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After getting to grips with a Courage-Oreca LMP1 car in Paul Ricard two weeks ago, Bruno Senna added DTM to his experience bank today as he took part in his first test for Mercedes-Benz. Full story...

Japanese driver Kazuki Nakajima set the quickest time of the day - and the week - at the Jerez circuit in southern Spain. His Williams-Toyota smashed the time set by the new Brawn-Mercedes of Jenson Button. Full story...

Another extraordinary automotive designer from Quebec has made the news. Karim Habib is leaving BMW to join the ranks of Mercedes-Benz at their Stuttgart Design Center in Germany. Full story...

Veteran Brazilian Formula 1 driver Rubens Barrichello has scolded suggestions that Brawn GP has pulled clear of the entire F1 field because the BGP001 is "illegal". Full story...

The installation of new aerodynamics components on the new McLaren-Mercedes MP4-24 helped solve some of the issues that handicapped the latest car from Woking in winter testing. Full story...

Mercedes-Benz Hybrid LLC is considering the Ann Arbor, Mich., area as the site of its permanent hybrid electric vehicle and advanced propulsion research and development center. The unit of Daimler North America Corp. Full story...

Mercedes-Benz Hybrid LLC is considering the Ann Arbor, Mich., area as the site of its permanent hybrid electric vehicle and advanced propulsion research and development center. The unit of Daimler North America Corp. Full story...

Mercedes-Benz Hybrid L.L.C. on Tuesday was awarded a $7.5 million state tax break to make the Ann Arbor, Mich., area the site of its permanent hybrid electric vehicle and advanced propulsion research and development center. Full story...

New Mercedes-Benz design boss Gorden Wagener is convincing top talent from competitors to join his team. Full story...

Mercedes-Benz engineers' obsession with detail includes making sure the navigation system mapping is correct when undertaking test drives. Full story...

Seems like the Mercedes-Benz design department is bulking up on new talent. Full story...

First Drive: 2010 Mercedes-Benz E220 CDI Diesel

Sampling a Euro-market, four-cylinder diesel E-class.

For years, Mercedes-Benz has fed its U.S. customers a diet of ever-more-powerful engines in its E-class sedan. It's been decades since the forebearer to today's E-class had a four-cylinder engine behind its signature radiator grille - at least in America. Our lowliest E-class Benz, which isn't so lowly at all, has instead come with a six, with a V-8 as the move-up engine, and, for a time, a supercharged V-8 in the AMG version, which has since switched to a normally aspirated big-block (6.2 liter!) V-8.

Photo Gallery: 2010 Mercedes-Benz E220 CDI Diesel - First Drive Reivew, Mercedes Benz E-Class Sedan - Automobile Magazine

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On Thursday, the new and surprising Mercedes-Benz-powered Brawn BGP001 lapped the circuit of Barcelona faster than ever before in the capable hands of Brazilian Rubens Barrichello. Full story...

On Thursday, the new and surprising Mercedes-Benz-powered Brawn BGP001 lapped the circuit of Barcelona faster than ever before in the capable hands of Brazilian Rubens Barrichello. Full story...

For the first time in the company's history stretching back over 40 years, the Mercedes-Benz performance brand is presenting a vehicle developed in-house, the Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG. The super sports car serves up an exciting proposition with its unique technology package: aluminium spaceframe body with gullwing doors, AMG 6.3-litre V8 front-mid engine developing 420 kW/571 hp peak output and dry sump lubrication, seven-speed dual-clutch transmission in a transaxle configuration and sports suspension with aluminium double wishbones. Full story...

On Thursday, the new and surprising Mercedes-Benz-powered Brawn BGP001 lapped the circuit of Barcelona faster than ever before in the capable hands of Brazilian Rubens Barrichello. Full story...

Not happy with only 518 hp and a 4.5-second 0-to-60-mph time from your shiny new Mercedes-Benz SL63 AMG? Lucky for you, the German tuners from Carlsson are now offering performance-upgrade kits in the United States. Full story...

Not happy with only 518 hp and a 4.5-second 0-to-60-mph time from your shiny new Mercedes-Benz SL63 AMG? Lucky for you, the German tuners from Carlsson are now offering performance-upgrade kits in the United States. Full story...

Audi is the last member of the "Other Big Three" to jump on the premium compact SUV bandwagon. As one of the segment pioneers, BMW is already firmly established with the X3, while Mercedes-Benz is counterattacking since January with the new GLK-Class. Outside of the German hotbed, the competition includes the Land Rover LR2, Lexus RX, Acura RDX, Infiniti EX and upcoming Volvo XC60. Full story...

Formula 1 team McLaren-Mercedes and title sponsor Vodafone on Tuesday pulled off a masterstroke: media coverage of an advertisement. Full story...