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Mercedes Attacks BMW From Hungary With Europe’s Last Plant: ...

Daimler AG’s (DAI) Mercedes-Benz will kick off its assault on Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (BMW)’s luxury-car sales lead on the plains of Hungary. An 800 million-euro ($1.07 billion) factory, located in Kecskemet about 90 kilom [...]

Posted On : Mar, 29 2012 | Comments : 0

How BMW, Mercedes & Audi stack up and what their strategies ...

BMW is aggressive and fast, and its Indian journey proves that. Within four years of its launch, the company unseated Mercedes to become the top-selling luxury car in India, its market share has moved up from 9% in 2006 to 42% in 2011. [...]

Posted On : Mar, 26 2012 | Comments : 0

BMW Buoyed by New 3 Series Tops Mercedes in U.S. February Sa...

March 2 (Bloomberg) -- Bayerische Motoren Werke AG's BMW brand roared back ahead of Daimler AG's Mercedes-Benz to lead U.S. luxury auto sales last month when its new 3 Series sedan reached showrooms. U.S. sales of the BMW brand [...]

Posted On : Mar, 02 2012 | Comments : 0

New Audi A6 to take on BMW, Mercedes

Audi, the German luxury car manufacturer, is all set to launch a lightweight version of its popular luxury sedan A6 in the Indian market next week. The car was slated for entry in the India market in Q2 2011 but the company has advanced t [...]

Posted On : Aug, 01 2011 | Comments : 0

Mercedes-Benz C-class Coupé review

As a rival for the highly regarded BMW 3-series and Audi A5, the new C-class Coupé has got its work cut out. Prospective buyers will note, however, that it arrives at a good time for Mercedes, which has long since put any issues of [...]

Posted On : Jun, 01 2011 | Comments : 0

Audi aims to lure customers from BMW, Mercedes with revamped...

Audi’s revamped A6 sedan is expected to raise sales and steal customers away from BMW AG and Daimler AG at the more expensive end of the product range. In an interview, development chief Michael Dick said that the A6 is the “ [...]

Posted On : Mar, 08 2011 | Comments : 1

Mercedes-Benz Biome - Genetically Modified

This is weird. A car whose body is made from an organic compound that is supposedly stronger than steel, is powered by that same organic compound and emits only oxygen. It’s the Mercedes-Benz Biome symbiosis vehicle. It was designe [...]

Posted On : Feb, 04 2011 | Comments : 0

Report: Audi, Mercedes-Benz to double U.S. diesel models

Newfound acceptance of diesel-fueled vehicles in the U.S. is slowly convincing some automakers to crank up the number of oil-burning models headed here. Audi, along with parent company Volkswagen, has made it clear that more U.S.-bound d [...]

Posted On : Jan, 17 2011 | Comments : 0

BMW, Mercedes Shorten Christmas Breaks on Luxury Auto Demand

Mercedes-Benz, the world’s two largest makers of luxury autos, will shorten Christmas breaks at their factories because of surging demand for new models. BMW’s German plants in Dingolfing and Leipzig, where the recently [...]

Posted On : Nov, 23 2010 | Comments : 0

Volvo not gunning after BMW 7-Series or Mercedes-Benz S-Clas...

Despite an earlier statement to the contrary, Geely Holding will not be pursuing a Volvo sedan to compete with the S-class and 7-series sedans. Right after purchasing the Swedish automaker from Ford last August, Geely CEO Li Shufu said t [...]

Posted On : Nov, 05 2010 | Comments : 0

Audi's $270,000 R8 GT to Boost Average Sales Price Closer to...

Volkswagen AG’s Audi aims to compete on pricing with Bayerische Motoren Werke AG and Daimler AG’s Mercedes-Benz with its most expensive model ever: The R8 GT. The vehicle, which costs 193,000 euros ($270,000) in Germany, [...]

Posted On : Oct, 22 2010 | Comments : 0

Mercedes Tops BMW, Lexus as U.S. Luxury Sales Contest Tighte...

The race to be the year’s top-selling luxury automobile brand in the U.S. narrowed as Daimler AG’s Mercedes-Benz and Bayerische Motoren Werke AG’s namesake line both gained ground on Toyota Motor Corp.’s Lexus. [...]

Posted On : Oct, 02 2010 | Comments : 0

2011 Mercedes-Benz S63 AMG Unveiled, Australian Launch Assur...

A little more than a year on from its last update, Mercedes-Benz has this week revealed the 2011 S63 AMG, now powered by the German giant's new 5.5 litre twin-turbo V8 engine. While Mercedes continues development of the all-new [...]

Posted On : Aug, 02 2010 | Comments : 0

2011 Mercedes-Benz Vito And Viano Updates Revealed, Australi...

Mercedes-Benz' ongoing refresh of its range continues, with updates to the Vito and Viano twins revealed today. Both models now bear the sharpened headlights and pronounced grille being rolled out across the Mercedes line-up, althoug [...]