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The new Mercedes-Benz E-Class is not only off to a great start in terms of sales numbers but has also won numerous awards in the past few months. Just recently it had won an award for its Attention Assist system in Britain as well as “The best cars of 2010′ award from auto motor und sport. Now, it might also have a great chance to win the “2010 World Car of the Year” award which is being presented next month at the Geneva Motor Show. Not only has The E-Class has been nominated for the “2010 World Car of the Year” category, but also for the “2010 World Performance Car of the Year” award, it’s actually Mercedes-Benz E 63 AMG that has been nominated for the latter award.

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The smart fortwo cdi is maintaining its top position among the most environmentally friendly cars with a combustion engine. The smart fortwo cdi now emits just 86 g/km of CO2 – less than all its competitors.

A high level of environmental friendliness is an innate characteristic of the successful smart fortwo cult car. The diesel model - the smart fortwo cdi - always underlined this claim with carbon dioxide emissions of just 88 grams per kilometer, the lowest figure worldwide for cars with a combustion engine. Now the smart fortwo is setting a new record with emissions of just 86 g/km or consumption of 3.3 liters of diesel per 100 kilometers in the manual “softip” mode which means that it keeps its title of CO2 champion.

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EEV, which means Enhanced Environmentally Friendly Vehicle, is a classification used for engines which comply with an even more stringent exhaust emission standard than Euro 5. The EEV standard reduces particulate emissions by roughly a further one third compared to the already stringent Euro 5 limits. In extending its truck range, Mercedes-Benz will be gradually introducing EEV versions in certain output classes of the Mercedes-Benz Actros, Axor and Atego up to July 2010. BlueTec EEV is already part of the extended specification for the Mercedes-Benz Econic from January 2010. Incentives are offered for this technology in some European countries. The engines in the OM 920 and OM 501 series have been developed even further for this purpose. Mercedes-Benz commercial vehicles equipped with this feature can be recognized by the additional “BlueTec EEV” model plate.

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In January, Mercedes-Benz continued the positive trend of the past few months by posting significant increases in its worldwide sales. A total of 67,000 passenger cars were delivered to customers, 24 percent more than in the previous year (2009: 53,900 vehicles).

In the U.S., Mercedes-Benz was the fastest-growing premium brand in January and significantly increased its market share. With a market share of 2.1 percent, Mercedes-Benz is the market leader among German premium brands. Its passenger car sales increased by 40 percent to 14,700 units (2009: 10,500 units). Meanwhile, Mercedes-Benz also posted a sales record in Canada in January, delivering 1,600 passenger vehicles to customers (January 2009: 1,200) for an increase of 34 percent.

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Mercedes-Benz was among the most successful brands in the readers’ vote for the “Off-roader of the Year 2010″ held by the motoring magazine “Off Road”. Within the portfolio the legendary G-Class was even able to notch up a double success: it won first place in the “Luxury off-roader” category, while the special EDITION.PUR model, which entered production in 2009 to mark the 30th anniversary of the G-Class, took second place in the “Classic” category. The M-Class achieved the same ranking in the “Luxury SUV” category. In the “Special-purpose vehicle” category, the multi-talented Unimog once again took its place on the winner’s rostrum.

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Mercedes-Benz USA CEO Ernst Lieb was on Fox Business this morning, offering his outlook for sales in the coming months for Mercedes-Benz and the auto industry. The 45.3 percent sales increase in January was one of the main topics. The thing that is still unknown is how MBUSA stacks up against it competition, but I am sure we’ll know that in the next few days.

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