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Daimler boss Dieter Zetsche is facing criticism in his dual capacity as group CEO and head of the Mercedes-Benz car unit, a German newspaper reported, citing an unnamed supervisory board member. Full story...

Mercedes-Benz split with McLaren due to the British team's efforts to built its own road supercar. Full story...

Reigning Formula 1 World Champion Jenson Button scored on Sunday his maiden win for the McLaren-Mercedes team. Full story...

Ralf Schumacher (Mercedes) set the best performance of the last day of collective test in Valencia. Full story...

Mercedes' smaller staff numbers means the team will need to work harder to catch up its deficit to the frontrunners, boss Ross Brawn has admitted. Full story...

German driver Maro Engel (Mercedes) was quickest of the field in the second day of the DTM collective tests in Valencia. Full story...

Team McLaren driver Lewis Hamilton was on Friday night charged by local police after he was caught doing smoky burnouts and 'fish-tailing' in a Mercedes road car near the Albert Park circuit. Full story...

Stuttgart -To tie in with the launch, the corresponding miniatures will also go on show at Mercedes dealerships on a scale of 1:87, 1:43 and 1:18. Full story...

Coinciding with the market launch of the SLS AMG on 27 march 2010, Mercedes AMG is presenting a GT3 variant. Full story...

Pioneered by McLaren, the innovation, where air is allowed to pass through the car and onto the rear wing by the movement of the drivers' knee, was declared legal on McLaren's MP4-25 in Bahrain two weeks ago. Full story...

The 2010 edition of the Geneva show wrapped up midway through this past March, and one message was clear when all was said and done: hybrids and any variation on the theme is the here and now. It's gotten to the point where if you don't got one, you'll either get the orca-eye or the frown. Hell! Even Ferrari is on the bandwagon! If that don't say something about the trend, then I don't know my arse from my elbow. Full story...

Ralf Schumacher will continue his DTM career in 2010, and will start his third season in the championship with Mercedes. Full story...

In today's News Brake: Mercedes-Benz preps the SLS to go racing, the Subaru WRX gets the wide-body look, and future cop cars will get BMW diesel power . . . But Wait, There's More! Full story...

Mercedes' tuning arm is set to go it alone again with compact V6 saloon previewed by F800 Concept

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Mercedes-Benz AMG pulled the wraps off its new race car on Monday in Oaxaca, Mexico, scene of a commemoration of Mercedes' victory in the 1952 Carrera Panamericana. Full story...

Puebla (Mexico) - Coinciding with the market launch of the SLS AMG on 27 March 2010, Mercedes-AMG is presenting a GT3 variant. This racing version of the gullwing model stands out with its spectacular design and thoroughbred motor sports technology. Full story...

Once more to the breach - it is looking increasingly likely a version of the Mercedes-Benz A-class may again be built in Brazil after the unsuccessful attempt in the late 1990s. Full story...

Mercedes hopes to race ahead in the pitstop department starting with this weekend's Australian grand prix. Full story...

Daimler veteran executive Ola Kaellenius is moving from his post as manager of Mercedes-Benz's U.S. plant in Vance, Alabama, to head Mercedes-Benz AMG GmbH, the automaker's performance-vehicle unit in Germany. Full story...

According to one Red Bull insider, David Coulthard's DTM career "could have been the shortest of all time". The Scottish veteran has tested a Mercedes C-class car of the German touring car series and is linked with a race seat in 2010. Full story...