Many Mercedes-Benz Club of America (MBCA) members and attendees of last year’s Mercedes Freude in Newport Beach, CA may recognize the side profile of an Ikon Gold Mercedes-Benz 450SEL, the picture car for 2022’s premiere national event. 2023…

I want to thank past president Julie Bruggner and the entire search committee for putting their faith in me to guide this next chapter at MBCA. It’s such an honor to serve the members and many stakeholders of this wonderful organization. Although…

Unity MBCA was formed in June 1956. I’m proposing that June 2023 be designated as a “giving back birthday month” in which every section is encouraged to schedule an event to do something positive in their communities or support a local charity.…

At Monza late in 1954 Mercedes-Benz revealed the sports-racer that it was readying for the 1955 season. Although based on the successful W 196 Grand Prix car, its W 196S was in fact thoroughly re-engineered under its magnesium skin to master the…

Last summer Mercedes-Benz opened up its wonderful new Classic Center, located in a massive converted airline hangar in Long Beach, California. While most of the space is used to process new Mercedes before they are sent off to dealers, more than 40,…

Few cars in history have been graced with such long, single-generation lifespans as the Mercedes-Benz SL-Class. While all SL roadsters are special for the generation that grew up with them, the 1989 to 2001 models possess a unique cultural hold.…

Mercedes-Benz Club of America  2022 Election Final Vote Summary • October 18, 2022  Director at Large Drew Webb 1,563 33.61%  Ernest Fancy 1,517 32.62%  Charles Woods 1,571 33.78%  4,651 Votes Total  Regional Director • Eastern Region …

Today is the first day of a new era at the Mercedes-Benz Club of America. It’s time to remake ourselves and change the perceptions of what people think of us. The club faces many challenges; our charge is to correct those perceptions.   We have an…

The MBCA has hired Kathryn “Katie” Carruth of Colorado Springs, Colorado  as the club's new executive director.  Ms. Carruth took over the reins of the club from fprmer director Mike Regennitter on December 19.    “Katie is the right leader for…

The second year of MBCA's Mercedes Freude (the joy of Mercedes) was held in beautiful Newport Beach, California this past October, based at the elegant Hyatt Regency Newport Beach  The event is offered in partnership with the newly relocated…