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Filed under: Plants/Manufacturing, Mercedes-Benz
Mercedes-Benz has just announced that the German automaker will invest more than $2 billion into its Tuscaloosa, Alabama manufacturing facility. The cash is slated to go toward production of current the current
M-Class, though funds will also go toward producing the next-generation
GL-Class and
C-Class at the factory. The funds will also be used to expand the overall capacity of the plant. The announcement came at a Job 1 celebration to mark the creation of the first production 2012 M-Class.
Dieter Zetsche, head of Mercedes-Benz cars, said that the Tuscaloosa plant continues to serve as the blueprint for the automaker's facilities outside of Germany.
Mercedes-Benz also took the opportunity to announce that the company would donate an additional $100,000 to Alabama tornado relief and recovery efforts. The latest donation brings the company's total contribution up to $1.1 million. The Tuscaloosa community was struck by an EF4 tornado last April that took the lives of 32 people. Click past the jump for Benz's official press release.
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Mercedes announces $2B investment into Tuscaloosa plant originally appeared on Autoblog on Thu, 21 Jul 2011 16:01:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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July 21st, 2011
Here's the 2012 Mercedes-Benz M-Class, reluctant platform-mate of the 2011 Jeep Cherokee, suburban people mover
au extraordinaire, frequent guest at many of the world's fine shops, including Nordstrom's, Neiman Marcus and, er, Safeway, and intrepidly posh carrier of lap dogs, orange slices and Thermoses.
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June 8th, 2011
Filed under: Convertible, Coupe, Sedan, Recalls, Safety, Crossover, Mercedes-Benz
2011 Mercedes-Benz R-Class - Click above for high-res image gallery
Mercedes-Benz has issued a recall for the 2011
E-Class,
GL-Class,
M-Class and
R-Class due to leaky fuel filters. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Adminstration, the vehicles' O-ring may not have been properly lubricated, and thus, can result in fuel spilling out onto roads, causing unsafe conditions for other drivers.
NHTSA's bulletin specifically cites that diesel fuel comes out of these leaky fuel filters, but our friends at
The Car Connection have confirmed that this recall does, in fact, apply to both gas- and diesel-powered vehicles. Approximately 2,300 vehicles are affected by this recall, and Mercedes-Benz dealers will replace the fuel filters free of charge. The recall is expected to ramp up sometime this month.
Photos copyright (C)2010 Zach Bowman / AOL
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Mercedes-Benz issues recall over leaking fuel filters originally appeared on Autoblog on Fri, 05 Nov 2010 13:02:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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November 5th, 2010
Filed under: Spy Photos, Performance, SUV, Mercedes-Benz, Luxury
Spy Shots: Mercedes-Benz ML AMG - Click above for high-res image gallery
Mercedes-Benz is in the process of updating the
AMG side of the family, including the replacement of its 6.2-liter engines with the more efficient 5.5-liter, twin-turbocharged V8. One of the models set to receive the new mill is the 2012
M-Class, and photogs posted outside the
Nürburgring have caught the revised SUV getting ready to push its prodigious weight around the circuit.
The
current generation ML63 AMG churns out 503 horsepower and 465 pound-feet of torque, but with the twin-turbo 5.5-liter mill bolted in, the reworked high-po ML could see at least 544 hp and close to 600 lb-ft of twist. In addition to the upgraded engine, the camo-clad mule also benefits from a more aggressive lower-front fascia, a new character line running across the side and an assortment of other revised body mods, all of which should make their way to the new model when it goes on sale early next year.
[Source: CarPix]
Spy Shots: Mercedes-Benz ML AMG snapped with less disguise originally appeared on Autoblog on Wed, 06 Oct 2010 18:31:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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October 6th, 2010
Filed under: Performance, SUV, Mercedes-Benz
2011 Mercedes-Benz ML63 AMG - Click above for high-res image gallery
With all of the hype surrounding the
BMW's M-badged
X5 and
X6, as well as the renewed
Porsche Cayenne range, it's easy to forget that
Mercedes-Benz has its own super-fast sport-ute, the
ML63 AMG. As its name suggests, this top-rung ML is fitted with the same 6.2-liter naturally aspirated V8 that we've come to love in the rest of the automaker's AMG lineup, good for 503 horsepower and 465 pound-feet of torque in this application.
We expect to see an
all-new AMG M-Class in the next couple of years, but for now, Mercedes-Benz has updated the ML63 with very subtle exterior tweaks, including darkened headlamps and taillamps, a refreshed hood and tweaked front and rear underguards (in chrome, of course). From there, not much else changes - the seven-speed AMG Speedshift transmission is still in place, routing all of that forward thrust to all four wheels, measuring 20 inches in diameter (21s can be had as an option).
In the ML AMG's next generation, expect to see the automaker's brand new
twin-turbo 5.5-liter V8 under the hood, good for around 544 horsepower and a pavement-churning 590 pound-feet of torque. High-powered SUVs and crossovers aren't the most practical of automotive choices these days, but we're happy to still see them moving forward. After all, sometimes you just need to get the kids to soccer practice in extremely short order.
[Source: Mercedes-Benz]
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June 9th, 2010
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