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Mercedes Plant Shooting Incident Left One Dead And Another Injured

In a tragic incident, one person was killed and another was seriously injured in a Mercedes-Benz plant shooting in Sindelfingen, southern Germany on Thursday. The incident occurred at around 7:45 am local time (5:45 am GMT), and the perpetrator was immediately arrested. According to police, there is no longer any danger to employees at the plant. Production was only halted in the section of the plant where the incident occurred. CNN reports that the perpetrator in the Mercedes plant shooting was a 53-year-old man. The victims, both aged 44, were severely injured in the shooting and were rushed to the hospital, where one of them succumbed to his injuries. The… Continue Reading »

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Brabus Named Germany’s Top Tuning Brand for the 17th Time

Over the years, Brabus is usually the first thing that comes to everyone’s mind when it comes to Mercedes-Benz tuning. Recently, the specialist proudly announced that it bagged the distinction of being the best tuning brand in Germany based on an auto motor und sport magazine poll. Brabus, the renowned German car tuning company, has once again been named the top tuning brand in Germany. In the recent poll conducted by auto motor und sport, Brabus received more than half, or 57.9%, of the total votes in the poll conducted for the best brand in the “Tuning” category. This makes the company a 17-time recipient of the prestigious award. A… Continue Reading »

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Mercedes-Benz Minibus Sprinter City 75 Takes On Germany Roads

The latest generation Sprinter City 75 is making its way down German roads. They will soon be available for use in Göppingen and the surrounding area on regular-service bus routes. The buses will work in the urban traffic of Göppingen because regular large buses will not fit the tight dimensions of the town’s center. Rolf Grüb, Sales for Mercedes-Benz Buses, and Max Witzel, Head of Sales for Mercedes-Benz Minibuses, officially handed over the new Mercedes?Benz minibusses to Manfred and Carsten Frank, the owners of the Omnibusverkehr-Reisen Frank & Stöckle bus company. Manfred Frank said they want to offer their passengers “a full-fledged regular-service bus with all the comfort it entails.”… Continue Reading »

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Production of Mercedes-AMG GT 4-Door Coupe Starts in Germany

There’s a good news for customers who are waiting for the deliveries of their Mercedes-AMG GT 4-Door Coupe sports cars. Mercedes-Benz just announced that the production of the vehicle has already commenced on its Sindelfingen plant in Germany. Arrival The first units of the AMG GT 4-Door Coupe are expected to reach European customers in October. Meanwhile, US buyers will have to wait until early 2019 for their cars. The AMG GT 4-Door adopts the same look offered by the two-door Mercedes-AMG GT cars and mixes it with the rear styling of the CLS. The product is being assembled together with the Mercedes-Benz S-Class and E-Class, including the said models’… Continue Reading »

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Watch the Black Forest Testing of the Mercedes-Benz EQC

The tease for the production version of the Mercedes-Benz EQC continues. Mercedes just released a video of the electric sport utility vehicle’s final test drive on the Black Forest area of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. The video features race car driver Susie Wolff joined by Head of CASE Wilko Stark and EQC Chief Engineer Michael Kelz. The EQC is already on its hardware testing, which includes driving it through different road conditions. According to Kelz, 90 prototypes of the EQC were made. Some of them were used for winter testing in northern Sweden between January and March. Last June, Mercedes also released photos of the EQ SUV while it was undergoing testing… Continue Reading »

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Next-Gen Model of the Mercedes-Benz CLA Spied

A camouflaged version of what looks like the next-generation model of the Mercedes-Benz CLA was recently spied while making its rounds in Germany. The compact car in the spy shots appears in its final phase of development, which only means that its debut is near. The spy shots of Motor1 show the CLA almost completely covered in black and white zebra camo. However, the exposed parts and the contours of the vehicle already give us a clear idea of what to expect from the CLA when it makes its world premiere. What Makes the CLA Relevant After the Debut of the A-Class Sedan? It just makes sense that Mercedes will… Continue Reading »

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Daimler Could Be Slapped with Fine of 3.75 Billion Euros in Connection to Diesel Emissions Scandal

Daimler, the parent of Mercedes-Benz, is in danger of being fined by Germany’s Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure. The penalty could go up to 3.75 billion euros or ($4.4 billion). This is in relation to the involvement of the automaker in the diesel emissions scandal. According to Spiegel, a German magazine, it was Andreas Scheuer, the Federal Minister for Transport and Digital Infrastructure, who threatened to impose that heavy fine to Daimler. It came after Daimler CEO Dieter Zetsche was questioned about how many vehicles under the Mercedes-Benz brand needed to be fixed after investigators found out that one of its models had an illegal software capable of manipulating… Continue Reading »

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