In 1975, Mercedes-Benz revealed what would become one of the company’s most successful automobile series ever built – the renowned W123. Originally penned by Friedrich Geiger and Bruno Sacco, the new W123 stunned the public with its modern design,…

By the end of 2020, the redesigned E-Class will feature a new high-tech generation of steering wheel. The wheel rim contains a two-zone capacitive sensor mat that detects whether the driver's hands are touching the steering wheel. The touch control…

Since that momentous day in 1888 when Bertha Benz took the first road trip from Mannheim to Pforzheim in the Benz Patent Motor Car, Mercedes-Benz has made an excellent vehicle for driving events; whether it’s a multi-day road trip event, a timed…

Only after I sat down to analyze the ground-breaking Mercedes-Benz automatic transmission of 1961 did I realize the true significance of the 300SE Fintail. Both the car and the transmission were well worth investigation on their own, but their…

Two issues ago, I wrote about how the club's national team had prepared to work from home to comply with the Governor of Colorado's stay-at-home order. The pandemic is still raising havoc, but the problems it causes seem to vary a good deal…

Pittsburgh has come a long way in the past few decades to reinvent itself in the wake of its collapse as a center of global steel production. In recent years, the city has had a renaissance. A technological, educational, and medical hub has arisen…

During the early days of the automobile, inspiration and technology could come from anywhere. Mechanical advancement had not yet separated aircraft engines from land or marine powerplants, and the fledgling industry was feeling its way forward.…

The world is finally starting to open back up. And with the opening of the world, I actually have places to go in my beloved SL550. During the lockdown, I periodically went out, more so to exercise the car and smile, but now, I actually have places…

Although I’ve been a “car guy” my whole life, I wouldn’t consider myself a Mercedes-Benz devotee.  Certainly, as a motor racing aficionado I appreciated the cars and certainly was aware of the historic lore of the Silver Arrows – In fact, we have a…

SIR STIRLING MOSS 1929-2020An affectionat portrait in memoriam Article Graham RobsonImages Daimler Archives The first time I saw Stirling Moss race was in 1955, at the wheel of a W196 Mercedes-Benz. The last time was in the early 2010s when he was…