A New Class Benchmark
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Joining the Mercedes-Benz lineup for 2006, the new CLS-Class melds striking sheetmetal and a unique interior treatment with basic E-Class platform elements to create what is arguably the sexiest -- and definitely one of
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Call it a minivan for snobs, if you like. The R-class is here and we take a drive while trying to decide who this vehicle will appeal to.
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In fall 1997, the introduction of the M-Class was significant for several reasons: it was the fir...
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On your behalf, we ask the stupid questions so you don't have to. Of course, we didn't think it was stupid when we asked Mercedes-Benz if there wasn't a passing product similarity between the Chrysler Pacifica and the new 2006 Mercedes-Benz R-Class.
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2006 Mercedes-Benz CLSs are blooming around Beverly Hills like poppies after a desert rainstorm.
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2006 Mercedes-Benz CLSs are blooming around Beverly Hills like poppies after a desert rainstorm.
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It's easy to think of the muscular new C350 as an SLK350 in a three-piece suit. The sedan shares an engine and two transmissions with the roadster.
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When you're at the top of your game, where do you go? You go up--in power, size, and features. But is the sum of the greater parts still great?
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Sporting spirit, premium character, and retractable top.
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Flexible Flyers: (a) Speed? (b) Cargo? (c) Off-roading? (d) Luxury? Answer: (e) All of the above. Study these four vehicles carefully, and you'll notice something missing: compromises.
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Hollywood Knights: Fifty years ago, sports cars were stealing the spotlight. Before Celebrity types went for slammed 'Slades with spinners, Hollywood's royalty drove sports cars. Can new stars from Porsche and Mercedes-Benz still pass the audition?
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Hollywood Knights: Fifty years ago, sports cars were stealing the spotlight. Before Celebrity types went for slammed 'Slades with spinners, Hollywood's royalty drove sports cars. Can new stars from Porsche and Mercedes-Benz still pass the audition?
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You might want to scrutinize the new 2006 CLS500, perhaps the most unapologetically fashion-driven Mercedes-Benz ever built. Yes, Mercedes.
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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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