Mercedes-Benz January sales up 20% on strong retail demand

Mercedes-Benz like-for-like UK sales rose 20 per cent in January, helped by strong demand from retail customers. Sales rose to 6,249, according to figures released by the SMMT, giving the German carmaker a record 4.85 per cent share of the market for January. This increase compares with just a 0.03 per cent gain in the overall car market in the same period. Mercedes-Benz reported 1,571 new registrations of private vehicles in January 2012, an increase of 20.5 per cent on January 2011....

Mercedes-Benz announces a new urban delivery van

German manufacturing giant Mercedes-Benz has today announced it plans to launch a new city van in the autumn of 2012. Called the Citan, derived from the words "City" and "Titan”, the van has been designed to excel in the urban environment and be flexible enough to cater for a broad spectrum of uses and trades. Features expected in the production version include a generous load compartment on a compact floor plan, low fuel consumption, ESP as standard and a range of low CO2...

Lookers Mercedes-Benz wins best overall contract hire award

With hundreds of advertisers and over 350,000 contract hire deals on the website at any one time, picking the best of the best is a tough job. However the judges at ContractHireAndLeasing.com have sifted through hundreds of worthy nominations for the best overall deal of 2011 and selected one exceptional offer. Beating tough away competition from the Mazda MX-5 and Audi A5 convertible to land the Convertible category award is a deal from Lookers Mercedes-Benz of Maidstone for their contract...

Mercedes-Benz’s SLK 55 AMG offers more power, less emissions

Mercedes-Benz’s new SLK 55 AMG is now available to order in the UK, with lower fuel consumption, reduced emissions but more power. The car, the brand’s most powerful SLK yet, has a new 421hp 5.5-litre naturally-aspirated V8 engine and is capable of accelerating from 0-62 mph in just 4.6 seconds. It has much improved combined fuel economy and CO2 emissions compared to the old SLK AMG, with both down 30 per cent thanks to AMG’s Cylinder Management System, a system derived from the brand’s...

Mercedes-Benz reveals E-Class hybrids in Detroit

Mercedes-Benz has revealed two new hybrid E-Class models at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit today. Available in both saloon and estate form, the E 300 BlueTEC HYBRID emits just 109g/km and offers combined fuel efficiency of 67.2mpg. The German carmaker has coupled a four-cylinder diesel engine to an electric motor to create what it says is the most economical luxury-class vehicle in the world today. The second hybrid E-class announced today is the E 400 HYBRID powered by...