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In the News (Wed 2 Dec 09)

  
  Mercedes AutoBlog
New in the Mercedes -Benz S-Class and CL-Class: Blind Spot Assist AutoCorse.it, Italy - 1 hour ago Mercedes -Benz now offers a newly developed Blind Spot Assist system as an option for its S and CL-Class models, which is designed to help drivers when...
Fletcher Jones launches new Mercedes C- Class IndiaPost.com, CA - 1 hour ago FREMONT: Fletcher Jones Motor Cars in Fremont, CA held a launch event to promote the new Mercedes C-Class model on September 20.
Mercedes C-Class models offer something for all StarPhoenix, Canada - Sep 21, 2007 For one set of buyers, Mercedes -Benz is offering a redesigned, roomier and more luxurious C-Class sedan that remains a classic Mercedes -- right to the...
www.mercedes-autoblog.com   (415 words)

  
  Mercedes-Benz - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A Mercedes Simplex 1906 in the Deutsches Museum.
The Mercedes Simplex of the early 1900s was the first purpose built race car, much lower than the usual designs that were similar to horse carriages; it dominated racing for years.
Mercedes dominated Grand Prix and sports car racing until retiring its teams at the end of the 1955 season, as planned at the beginning of that year.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Mercedes-Benz   (2076 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: Mercedes Sosa
Mercedes Sosa (born 9 July 1935) is an Argentine singer immensely popular throughout Latin America.
Jorge Rafael Videla Redondo (born August 2, 1925 in Mercedes) is a former Argentine soldier and politician.
Sosa returned to Argentina in 1982, several months before the Videla regime collapsed as a result of the Falklands War, and recorded a much-admired live album at the Col n Theater in Buenos Aires, which was laden by political under-currents.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Mercedes-Sosa   (1154 words)

  
 GrandPrix.com > GP Encyclopedia > Constructors > Mercedes-Benz
During the war years in Europe DePalma continued to be successful in the United States with victories at the Chicago Cup and Elgin Trophy in 1914 and in the Indianapolis 500 in 1915.
Mercedes entered a factory team at Indianapolis in 1923 and in 1924 ran cars on the Targa Florio and briefly at the Italian GP although the entries were withdrawn when Count Louis Zborowski was killed.
Mercedes re-entered sportscar racing in 1997 with AMG fielding a team in the new FIA GT Championship.
www.grandprix.com /gpe/con-merce.html   (1643 words)

  
 Mercedes Goes to Maui: Company Officials Outline Alabama Success - a Site Selection Online Insider Special Report
The Mercedes executives were joined by a high-powered host of state dignitaries, including the governor, lieutenant governor, state House speaker and the chancellor of the University of Alabama system.
Mercedes and its tier-one suppliers have invested nearly $700 million in new facilities and expansions, and have a combined annual payroll of $354 million.
Mercedes in turn has given back to the community, contributing more than $1 million to Alabama higher education and another $600,000 to help residents battered by recent storms.
www.conway.com /ssinsider/special/010115b.htm   (1256 words)

  
 Mercedes, Texas (Cities)
Mercedes is located in the Rio Grande valley just east of McAllen halfway to Harlingen along BR 83S near the United States/Mexico border.
During the 1960s Mercedes was a center for cotton, vegetable, and livestock marketing and processing.
Mercedes is part of the McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, Texas metro area.
www.ohwy.com /tx/m/mercedes.htm   (140 words)

  
 USATODAY.com - Mercedes takes risk by trying for mass appeal   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-27)
Mercedes is expected to spend 25% of its $140 million U.S. ad budget for the year on TV and print ads featuring family snapshots of Mercedes owners standing next to their cars.
Mercedes is spending a quarter of its $140 million U.S. ad budget on ads featuring real people with their cars.
The real customers, a few of whom are Mercedes employees, answered a request from the company on its Web site and in a newspaper ad to submit snapshots of themselves with their cars.
www.usatoday.com /money/autos/2004-03-23-mercedes_x.htm   (685 words)

  
 Bloomberg.com: Germany
Mercedes second-quarter operating profit plunged 98 percent to 12 million euros ($15 million) on costs to fix the Smart small-car business and improve quality at Mercedes-Benz.
Mercedes is in the middle of a reorganization initiated by Cordes, who led the division since October.
Mercedes on March 31, announced its largest-ever recall to fix electrical and brake failures in 1.3 million cars.
www.bloomberg.com /apps/news?pid=10000100&sid=a7jZ_9qKJFMM&refer=germany   (782 words)

  
 Mercedes Ruehl Encyclopedia Article, Description, History and Biography @ MatronOfTheArts.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-27)
Mercedes Ruehl (born February 28, 1948 of Irish and Cuban extraction in Queens, New York).
She is a United States theater film actress.
For the record, she is in no way associated with Ed Ruehl nor his children, or Roxy DiCamillo, who is often miscredited for being Mercedes' daughter.
www.matronofthearts.com /encyclopedia/Mercedes_Ruehl   (574 words)

  
 Mercedes-Benz History
From 1904 until a fire in 1907, Steinway produced Mercedes passenger cars, Daimler's light trucks, and his engines on Long Island.
The word "Mercedes" was at the top and the word "Benz" was at the bottom.
Then in 1928 the Mercedes SS was introduced by Mercedes-Benz.
www.cyberparent.com /wheels/mercedes.htm   (945 words)

  
 MERCEDES
The S usually had two dreifach Mercedes sternen (three-pointed stars), without circles, stamped on the Kühlerhaube (radiator), one on each side of the crease (as can be seen on the ex-Ustinov S in the Survivors section); whereas most SS cars had the present cloisonné enamel M-B badge centered on the crease.
I have what I believe to be a better record somewhere, with a direct quotation and a photo of the garage where Daimler and Maybach (his engineer) started, with a star on its side wall, and hope eventually to find it and put it here.
"Which series of Mercedes holds the undisputed highway land-speed record of 271.5 mph / kpm set sometime around the year 1938 and who drove it and where?"  This latter query presupposes it was the 540K, to which I snarled: "I haven't the foggiest notion and, quite frankly, not the slightest interest.
home.att.net /~Berliner-Ultrasonics/mercedes.html   (3085 words)

  
 Urban Dictionary: Mercedes
Although they have lost a little quality over the years like Everyone else, they are still the BEST in the world as well as the makes of the FIRST car, that's right, to you people who thought Ford was, Fuck you, you are wrong.
Chrysler is still the same shitty ass low quality car manufacturer it always was with very little Mercedes influence and luckily Chrysler had no influence on Mercedes at all.
I have owned many Mercedes from 1950's cars to new 2000 cars they are all extremely great, beautiful, high quality cars, from the first to the latest.
www.urbandictionary.com /define.php?term=Mercedes&r=d   (517 words)

  
 Cars from the Stars   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-27)
This is the title of photographer Dietmar Henneka's latest picture series of automobiles, resplendent in shining chrome, which accompanied him at various European locations as motifs for the 2004 Mercedes-Benz car calendar.
Whether it be the SL or CL-Class, the C or CLK-Class - the result is a series of photographs of Mercedes cars that have never been seen this way before.
Mercedes models in full chrome livery are a sight not to be missed.
www.germancarfans.com /news.cfm/newsid/2031224.001/mercedes-benz/1.html   (835 words)

  
 Open Directory - Recreation: Autos: Makes and Models: Mercedes-Benz   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-27)
Mercedes C32 AMG Life - Forums, movies, FAQ, member pictures focusing on this model.
Mercedes Classified Network - A database of used cars being sold by private parties.
Mercedes Mailing List - Features a list of mechanics, archives and a subscription form.
dmoz.org /Recreation/Autos/Makes_and_Models/Mercedes-Benz   (369 words)

  
 MERCEDES
Mercedes Benz SL55 AMG 1:18 scale diecast by Maisto
From the masters at Auto Art, this is one of the most highly detailed 1/43 scale (5" long) diecast we have seen.
Superb photographs display the most stunning machines of the last few years, from the Porsche 911 Turbo, Jaguar XKR and Ferrari 260 Modena to the Ford Cougar, TVR Tuscan Speed Six and Shelby Series 1.
www.speednation.com /store/mercedes.html   (822 words)

  
 S 55 AMG S-Class W220   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-27)
Barely half a year after the new Mercedes S-Class was unveiled, the DaimlerChrysler subsidiary Mercedes-AMG GmbH is now presenting the sports version, the S 55 AMG.
Wolfgang Bernhard, together with Domingos Piedade joint Managing Director of Mercedes AMG GmbH: ”We see it as our task to fulfil those wishes that customers may have which are either not required or not feasi-ble in larger-scale production.
We shall soon be able to offer every customer the sporty top model, in terms of both appearance and performance, that he or she is looking for, in practically every model range.
www.geocities.com /MotorCity/Speedway/5350/w220s55.htm   (1952 words)

  
 Mercedes-Benz Encyclopedia Article, Description, History and Biography @ SomethingPersonal.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-27)
German Star - Auto parts supplier offers a selection of new, used, and rebuilt parts exclusively for Mercedes-Benz models.
Mercedes Benz - Buy a New Car For Below Invoice - Find a Local Dealer willing to negotiate.
Our 6 step process will show you how to buy a car for under invoice.
www.somethingpersonal.com /encyclopedia/Mercedes-Benz   (2253 words)

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