Mercedes-Benz E-Calss TV commercial

You must have watched that Mercedes-Benz commercial in which Michael Schumacher drives in a tunnel upside down, in nothing less than the SLS! That advert was all about speed. This one is at the absolute opposite end of the spectrum. This one is about braking.

It isn’t desperately funny or anything, neither does it bite back at the competition. This one’s a proper gentlemanly sort of a commercial. And it ends up promoting the braking technology quite aptly. I liked this Merc E Class advertisement, hope you do as well.

Review – Mercedes Benz M-Class (ML 320 CDI)

The moment it was fixed, I immediately decided that the first thing the Mercedes Benz ML 320 CDI will be subjected to is something called ‘girlfriend-approved’ test. You see, my lady – she detests whatever I love under the motoring umbrella. She likes cutesy hatchbacks like the Zen Estilo. Me? I hate it. From the bottom of my heart. To the core. Don’t, not even for a moment, think that I hate small cars. I love them. But the Zen Estilo? No thank you, I’m better off on a bunch of berries.

Merc E63 AMG – shockingly orange!

Mercedes-Benz has an AMG division. They churn out ultra powerful, ultra mad, tuned versions of regular Mercedes’ products. With this, they’ve crossed all levels of stupidity. Well, it’s not their fault really – it’s the customer’s! Guys at AMG have come up with this – a Mercedes-Benz E63 AMG. What’s wrong with that? Nothing, apart from that revoltingly idiotic orange paint job! Now, I like AMGs – they are honest-to-goodness cars that offer ballistic performance. The engines get a heavy dose of power and the body gets some trick aero packages to help keep the car in check. I’ve seen shocking things from AMG, but they’ve been shocking in a good way; never nauseatingly bad. This one – this one is just that.

What was the customer thinking about when he’d asked the AMG division to fix him this paint on a decent car like E63? I guess he would’ve seen the 2011 BMW M3 in orange livery and got inspired, or simply he was too fond of his orange ice candy bar. I really like the BMW M3 in that orange colour – makes it look substantially meaner than it really is. But it just does not look good on a Mercedes. Mercs are more gentlemanly to look at, and this colour, simply put, spoils it. It’s just wrong! What do you think? Check out the pictures below and try to compare the M3 with E63 AMG. Which one looks better?

Pic Source for Merc: Auto Guide

Prototype ML crashes; kills one

There’s been a tragedy. A Mercedes-Benz test driver crashed into a derelict Mazda that had already been in an accident before the Merc driver drove right into it at high speed. The Mazda driver was killed while the 52 year-old Mercedes test driver was seriously injured as the prototype camouflaged ML that he was test-driving rolled some 800 feet on tarmac. This was the third incident in Europe involving Mercedes-Benz test drivers. Last year, there was a report of a Porsche 911 prototype crashing on the Autobahn, killing the 51 year old test driver.