In keeping with that momentum, things are on the move here at The Star. We are always looking for ways to keep your membership magazine fresh and relevant to you. One way we're doing that is by updating the way we look at things. For example, in…

The Sandhills Motoring Festival (SMF), in Pinehurst, North Carolina, is one of my favorite events and it gets better every year.  I remember sitting in my first National Board meeting in 2016 while Steve Redwine, then Triangle Section President, now…

After spending five weeks working the bugs out of a 1985 Mercedes 500SEC, I decided to drive it to soccer one Sunday morning, a mere 70 miles from my house.  Following the game, I cleaned up and got in the car to fire it up. Unfortunately, after…

There is a lot of prestige, sentiment and history associated with the Mercedes-Benz SL-Class. Since its inception over six decades ago, the SL has always represented nothing but the best that Mercedes-Benz has to offer as a flagship sports car.The…

Vintage Mercedes-Benz automobiles have been my consuming passion for over five years now. The experience of having my car stranded 900 miles away from me was unbearable! This situation could only be resolved one way: a road trip was in order to…

While living during the 1970s in the city of Ulm, Germany – perhaps 50 miles east of Stuttgart and about 40 miles north of the Alps – I embraced the local culture. I had already visited the country after minoring in German at Vanderbilt University,…

As you walk through Palm Beach’s famous and opulent Worth Avenue shopping district, you will notice a few themes; the first of which is luxury. This famous boulevard is home to some of the finest brands and boutiques in the world. If luxury window…

Mercedes racing manager Alfred Neubauer was in a quandary. “My problem was to decide which drivers to engage for 1934. My head was in a whirl. What was I to do? Caracciola was a friend. Reports from his home in Arosa, where he had moved from the…

Some say that the cars you aspire to drive as a teenager tend to stick with you for your whole life. That has certainly been true for me, and in my case that means the cars of the 1970s. I inherited an enduring fascination with the Corvette Stingray…

The Strategic Planning Committee is working hard to finalize the plan to present to the board for approval.  One thing the committee has included is creating a communication plan.  Comments in the member survey were very clear about sections needing…