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I've been looking at the details of the forthcoming C350 hybrid. 2.0l petrol. 208bhp/258lb ft alone and 80bhp/251ib ft electric motor. Combining 275bhp/442lb ft. 0-62mph in 5.9sec. 19miles on electric alone. It might not be as economic for ploughing up motorways but for a company car...

From this weekend and a very, very lucky guy. Change of underwear required for this guy perhaps? Rider records near-death escape on MSN Video

Hi Interesting bit of research. Two MB group cars jump out. Smart Fortwo and Bugatti Veyron head up list of top loss-making cars | Autocar £3762 per unit loss on every first generation Smart For Two is a big loss given how much that it of the total purchase price. The original A class...

Having read the full autocar review this week the Tesla model S looks like an incredible car. Real 300 mile range and serious performance. I didn't realise that Mercedes are the partners for Tesla. I would have thought that this tech would make an interesting S class alternative. Tesla have...

Hi After looking round for a while I've changed my S211 (Brabus D6, black metallic) for a S212. The '62 plate S212 E350 is quite a "good spec" compared to large number of standard spec ex-Merc cars at the dealers. Metallic black, tinted windows (aka The hearse) 19" AMG alloys Panoramic...

I got a E-class back from the airport this weekend (not my usual company). It was a little older than the Chrysler that the normal company uses (just over 3 years old and 170k), so I asked about reliability and mileage. "Not much more than wear and tear. It did have a gearbox repair a while...

Hi I came out this morning this morning to find the drivers side front tyre on my S211 flat. No problem, I'll just take it to the local tyre place and see if they can repair it. When I got there and they put it on the ramp they told me "you better come and see this". The Conti Sport Contacts...

Hi I just spent a very frustrating 30mins trying to get Elephant insurance to give me a quote for the additional premium of adding a Brabus D6 III box to my 320cdi. Surely they have done this before? Nothing that adds more than 25% bhp is allowed apparently. Now they will have to go to their...

Hi I'm not sure whether anyone else has done this, but I recently changed from a Iphone 3Gs to 4Gs. The new phone doesn't fit the old holder so I paired the phone using Bluetooth but this doesn't recognise the phonebook, so I bought a £1.95 Iphone phone to dock extender and attached the iphone...