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Man Revisits Place of Near-Death Experience with Self-Driving Mercedes-Benz S-Class

Near-death experiences can be very traumatic. What more if you have driven off a cliff? That’s what exactly happened to Christopher White one unfortunate day while he was driving his Mercedes-Benz S-Class in 1988. According to White’s recollection of the event and the ad from Mercedes-Benz South Africa (MBSA), he was driving tired during that time, which resulted him losing control of the vehicle while at Chapman’s Peak Drive in Cape Town and dropping the equivalent of a 30-story building down to the rocks below. White survived the impact because he was wearing his seatbelt and due to the amazing engineering of the S-Class he was in. Mercedes picked up… Continue Reading »

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Mercedes-Benz SA and Audi SA Troll Each Other in Twitter

Audi South Africa and Mercedes-Benz SA recently engaged in a Twitter troll war over the image here. Now, what’s wrong with this seemingly innocent picture? It shows a fleet of Mercedes vehicles and an Audi Q7 mounted with a camera equipment. It appears that the Audi is filming the autos of the three-pointed star brand. Audi fired the first shot via Twitter saying, “Spotted! @MercedesBenz_SA shooting their next TV commercial…using an Audi Q7. Looks like our friends really do believe in the #BestOrNothing.” Spotted! @MercedesBenz_SA shooting their next TV commercial…using an Audi Q7. Looks like our friends really do believe in the #BestOrNothing. pic.twitter.com/WSYnYlXZ3N — Audi South Africa (@audisouthafrica) May 16,… Continue Reading »

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Production starts at second Mercedes-Benz C-Class plant

There’s a lot of demand for the Mercedes-Benz C-Class, and as such, the German automaker needs to have enough facilities to ensure the supply of this high-selling model line. Things should get a boost now that the second of a planned four total locations, at the new East London facility in South Africa, has just started production. The first dedicated C-Class production facility in Bremen started production some three months back. Now, the car manufacturer can ramp up its production for the well-received C-Class line. The Bremen plant is the lead plant that’s responsible for controlling the production of the other facilities. The last two locations are in Tuscaloosa in the US and in… Continue Reading »

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