A Visit to the Black Forest A Remarkable Facility I first became aware of Black Forest LLC by the innovative and creative ads it runs in The Star. Then I started to hear the buzz on all the great things the company does for MBCA and its members.…
Tops down on the Pacific Coast Highway Tour America's most beautiful stretch of highway with two different couples in their SL500s California Highway 1 between San Diego and San Francisco, a stretch known as the Pacific Coast Highway, is a famous…
Murphy's Law - George Murphy Ask George: Creaking Noise in My Roadster and Noisy Squeaks on My Windshield Steering creak on 560SL Q: I own an '88 560SL that emits a creaking noise when the steering wheel is turned at low speeds. All ball joints, tie…
The W180/W128 Family, 1953-1960A brief buyers guide to the 220S and 220SE sedans, coupes, and cabrioletsThe Collectible Sweet Spot in the Ponton SeriesBy Richard Simonds, Gary Anderson, and Pat MathewsPictures by Gary AndersonThere is a sweet spot…
When Mercedes Raced at IndyInside the factory's race at the Brickyard in 1923by Karl LudvigsenImages courtesy of Ludvigsen Library and Mercedes-Benz ClassicBefore Mercedes-Benz engines came to Indy with Penske in the 1990s, the three-pointed star's…
Automotive Archaeology Peeling away the layers to discover the history of a unique car By Michael Kunz, The Classic Center Photographs by Dieter Rebmann and the Classic Center Restoring any classic car has its challenges, but what do you do when…
Parked next to one another in a row of the Kemp Automobile Museum collection in St. Louis, the effect on the observer of these three 220SEs – a sedan, a coupe, and a cabriolet – can be described in one word: magical. All in similar shades of red,…
"The Future's So Bright, I Gotta Wear Shades" is a song from 1986 by a forgotten band called Timbuk3. While that alternative pop band's future did not pan out as well as its one hit song, we don't need to say the same for 21-year-old Adam Lumsden.…
When Geoff Day, head of communications for Mercedes-Benz USA saw our article on the new E-Cabriolet in the March-April issue of The Star, he wondered why we had bothered to come to Tennessee for the official launch in April. The answer? We came to…
If I could summarize why all 20,000 members joined the MBCA, I would say it’s to have fun while meeting fellow members who share the same passion for Mercedes-Benz automobiles. Members’ interests range from learning more about technical matters to…