Mercedes-Benz E320 BLUETEC is now available in California and this diesel-powered luxury car from the German automaker could be the answer for those strict emission norms set by numerous agencies in this sunny state as well as the 50 others in the United States.

After a year in the industry, the Mercedes-Benz E320 BLUETEC vehicles are now scattered all over the US. More motorists are becoming aware of the noxious gases, which includes Sulfur oxide, produced by engine combustion. Among the Mercedes-Benz Parts, the precision-engineered engine of the E320 is the highlight of the pro-environment car. Such engine allows a cleaner fuel burn to produce as much as 224-horsepower but with lesser harmful gases.

Nitrogen oxide is among the numerous harmful gases that come out of the exhaust tip. This kind of gas is very prevalent especially in gasoline-powered engines but are also present in diesel-powered ones. What the Mercedes-Benz E320 BLUETEC engine does is it does not allow air contaminants to get out. Similar to a catalytic converter, the engine is equipped with filters that traps in air contaminants like the Nitrogen oxide. The engine of this luxury car also gets additional aid from the two cat cons installed. These are just some of the reasons why Americans are lured into gearing up with a E320 BLUETEC car.

“Thanks to the highly favorable emission characteristics of this car, only minor technical adjustments were required to obtain type approval for the clean compression-ignition engine in California,” said Dr. Leopold Mikulic, who is the company’s vice president for Passenger Car Engine and Powertrain Development.

Just in time for the holidays, Mercedes-Benz will be coming out with the E300 BLUETEC. Moreover, the company is slated to release more models carrying the same environment-friendly auto parts in its system.

The past year can be considered as a successful one for the United Kingdom-based Mercedes-Benz World as the luxury auto center’s first 12 months were packed with patrons and enthusiasts that totaled to 306, 698 individuals.

Mercedes-Benz world was established a year ago with aims of building stronger ties with its customers and future users. The three-story center, which is being housed in Surrey, also showcases the latest offerings of the luxury car company. By the 26th of this month, the Mercedes-Benz World will be a year old and will celebrate its successful year in fashion via numerous shows and exhibitions this October until November. Visitors, especially those near the Brooklands area will have the rare chance of experiencing first-hand the surprises the German company has prepared.

“When we launched Mercedes-Benz World back in October 2006, we set ourselves a number of high targets including our aim to get 300,000 guests through the doors within the first year,” said Peter O’Halloran, who is the three-pointed stars center’s managing director. “The fact that we are approaching our milestone first birthday knowing we have exceeded this target, makes the celebration all the more important.”

During the past months, the center has already hosted numerous events that promote driver safety among young drivers as well as the older ones. The huge center is also equipped with various driving tracks that are used to test new car models. Activities of the center are all geared into entertaining visitors of what the company can offer to them.

“When we opened in October last year, we promised that Mercedes-Benz would bring ‘Autotainment’ to the UK and we have certainly delivered on that commitment,” said O’Halloran.

Aside from Surrey-based experience center, Mercedes-Benz World is already scattered across the globe. The company has centers in South Africa, Singapore, Frankfurt, Milan, Stuttgart, Berlin, and Paris.

Mercedes-Benz has taken the meaning of luxury up a notch as the German automaker promises to come out with the electronic log book system for its sleek cars in the CLS and E lines.

The e-log book christened as the Digital Service Booklet (DSB) will be made available extensively in all the models in the CLS and E lines. What exactly are the benefits of this high-end DSB for the Mercedes-Benz owners? Similar to normal logbook, this system will be able to store every car service details done to a CLS-class or an E-class vehicle. Moreover, the dealership concern will have to print out a hard copy of the details of the service and provide every time an owner’s copy. These hard copies containing important details will be kept in a folder provided by the dealership.

It is a different case, however, for those auto shops that do not necessarily carry the luxury German brand. These non-Mercedes-Benz establishments can still access the DSB via the Block Exemption Regulations but will only have certain details available. The full records of the customer cannot be viewed by these shops.

For the convenience of the Mercedes CLS or E-class owner, it is better to have the services done through a franchised shop to enjoy the benefits of the DSB e-log book.

Nothing can stop the Smart ForTwo, which is a relatively small two-seater car from the Mercedes-Benz group, as it invades the state of Dallas for four days.

To entice car owners and enthusiasts, Smart ForTwo has been going around states and countries for test drives. Moreover, visiting various places helps establish its name in the market. Included in the long list of top locations is Dallas, Texas. Curious residents canview and test drive the car tomorrow until Sunday at the Oak Lawn. The unique finds of the Mercedes-Benz Group are currently housed at the Park Place Motorcars, which is the future home of these Smart cars in Dallas.

The two-wheel-drive car, which has a ceiling speed of 90 miles per hour, has a decent one-liter engine that can generate up to 71 ponies. To better suit different drivers, it is available in both automatic and manual five-speed gear boxes. The American version is also a little bigger compared to its European counterpart.

Although the car is deprived of size, it does not mean that it is not safe to drive. Made of tough but lightweight plastic and steel materials, ForTwo can actually go away with a decent safety rating. Similar to a mobile phone, this car’s body kit can also be replaced easily. There are actually some owners who meet in functions and exchange body kits. In this case, customizing the car will not cost that much compared to the regular automobiles.

Smart ForTwo may look all that futuristic but almost a million of these have already traverse roads for the last 10 years in almost 40 countries.

“To date, we’ve had three million visits to the Smart Web site,” said Dave Schembri, who is the President of Smart USA. “Right now, we see this being a segment no one else is in.”

Mercedes-Benz models are now not only available in motor shows or dealerships as these luxury finds from the German automaker are accessible even on iTunes.

The company has truly maximized all means in order to promote the quality vehicles it offers to both patrons and enthusiasts. Mercdes-Benz has podcasts, which are in audio and video formats, available on the iTunes website. In addition, these podcast promotions can be downloaded without any charge. On the search tool bar of iTunes, one can just type Mercedes-Benz and the list will be available right away.

According to Mercedes-Benz, this is its way of reaching out to motorists worldwide. Unlike the traditional television commercials, which also function as forms of publicity, the podcasts of the Benz cars are said to be both entertaining and informative. It is informative because it does not only present the Mercedes-Benz model as it is, but actually goes through the process of how it was made. This further gives additional knowledge and background on what went on behind a Benz vehicle, like how the precision-engineered Mercedes-Benz Parts are chosen and installed. Moreover, new finds of the company are also part of the numerous podcasts.

There are countless concept cars emerging every now and then in auto shows. These futuristic automobiles take on a variety of shape, size, and design, among others. Aside from their unique exterior features, people are likely going to look in on what the car can offer to them. Vehicles are made for the convenience of motorists and the German automaker Mercedes-Benz knows this. Mercedes-Benz F700 is the company’s latest find that can answer to both user and environment demands.

Although the Mercedes-Benz F700 is yet to be finalized, it thus look promising. Starting from the high-end Mercedes-Benz Parts installed in it. For starters, the vehicle is capable of adjusting to various road conditions because of its one of a kind headlights. These auto parts are equipped with laser sensors. With these sensors, the headlights function like eyes and survey the road surface. Once the needed data is gathered, the Benz F700’s control units make the necessary precautions for such road condition. The computer sends out messages, which translates to movements, to the the vehicle’s other parts. The wheels, which are the primary receivers of the information from the computers, perform the necessary action with the help of the water-powered pumps.

Another notable feature of the luxury company’s Mercedes-Benz F700 is the DiesOtto, which is responsible for making the vehicle ozone friendly. The special 1.8-liter engine is capable of of an advance production of power but with lesser noxious emissions, such as the Carbon dioxide and Nitrogen oxide. A catalytic converter further keeps the emission of the Benz F700 in a safer level. Despite the relatively low harmful exhaust, the engine prowess still translates to more power. The Benz F700, which has a ceiling speed of 210 kilometers per hour, can jump from zero to 100 kilometers per hour in just 7.5 seconds.

A Servo-HMI is also available in the Benz F700. In a small monitor, which is like a navigation screen, the driver can access his or her computer assistant. The user can upload his own inputs by only speaking to it. The intelligent computer saves and analyzes the audible data it gets. Directions to certain places, for example, can be stored in this intelligent navigation computer system of the Mercedes-Benz F700.

Clearly, this new concept car from Mercedes-Benz is more than just its good looks but it is more of the remarkable benefits it can provide to its user as well as the environment.

Mercedes-Benz has truly established its commitment in providing better products for its patrons. Just recently, the luxury company came out with high-performing yet environment-friendly car christened as the 2008 Mercedes-Benz E320 Bluetec. As a step to further entice motorists in using greener cars, like the Bluetec, the German automaker puts its new sedans for rent in California since yesterday.

The company did not give the official rate for these great find cars, but one could estimate monthly rental fee that ranges from $650 to $700, which is based in the lease fee of the Mercedes-Benz E350. Unlike the Benz 350, the latest green car offering of the company has a 3.2-liter engine that runs on diesel. With such precision-engineered auto part, this passenger car has lesser Nitrogen oxide and Carbon dioxide emissions compared to the Benz E350. In addition to its safer gas emission, the Benz E320 can burn more efficiently its fuel, which is around 20 to 40 percent, thus more horsepower is produced.

Since a full-time electric car cost a fortune, a motorist can go for renting the green Mercedes-Benz car. Such vehicle can answer the demands of certain states, like California, regarding the acceptable emission level of automobiles. Moreover, these German diesel sedans are the only vehicles at present that has met the allowable emission level being implemented in this western state.

“Mercedes-Benz has developed a diesel emission control system that results in a car as clean as comparable gasoline vehicles being sold here,” said Tom Cackette, who is the head of Air Resources Board of California.

Aside from the Bluetec technology in the E320, Mercedes-Benz’s is pushing for more improvements, which are geared in manufacturing greener cars, in their future vehicles. Specifically in the engine parts, the company plans to install the selective catalytic reduction or SCR to further keep the emission around the safe level.

The Mercedes-Benz C-Class Station Wagon was introduced just last week during the International Motor Show (IAA) in Frankfurt. Now, Mercedes is celebrating the first production launch of the said model at the plant as the first vehicle for the model rolled off the assembly line during the night shift last Friday.

The head of the plant, Peter Schabert, said, “As our employees successfully mastered the launch of the new C-Class sedan last March, they are well prepared to also bring the station wagon onto the road in top quality.”

At the end of May this year, the predecessor of the new C-Class Station Wagon had been phased out. Since then, the staff at the plant made wide-spread preparations for the upcoming production of the station wagon which will also be manufactured in the same plant.

The Mercedes-Benz C-Class Station Wagon will be manufactured solely in Bremen and it would be from there that it will be delivered worldwide. The Series 204, on the other hand, will be produced at the plants located in Sindelfingen and East London. Schabert commented saying, “We’re extremely proud that Bremen is the home for all the C-Class station wagons worldwide.”

An Environmental Certificate has also been given to the new C-Class Station Wagon. This certificate proves that the environmentally oriented development process of the Mercedes-Benz has paid off as the station wagon conforms to the standards set forth by ISO.

Safety, agility, comfort, spaciousness, and versatility are some of the strong points of the new C-Class station wagon. Interested car enthusiast may already place their orders now for the new Mercedes-Benz C-Class Station Wagon at service outlets and dealers.

The new Mercedes-Benz C63 AMG will have two variants available which are the estate and sedan models. Both of these versions will have an AMG 6.3-liter V8 engine. This engine has the ability to deliver 336 kW / 457 horsepower and 600 Nm of torque. This is a naturally aspirated engine, thus it also permits the Mercedes-Benz C63 AMG to be able to speed up from 0 to 62 miles per hour in just 4.5 seconds. Drivers of this new Mercedes-Benz model will also be happy to know that the electronically limited top speed of the C63 AMG is 250 km/h.

The model is also installed with a lot of beauties under its bonnet like a continuous dual-flow AMG sports exhaust system. This system has two chromed twin oval tailpipes that have large cross-sections to decrease the back pressure. Another component of C63 AMG’s sports exhaust system is its performance catalytic converter. With this component at hand, the C63 MAG is able to comply with the emission standards set forth by EU 4 and LEV-II. NEDC is saying that the C63 AMG attains a fuel consumption pf only 13.4 l/100 km and emits just 319 g/km of CO2. The 6.3-liter V8 engine is also equipped with AMG SPEEDSHIFT PLUS 7G-TRONIC transmission. This completes the new Mercedes-Benz’ model powertrain package.

Mercedes-Benz C63 AMG sports impressive interior with designs that include unique AMG sports seats incorporated with head restraints, tubular-design AMG instrument cluster with AMG main menu, AMG performance steering wheel in a three-spoke design that has a 365-mm rim diameter, flattened lower section, doors and center console, aluminum trim panels on dome, AMG lettering and brushed stainless steel sports pedals, AMG velour floor mats, and Nappa leather upholstery.

The exterior features of the Mercedes-Benz C63 AMG include AMG bonnet with power domes, unique AMG radiator grill, AMG rear apron with a black diffuser insert, electrically adjustable and heated outside mirrors, flared front wings, EASY PACK tailgate and load-securing kit, bi-xenon headlights complete with headlight cleaning and cornering light function, AMG spoiler lip, 18-inch AMG light-alloy wheels is five-spoke design which are wrapped with tires having sizes of 235/40 R 18 (front) and 255/35 R 18 (rear).

The Mercedes-Benz C63 AMG also has technical features in store such as the enhanced multi-link rear suspension complete with increased track width, new 3-stage ESP with Sport function, and fade-resistant AMG high-performance brake system.

The Mercedes Car Group has enjoyed a 7 percent increase in its September sales. Its September sales for this year rose to 124,000 units sold while last September 2006, the recorded sales were 116,000. Smart brands, Maybach, and Mercedes-Benz deliveries also rose to 942,300 units over the first three quarters of this year. The brand also had a rise during the first three quarters as it was able to deliver 872,700 units. Last year, during the same period, it only delivered 846,300 units, thus there is an increase of 3 percent for this year.

This September, Mercedes-Benz was able to deliver around 30,800 C-Class sedans which are almost double the deliveries made in September 2006 of 15,800 units. The new Smart fortwo also achieved an increase amounting to 93 percent as it was able to deliver 10,500 units from last year’s sales record of 5,400 units. The entire smart brand sales records were up by 11 percent this September.

The US deliveries made this September increased by 13 percent to 22,500 units compared to the September 2006 deliveries of 19,900 units. Mercedes-Benz also had an increase of 9 percent in its Asia-Pacific region deliveries with this September’s sales of 14,300 units compared to the 13,100 units sold last September 2006. There may be market difficulties occurring at the moment but there is still rise in sales from August to September with sales of 28,700 units compared to 28,300 units last September of 2006. in Western Europe, Mercedes-Benz was able to sell 39,200 units which is a 3 percetn increase from last year’s 37,900 units sold.

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