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Matt - who has written 8 posts on BenzInsider.com - The Official Mercedes-Benz Fan Blog.
Five Star Hospitality: Mercedes-Benz + Hazelton Hotel Alliance
The Mercedes-Benz Canada and The Hazelton Hotel created a marketing alliance in the heart of fashion and “high-life” district in Toronto for their guests to experience a 5 star lifestyle. This alliance will incorporate living in the newly designed Hazelton Hotel in Yorkville, Toronto and allow their guests to be chauffeured around in a S550 [...]
Continue reading...Count Down to its debut…
Tuesday, April 29, 2008
As more and more images of the new 2010 E Class surfaced, here are a couple of shots indicating as to how the exterior will look like. The interior shots (from AutoExpress) closely depicts our earlier insider’s scoop of the design, functions and materiality of the upcoming product. It wouldn’t be long before more camo [...]
Continue reading...It’s Official - production GLK
Friday, April 18, 2008
Sometimes a picture is worth a thousand words. So here is a photo collection of the production GLK sourced from autoblid. What’s especially nice and rich about the production GLK is its extensive use of wood across the dash. It is definitely a visual and tactile selling point. See more photos after the jump… (9 [...]
Continue reading...smart wins ecoENERGY
Wednesday, February 13, 2008
With the eco-consciousness of today's society, energy consumption and efficient designs became the path forward. With hybrids being one alternative in solving the problem of oil consumption, Mercedes' take on re-interpreting the true essence of driving provides a new perspective on the way we use our automobiles and how we consume gasoline. The smart being the fore-runner in this "stripping down" to the essentials provides a fresh new ideal on how we use automobiles for mainly day to day travel. This minimalist approach to a two seater is a logical move to accommodate the usual single occupancy travel for one to get to and from work. With that said, size, weight and fuel consumption can be kept to a minimal and thus giving it top regards to eco-friendliness. It is with this regard smart has won the ecoENERGY award for being the most fuel efficient vehicle in the two-seater category from Natural Resources Canada - a agency facilitated by the Government of Canada. Press release after the jump.
Continue reading...New C-Class available in Canada
Tuesday, January 29, 2008
Mercedes-Benz Canada has launched two new C-Class models, the 2008 C230 and the 2008 C230 4-Matic. The new models made their ‘world exclusive’ debut and the 2008 Montreal International Auto Show, which ran from January 17 – 27, 2008. The C230 is priced at CDN$35,800 and the C230 4-Matic is CDN$39,500. These models [...]
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Monday, May 12, 2008
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