A crowd of 200,000 at Düsseldorf’s shopping street Königsallee attended the DTM’s start for the 2008 season. The DTM presentation one week prior to the season opener in Hockenheim, the third one in a row in Düsseldorf, attracted 17,000 spectators more than one year ago. For the first time in 2008, all nine Mercedes-Benz DTM [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, April 1, 2008
Daimler AG has released March sales numbers its Mercedes Benz division. When looking purely at the numbers, Mercedes sold a bit less this year in March than last year (20,808 compared to 21,612 last year), if number of sales days are factored in (28 last year vs 16 this year), then Mercedes sales rose by [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, November 1, 2007
RENNtech has developed a new line of aftermarket performance products aimed at getting more power out of the 63 series AMG Mercedes-Benz. RENNtech, generally regarded as the nation’s foremost authority on Mercedes-Benz performance tuning, took something of an “old school” approach towards building its new high-tech products. “The new AMG motor isn’t like the last [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, November 1, 2007
With the establishment of its own bank, Daimler Financial Services, the financial services provider of Daimler AG, will be moving into the fast-growing vehicle and consumer credit markets in Russia. DaimlerChrysler Bank Rus, which will be renamed Mercedes-Benz Bank Rus upon approval by Russia’s central bank, will offer car loans for private and commercial customers [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, October 31, 2007
It is being reported that Mercedes wants to produce the smart in China, once they launch the smart in the US market. This is said to be a measure to cut down the cost of production and increase the margin, as the smart division is still losing money left and right. Citing a Mercedes-Benz official under [...]
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Wednesday, April 9, 2008
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