Looking back, I can hardly believe that I will have served almost an entire year as president by the time you read this.  It certainly wasn’t the year I planned when I was elected, but I’ve learned more about this organization in the last year than…

It’s probably fair to say it's time to move past 2020 quickly. It's been a trying year to enjoy the communities we belong to. The shutdowns and quarantines have made it challenging to interact and experience the cars we embrace with our friends and…

The Mercedes-Benz Club of America Social Media Committee (MBCA-SMC) wrapped up the summer virtual car show series with the Bodacious Benz August  (BBA) “The Dog Days of Summer” event on August 19th - 30th. The committee paired up with the Orange…

The vast battleground of the shopping center parking lot is frequently a scene of horror as you return to your nice shiny Mercedes-Benz, only to find that a miscreant has opened their truck door into your fender, or an errant shopping cart has…

The W124 series E-Class is an excellent example of what a proper Mercedes-Benz should be. As the direct successor to the W123, the W124 had very large shoes to fill within the product lineup. Built from 1985–1995, this versatile series from…

Over the 40 years since its debut, the G-Class has retained its blocky, utilitarian exterior shape while evolving with a luxury interior and sophisticated powertrain, mechanicals and technological prowess.For 2020 in the United States, two models of…

"Ferdinand Porsche did pioneering work at Daimler-Benz in every respect – even in the field of motorcycle design. This connection sounds a little improbable at first – Porsche and motorcycles and also Daimler-Benz and motorcycles – because nothing…

Kristian Rene grew up in a family that loved automobiles. As a child, she heard about Bertha Benz. In high school, she wrote a report about women who changed the world, but didn’t find much information about Bertha. The only tidbits Rene found were…

September 1969 – mark that date clearly. Not only was it the month in which Mercedes-Benz first showed its C111 Wankel-engined prototype, but it also signaled the arrival of a brand-new production-line overhead-camshaft V-8 engine – the M116. Both…

As the team doctor for the Duke University men’s basketball team, Mel Berlin talked mostly about sore muscles and sprained ankles with members of the Blue Devils. But Tommy Amaker had something else on his mind. Whenever Dr. Berlin showed up at…