Mercedes SLS: Doors of Perception

November 4, 2009
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A lot of ink is being spilled over the Mercedes AMG SLS’s unique doors. Arthur St. Antoine of Motor Trend falls decidedly into the pro-”gullwing” camp.

The new SLS is a seemingly over-engineered, ultra-fast, thoroughly refined coupe — with the can’t-top-this glam of those swing-up doors.

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A Porsche for Car of the Year?

October 8, 2009
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The finalists for the 2010 North American Car and Truck of the Year Award are out and we couldn’t help doing a little prognostication as to who might follow the 2009’s winner, the Hyundai Genesis (above).

By Motormouths scores alone the Porsche Panamera should be a lock for the Car award with a 90 scoreĀ  (followed by the Click for more

The Future, from Frankfurt

September 21, 2009

You can’t buy them yet, but 85 models debuted at the Frankfurt Auto Show. Have a look.

Winners and Losers of the 2000’s

September 1, 2009
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Depending on what you drove in the past 10 years, Cars.com’s list of the worst cars sold during the decade (from “the Caddy that Zigs” to Daewoo’s entire lineup) may bring back some laughs, or just painful memories. On the other hand, it’s list of most improved cars may give the car industry hope Click for more

A Bargain Mercedes?

August 13, 2009


The 2010 Mercedes E550 Coupe “undercuts last year’s CLK550 by a cool $3000.”

E-Class: from “Eh?” to “Excellent!”

May 11, 2009
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It’s been a while (about a decade, in fact) since Mercedes-Benz tinkered with its iconic E-Class. But, hey, lookie that: the 2010 version is here. So how’s it doing with critics? Well, the outgoing model’s score on MotorMouths was an 80 — a decent enough average review score, albeit tempered by occasional screeds like

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