On the road in their G-Wagon since 1989

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Former airline executive Gunther Holtorf and his wife Christine left Germany in their Mercedes G-Wagon, bound for an 18-month tour of Africa but somehow, they kept on going and even after covering 500,000 miles, 74 years old Gunther, his wife and the G-Wagon are still going on strong without any sponsorship or factory but self-funded. On the road since 1989 and G-Wagen moves them on even today without any serious break down. And you know what, your exotic G63 or 65 would make them financially broke within days and would never move on. The olden W461 280 G-wagens were the …

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Mercedes Benz reveals 2013 AMG SLS GT, no more AMG SLS

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First things first, automakers release bucket full of expensive special edition super cars, this however is not that case. Mercedes Benz is done with calling the AMG super car ‘SLS’ and from now on, it will be known as ‘SLS GT’ instead of just SLS. In an automotive world already flooded with tons of acronyms, automakers are always in a hurry to write patents for the names they have a slight of hint of using in the future but not necessarily use it. So with the addition of GT to it’s name, we wonder why Mercedes Benz has focused to …

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Mercedes Benz shows out all it’s models in a Gold-chrome paint

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We’ve seen many good cars spoiled by the chrome paint jobs done onto them, the worse blame may rest with the Arabs for having a peculiar taste in choosing colors but Mercedes Benz showed how wrong our thoughts were by rolling all their models in a Gold-chrome paint at the Cannes International Film Festival. While we can expect that kind of bling from owners with more cash rather taste however, we didn’t expect the same treatment to be carried out by Mercedes-Benz itself on its own vehicles – which makes us distraught at what they’ve done here. We were wrong. …

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BMW, Mercedes, Nissan, GM and Ford are allegedly linked to illegal logging and slavery in Brazil

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BMW, Mercedes, Nissan, GM and Ford are learned to be sourcing out their materials from Brazil which does illegal logging and slave labor to produce the pig-iron. Although all these automakers are potentially leaders in the race of producing green cars to protect the environment of our planet, however these automakers have been found connected with companies that produce pig-iron through illegal deforestation of Amazon and force labor. Pig-iron is a crucial element in making steel and cast-iron used in automobiles, and is procured through using massive quantities of charcoal. Brazil is a major exporter of pig-iron, and reports issued …

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Millions of dollar worth of exotic cars go swimming in Singapore

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The area where this flooded parking lot is located is called Orchard Road home to the rich and famous and is also filled with shopping centers and entertainment. Torrential rains flooded an underground parking structure of Singapore’s St Regis Residences at Tanglin Road, causing major water damage to several exotic sports cars owned by residents of the luxury tower where a 4,000 sq ft. suite costs US $ 10 million only. Thanks to Singapore strong stock market and booming economy, luxury cars were the strongest sector if automotive sales growth with Ferrari and Rolls Royce the market leaders. I can …

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Every Mercedes Benz C-class model will be a hybrid

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The C and E class are the best selling cars by Mercedes Benz in Pakistan. There are 57 E-class and 50 C-class listed in the used car section on Pakwheels’ classified. And they are cheaper then the Japanese competition here in Pakistan. The new Mercedes Benz E Class E200CGI LIM as listed on pakwheels is for Rs. 7,069,800, the new C Class C 180 CGI is for Rs. 6,050,000 and C Class 180 Komp is for Rs. 5,630,000. The Japanese didn’t bring the cars which actually compete with these classes of Mercedes Benz around the world but they brought the …

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