Mercedes-Benz introduced a new generation of its midsize E-Class sedan for 2003. A 221-horsepower, 3.2-liter V-6 powered the E320, while the E500 got a 302-hp V-8. A high-performance E55 AMG model ...

Imagine driving from New Orleans to Nashville, or Charlotte to Indianapolis, or going roundtrip from Dallas to Little Rock, on a single tank of fuel in a mid-size Mercedes-Benz luxury sedan. It ...

Rewind the clock about 20 years and besides looking at some bad clothes and the pinnacle of rock ’n’ roll hair bands, you’d see diesel-powered cars accounting for 80 percent of all Mercedes-Benzes ...

Do you miss starting your car each morning, sitting back and enjoying the aroma of diesel fumes escaping from your car? Mercedes-Benz, inventor of the diesel for passenger cars back in 1936, thought ...

Well Toto, we’re not in a Kenworth anymore. In fact, there’s never been a diesel quite like this one. In an automotive first, Mercedes began producing passenger diesels in 1936, three years before the ...

In the early 1990's I had an "hour-long-with-good-traffic" daily commute into downtown Ottawa. The decision to buy my first diesel car, a Volkswagen Golf, seemed wise at the time. It's not like the ...

and extremely powerful. So good are they, and so efficient, that many automakers sell more diesels in Europe than gasoline models. Mercedes-Benz is a leader among diesel producers, which makes it ...

SOME cars have that 'high-roller' streetcred but few deliver as much kudos as this stylish Merc that'll get a Sex In The City fanatic believing you're her very own Mr Big, writes PAUL MYLES. Because ...

In Europe, where diesels are as common as good coffee, Mercedes' E-class is available with five diesel engines ranging from a 2.0-liter four-cylinder to a 4.0-liter V-8 in the E400 CDI. The top-of-the ...

Fans of diesel automobiles generally fall into one of two categories: the pragmatists, who admire such cars for their efficiency, durability, and grunt; and the iconoclasts, who get off on the oil ...

I can’t understand why anybody would buy a saloon car any more. Take any executive model as an example and there’s no contest on which is the better looking or the most practical. Audi A4? Easily the ...

During work on the new Mercedes-Benz E-class, the manufacturer spent an average of £8.2 million every week developing the car. It kept this pace up for two solid years until it was happy with the ...