Mercedes-Benz's 1998 M-Class ended it all--the grouping of sport/utilities with pickup trucks for Motor Trend's Truck of the Year award.
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Crossover Conversion: The new M-class goes from body-on-frame to unibody construction--and is all the better for it.
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The Mercedes-Benz C-class is revealing a more sporting character, for those who care to look.
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Golden Retrievers: How much is that doggie in the window? The three entry-level luxury SUVs gathered here start in the $34,000-$36,000 range, the fat part of the transaction-price bell curve. Yet each of these players sports a behavior set all its own. We unleashed all three and let the fur fly.
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Golden Retrievers: How much is that doggie in the window? The three entry-level luxury SUVs gathered here start in the $34,000-$36,000 range, the fat part of the transaction-price bell curve. Yet each of these players sports a behavior set all its own. We unleashed all three and let the fur fly.
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This large, comfortable, 3858-pound GT coupe happens to be the sixth-quickest production car Motor Trend has tested, catapulting itself to 60 mph in 3.6 seconds and through the quarter mile just eight seconds later at 127.3 mph.
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This large, comfortable, 3858-pound GT coupe happens to be the sixth-quickest production car Motor Trend has tested, catapulting itself to 60 mph in 3.6 seconds and through the quarter mile just eight seconds later at 127.3 mph.
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The new CLS is, according to Mercedes-Benz, a "four-door coupe." Okay, I'll agree to the four-door part, but "coupe"? The CLS indeed does have a curvaceous roofline evoking the design of a classic sports coupe, but it has the four doors, interior dimensions and luggage room of a capacious sedan. Ult
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V8 engine burbling under the hood, check. Retractable hardtop roof to amaze the neighbors, check. With an SLK this good, who needs an SL?
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V8 engine burbling under the hood, check. Retractable hardtop roof to amaze the neighbors, check. With an SLK this good, who needs an SL?
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With apologies to Jessica Rabbit, Mercedes's new 2006 Mercedes-Benz CLS55 AMG isn't a coupe, it's just drawn that way.
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With apologies to Jessica Rabbit, Mercedes's new 2006 Mercedes-Benz CLS55 AMG isn't a coupe, it's just drawn that way.
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The ultimate Benz takes the SL out of slow at the Friday Night Drags with a twin-turbo 604-hp V-12.
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Celebrating the G-Class's Silver Anniversary in the 2005 model year, M-B is giving the low-volume, classically designed sport/ute quite a present: the most powerful V-8 in any factory-sold SUV.
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Full Metal Rockets: Stand back--when BMW's awesome new, V-10-powered M5 takes on the supercharged Mercedes-Benz E55 AMG...well, let's just say Werner von Braun would be impressed.
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An all new SLK battles a reinvigorated Boxster on the road where James Dean went from actor to legend.
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Historically, the force that has made Mercedes-Benz automobiles so celebrated over their 100-plus-year history has not been luxury or styling or value; it's been engineering.But Mercedes-Benz seems to have been let down by its engineers lately. These days, a
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The best car Mercedes makes.
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Mercedes-Benz is throwing a big sendoff for the 25-year-old G-Class--the rugged, function-first, military-inspired sport/utility--by giving it the most powerful V-8 ever offered in any factory-sold SUV.
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Mercedes-Benz is throwing a big sendoff for the 25-year-old G-Class--the rugged, function-first, military-inspired sport/utility--by giving it the most powerful V-8 ever offered in any factory-sold SUV.
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Mercedes-Benz is throwing a big sendoff for the 25-year-old G-Class--the rugged, function-first, military-inspired sport/utility--by giving it the most powerful V-8 ever offered in any factory-sold SUV.
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We had such high regard for the last-generation E-Class that we named it Motor Trend's 1996 Import Car of the Year (an award no longer separate from the Motor Trend Car of the Year).
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There's something about a barroom brawl that we like. The easiest way to choose a clear winner is to look for the last guy standing.
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For decades, the Jaguar XJ sedan held sway over luxury-car buyers, mixing a low coupe roofline with four-door sedan practicality to help create its distinctive feline personality.
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This isn't about a car; it's about an engine. Forget Vipers, Ferraris, Bentleys, all those rumbling turbodiesel-powered American trucks, and anything else you think has punch.
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