Design Toys Around with Mercedes-Benz CL-Class Coupe


The minds at Prior Design have lifted the wraps off their newest tuning job for the Mercedes-Benz CL-Class Coupe.

The styling package is offered for all engine variants of the facelifted CL that was presented in the summer of 2010 as a 2011 model year.

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Too Fast for his Own Good Mercedes-Benz CL Driver Smashes into Four Cars


No intelligent system in the world can help a foolish driver without a drop of common sense to avoid getting into an accident.

A too fast, too furious motorist behind the wheel of a Mercedes-Benz CL went on to unleash some of the many ponies hiding under the hood of the German coupe on a fairly tight city road and overtake a car in front of him.

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Mechatronik's $400k 1971 Mercedes-Benz 280SE 3.5 vs. 2012 CL63 AMG


When it comes to big luxury coupes, Mercedes-Benz was and remains one of the top choices in this high-end segment. But how much have things changed from, let's say, the 1970s to today?

This is something Car&Driver magazine set to find out by comparing a Mercedes-Benz 280SE 3.5 against a modern-day CL63 AMG.

However, just to make the duel a bit more interesting (that or C&D couldn’t find a pristine example of a stock model...), the publication borrowed a Mechatronic M-Coupe, which is a $400,000 fully-restored 1971 280SE 3.5 fitted with a more modern Mercedes 5.4-liter V8 producing 354hp and a tweaked suspension.

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