CAR's journos on the ground at the 2012 Beijing motor show - Gavin Green and Tim Pollard - met at the end of the first press day to chew over the salient points of the Chinese auto show. Watch them in our video debrief above - and you can read Gavin's full review of the Beijing motor show and read 10 ...
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Tim Pollard,
19 April 2012 08:00
Mercedes will show the Concept Style Coupe at the 2012 Beijing motor show next week. It's a thinly veiled look at a compact coupe spun off the Merc A-class architecture - likely to wear the CLA badge. In essence this is our first look at the shrunken, baby CLS Daimler plans to launch in 2013 - and the CLA production ...
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Georg Kacher,
17 April 2012 09:12
At Mercedes, the naming of new models is often trickier than the technology these vehicles convey. Under the current badging hierarchy, most mainstream models use familiar one-letter names like S-class or G-Wagen. So far, so logical. But as proliferation spread, the Swabians felt compelled to introduce two-letter badges, like CL and GL. When even that was not enough to distinguish ...
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Ollie Kew,
11 April 2012 11:00
As old as the hills it rumbles over, the Mercedes G-class has been treated to yet another series of design tweaks and drivetrain updates to keep the boxy favourite fresh. The Merc G-class still looks largely like an military-spec off-roader to me. What's new? The usual garnish is added to the G's utilitarian design, maintaining the character without fixing what ain't broke. LED daytime running lights ...
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Ollie Kew,
11 April 2012 10:20
After churning out a brand-new ML and tweaked G-class, Mercedes’ 4x4 range update continues apace with the new GL. The new 2012 Mercedes GL-class doesn’t look like it’s got any smaller… Correct. The Stateside favourite is still more ‘XL’ than GL, reaching more than five metres in length and two metres wide. The burly body needed to carry seven people in comfort ...
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Tim Pollard,
30 March 2012 09:11
Welcome to CAR Magazine's news aggregator as we round up the daily stories in the auto industry. Top tip: news summaries are added from the top hour-by-hour Friday 30 March 2012• Fiat is suffering from its decision to suspend new product innovation during the recession, argues ANE. It is losing ground on account of delays to its Punto range, which ...
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Tim Pollard,
20 March 2012 09:00
If you're wondering why Mercedes is persisting with a twelve-cylinder SL in this downsizing era, understand this: the new 2012-spec SL65 AMG exists purely because many buyers at this end of the market demand more of everything. So a Mercedes SL65 AMG with a hulking bi-turbo 6.0-litre V12 has been launched for customers in China, the Middle East and other ...
Welcome to CAR's landing page for the 2012 Geneva motor show at Palexpo in Switzerland. We'll be reporting live from the Geneva auto show with news, reviews, blogs, picture galleries, video and more. Come back to this motor show homepage for all developments on Monday 5, Tuesday 6 and Wednesday 7 March 2012 and follow the CAR ...
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- 08 March 2012
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Tim Pollard and Stephen Worthy,
06 March 2012 19:11
Welcome to CAR Magazine's coverage of the 2012 Geneva motor show. Our motor show team is at the Salon International de L'Auto in Palexpo, Geneva, and will be reporting live from the auto show to bring you all the new car news, analysis, photo galleries, comment and gossip from Switzerland. Follow the CAR Live Blog here, and we'll update it ...
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Tim Pollard,
05 March 2012 19:30
Mercedes whisked the covers off the new A-class on the eve of the 2012 Geneva motor show. As predicted, it's a lower, sleeker, more Golf-like alternative to the Golf, sitting 18cm closer to thetarmac. These first official pictures of the new 2012 Mercedes A-class prove the 'tallboy' look is over for good and the production car closely apes the look ...
