When we start work on a new issue of The Star, it’s hard to envision what the finished product will look like. For me, it starts with finalizing the cover art. After all, your reaction to that first image you see when the magazine arrives in your…

By many standards, this holiday season was very different from last year in several ways. Parties took place and people traveled to see family and friends and came together for year-end festivities. After a year of forgoing so many of our events,…

You may be among the millions of new fans who witnessed their first Formula 1 World Championship showdown under the Yas Marina lights in Abu Dhabi. If you were, you might wonder why you left it so long to get hooked into such a gripping, dynamic,…

Mercedes-Benz cars are not known for throwing off their V-belts. At least, that was true back when Mercedes-Benz used V-belts. However, as belts age, they become susceptible to jumping and even snapping. My theory used to be that all European-made V…

A couple of weeks ago, I received an email from MBCA Finger Lakes Section President Don Klug asking my thoughts on how our local club might appeal to younger members, specifically, MB owners in their 30s and 40s. People just like me, in other words…

There was no sail. No one was rowing it along. Yet the sharp-nosed launch was moving, cruising quietly along the Neckar River near Cannstatt in August of 1886. Maybe an electric motor was hidden under the hutch in front of the helmsman? Porcelain…

The year marking the 50th Anniversary of the R107 has come to an end. The anniversary was commemorated loud and broad, around the globe. All despite the pandemic and the limitations that came with it!On the one hand, conditions made “live”…

The longtime MBCA member, Gull Wing Group member, and Bonneville Salt Flats racer Bob Sirna has been a car nut since birth, and a GM Fisher Body Craftsman’s Guild prize winner for models he designed in his teens. Born into a GM family, he graduated…

Lansing, Michigan attorney Norm Witte found this unique 280SL – his first Mercedes-Benz – completely by accident. He and wife Joy were vacationing in a rental home on Topsail Island, North Carolina. The house had an elevator that was malfunctioning…

MERCEDES-BENZ CLUB of AMERICA SECTION OF THE YEARFirst PlacePEACHTREE SECTIONSteve Chapman, President Second PlaceOZARK SECTIONDennis Anderson, President MBCA PUBLIC SERVICE AWARDOZARK SECTIONDennis Anderson, President SECTION HONORSNORTHEAST REGION…