Hamilton could be the best ever

Lewis Hamilton is well on the road to becoming the greatest formula driver of all time according to former two time world champion Mika Hakkinen. Hakkinen believes that the Vodafone McLaren Mercedes driver can build upon winning the drivers' championship in only his second season in the sport and push on to further greatness. The Finn told the Times newspaper: "I just do not see why he cannot become the best there is. He is only in his second year in formula one and that is a very high-pressure environment. But he deals with it. He has youth and talent on his side. He can be the greatest." Hakkinen added that Hamilton will always make a few mistakes because of the speed at which he drives, but he has a lot going for him to cut these to a minimum. "He is a young guy, he is with a great team and he has shown great commitment to the team for a long period. He has a fantastic fitness programme so that he will have the energy to drive for years to maximise his performance for a long time to come," the former Vodafone McLaren Mercedes driver concluded. Hakkinen won back-to-back world championships in 1998 and 1999.

 

Positive sales at Mercedes-Benz

The Mercedes-Benz C-Class and smart vehicles continue to lead the way in positive sales, according to latest figures. As Mercedes-Benz Cars has sold over one million vehicles so far this year, it is the smart vehicles that continue to excel the greatest over sales figures from last year. During November, 10,100 smart branded vehicles were delivered, similar to the 10,300 units sold during the same month last year. However, a 37 per cent rise has been noted on total sales for 2008 compared with last year, with 123,500 smart vehicles sold this year, a growth on the 90,500 in 2007. Over the year the Mercedes-Benz C-Class has witnessed a sales boost, with a 16 per cent worldwide sales rise. Some 408,100 vehicles have been sold this year compared to 350,800 between January and November last year. Another vehicle to show an improvement in sales is the Mercedes-Benz CLC sports coupe, with the number of units sold almost doubling. Last November 1,200 units were sold, but in the same month this year, this figure has increases to 2,100.

 

Mercedes-Benz 2010 E-Class Photos

Courtesy of the www.Mercedes-Benz.de here are the best photos I've seen so far of the 2010 Mercedes E-Class.

 

2009 Mercedes-Benz C-Class and M-Class - IIHS 2009 Top Safety Pick

The 2008-2009 C-Class has been awarded the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety 2009 Top Safety Pick for Midsized Cars. You can view the IIHS Report Here. The 2006-2009 M-Class has also been chosen as a Top Safety Pick for the third year in a row. You can view it's IIHS Report Here. Mercedes-Benz is always working to build the safest cars on the planet. People forget that in addition to inventing the automobile, Mercedes was the first to offer seatbelts, airbags, and ABS brakes. Now, all of these items are standard on almost every car, and Mercedes is working hard to develop the safety technologies of the future.

 

Mercedes-Benz sales top a million for year

Over one million Mercedes-Benz Cars have been sold around the world since the start of this year, despite challenging market conditions, it has been revealed. Some 1,158,200 passenger vehicles have been sold between January and November this year, only a one per cent fall on sales over the same period in 2007. This is a strong effort throughout Western Europe, the US and Japan as the financial climate in these countries is causing many potential customers to think twice about purchasing a new vehicle. Also, customers bought 1,034,700 of these vehicles sold, with 84,500 of the Mercedes-Benz, smart, AMG and Maybach fleet being delivered to budding buyers during November. In terms of the number of vehicles sold in Western Europe, sales for the year look solid at 683,400, with 50,500 of these occurring during November. One vehicle in the Mercedes-Benz fleet which has achieved impressive sales figures is the Mercedes-Benz C-Class from the 2004 series. It was recently stated that the model has surpassed the half a million sales mark worldwide, despite only hitting the market in March 2007.

 

Mercedes-Benz CLC. The admission in Gran Tourismo

The 2008 Mercedes-Benz CLC has a bit more premium spin than the former C-Class Sport Coupe, so it slots into the present C-Class lineup just beneath the CLK. As you'd expect, the CLC adopts the aggressive front end of the new-generation C-Class with its dual trapezoidal headlights and does away with the classic, round quad headlights. The CLC also features a prominent twin-slat grille, a look that gives it a clear family resemblance to the upmarket SLK roadster. At the same time, the tuning of the four-link independent front suspension and the multilink independent rear suspension has been thoroughly revised with stiffer spring rates and firmer dampers across the lineup. The Stuttgart engineers privately tell us that it all adds up to "sharper and more direct" responses. If this is not enough, you'll also be able to specify the CLC with an optional sport package that lowers the ride height fractionally, and no doubt there will be an AMG model of the CLC on the way. No information has been released as yet about pricing, but it appears that the 2008 Mercedes-Benz CLC is going to get serious about the market for premium-class small cars.

 

Mercedes-Benz 2010 E-Class Coupe (Formerly the CLK)

Mercedes-Benz is making things simpler by renaming the CLK coupe and cabriolet into the E-Class coupe and cabriolet. The Coupe will arrive in the US as a 2010 model in mid 2009. The Cabriolet will follow in about a year. Until the cabriolet is released the current CLK cabriolet will continue to be built. I look forward to having an E-Class sedan, coupe and cabriolet in our line-up! I think it will help to stabilize residual values for the coupe and cabriolet and will ensure that they have the same technology upgrades that the E-Class sedan gets regularly. In the past, the CLK has been a little neglected in the technology department. These spy pictures of the coupe look fantastic. The hood and front headlights really look like the CL and the side view of our coupes is always stunning!