Mountains. Low temperatures. Rain. Really quite strict speed limits. This adventure in Merc’s all-electric limo could go either way The hills are alive with the sound of silence
It doesn’t seem that long ago that we were testing the then new third-generation CLS-Class, but that was 2018, and just over three years on, it’s time for the mid-life update to arrive. But with just 372 examples finding homes during what was a turbulent last year, we’re surprised that the German firm continues to import it to these shores
I’m kicking myself. The boys from McLaren Special Operations have just rocked up to the test track in a sun-bleached So-Cal VW ‘Squareback’ – the VW Variant, to us Brits – and I’m looking distinctly underdressed in my plain-Jane Volvo estate. If only I’d brought the Mustang instead.
If the launch of the EQC was a groud-breaking moment, namely for being Mercedes- Benz’s first full-production EV, then the EQA is, at the very least, an important part of the famed German marque’s future. And that’s because while the Wheels Car of the Year-winning EQC is excellent, a volume seller it is not. Therefore, getting the EQA right is vital.
The R170 Mercedes-Benz SLK is another German recession-baby. Its big-brother R129 SL was considered one of the finest cars in the world upon its 1989 launch, retaining R107 deportment while adding Corvette-like sportiness.
Not content with its world class W100 restorations, Cardock Classics set about making the 600 easier to live with by developing its own electronic fuel injection system
