Mercedes-Benz is delighted to announce its brand-new AMG 5.5-liter V8 biturbo powerplant, which is ready to amaze the customers with astonishing peak output figures of 571 horsepower (420 kW) and 900 Nm of maximum torque. Dubbed internally M 157, the powerful eight-cylinder unit is distinguished by many technological highlights – direct petrol injection with spray-guided [...]

Based on the new Mercedes E-Class coupes, BRABUS builds a luxurious 2+2-seater in small-series production. It is powered by a BRABUS SV12 R Biturbo 800 twelve-cylinder displacement engine that produces 800 hp (788 bhp) / 588 kW of power and a peak torque of 1,420 Nm (1,047 lb-ft).
BRABUS, accepted by the German Federal Vehicle Registration [...]

The world’s most powerful off-roader now comes in a striking wide version: At the Geneva Motor Show 2010 the BRABUS G V12 S Biturbo WIDESTAR celebrates its world debut. This exclusive special model is powered by a twin-turbo twelve-cylinder engine with 700 hp (690 bhp) / 515 kW.
BRABUS builds the five-door by hand based on [...]

AK-Car Design is a less popular German tuning firm that has released this new styling kit for the Mercedes SLS AMG. The new package for the gullwing Mercedes model looks good, and we will remember these tuners if they continue to put out quality work like this. The performance was left stock for the engineers [...]

Southern California fuel-cell devotees rejoice! You are about to get a second chance at blazing the trail toward long-range, quick-recharge, electric motoring that leaves nothing but pristine steam in your wake. So stop coveting thy neighbor’s Honda FCX Clarity and commence groveling to your Mercedes-Benz dealer in hopes of getting a crack at leasing one of 60 B-Class F-CELLs that will become available in SoCal late in the spring of 2010. The B-Class, for those who don’t follow the tri-star’s home-market offerings, is a larger, roomier riff on the A-Class compact, both of which were developed with a sandwich floor construction designed to accommodate fuel tanks, exhaust systems, and even some of the combustion drivetrain beneath a slightly elevated floor. The design works well enough for the mass-market combustion vehicles, but it seems optimized for fuel-cell duty.