Mercedes-Benz Shooting Break Concept

Mercedes-Benz has unveiled the Shooting Break Concept, a show car that combines the design elements of a station wagon with the proportions of a coupé. It takes inspiration from the iconic CLS and gives some indications on the brand's future design direction.

The interior is dominated by natural wood and leather materials, and features four identical seats, upholstered with porcelain-coloured nappa leather combined with metallic-silver perforated leather inserts.

The powertrain adopts a new 3.5 liter V6 gasoline engine with direct injection, which produces 225 kW (306 hp) and 370 Nm and is in line with the BlueEFFICIENCY criteria.

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Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3

Mercedes-Benz has unveiled a GT3 variant of the SLS AMG which complies with the FIA specifications and will be homologated for the 2011 racing season. The special edition marks the entering of AMG in the customers' racing cars market segment. Sales will begin in fall 2010.

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Mercedes-Benz F800 Style Concept

At the 2010 Geneva Motor Show Mercedes-Benz will unveil the F800 Style Concept.

The 4.8 meters long sedangives the brand's vision for the next generation premium vehicles, which will be focused on efficiency and technology, combined with an emotional look.

The F800 is characterized by a multi drive platform which allows to use two alternative drive systems — a Plug-in Hybrid or a fuel cell.

The car is powered by a V6 direct injection gasoline engine with an output of approximately 220 kW (300 hp) combined with a hybrid module with an output of about 80 kW (109 hp) so that it delivers a total power of around 300 kW (409 hp).

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Mercedes-Benz Design Sculpture "Rising Car"

At the 2010 Detroit Motor Show Mercedes-Benz has presented an automobile sculpture that portrays a concept car body taking form and rising from a liquid surface. The artwork hints at the brand's design language evolution for the next future models.

The sculpture, named "Rising Car", represents a Mercedes-Benz Concept body taking soft, flowing form from liquid - or as if it was covered by a "shimmering cloth" draped over.

The nature-inspired artwork has been revealed at the 2010 Detroit Motor Show and gives hints on the evolution of the brand's design language, with art-deco elements inspired by the 1930's.

In particular, it could preview the general lines of the next-generation CLS four-door coupé, that should be unveiled within this year.

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20 Minutes with Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG: official videos

2011 Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG at the 2009 Frankfurt Motor Show

Mercedes-Benz BlueZero E-Cell Plus

Mercedes-Benz has released new images and information on the BlueZERO E-Cell Plus, the concept car presented at the Detroit Motor Show in January together with the E-Cell and F-Cell sister models. The experimental car will be on display at the Frankfurt Motor Show.

The near-series Mercedes-Benz Concept BlueZERO E-CELL PLUS electric car combines pure electric mobility in the city with an extended range for long-distance driving.

This is made possible by the combination of the battery-electric drive with a combustion engine. The range extender gives the BlueZERO E-CELL PLUS a total range of up to 600 kilometres, with 100 kilometres thereof solely under electric power and thus free of local emissions.

The concept vehicle can be recharged simply and conveniently at a common household outlet. With a charging capacity of 20 kW, the Concept BlueZERO E-CELL PLUS can be recharged within around half an hour for a 50 kilometre range.

Technical Specifications

CO2 emissions: 0 g/km

Range: up to 100/600 km

Battery: Lithium-ion

Rated output: 100 kW/136 hp

Max. torque: 320 Nm

Top speed: 150 km/h

Acceleration 0—100 km/h: 11.0 seconds

Cylinders: 3

Displacement: 1.0l turbo

Output 50 kW at 3500 rpm

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Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG with Electric Drive

Mercedes-Benz has announced it will produce a pure electric version of the SLS AMG supercar. The model will be powered by four electric motors located near the wheels and coupled with a liquid-cooled high-voltage modular lithium-ion battery.

Max. output: 392 kW

Torque: 880 Nm

0-100 km/h: Approx. 4 s

Rated capacity: 40 Ah (at 400 V)

Energy content: 3x 16 kWh = 48 kWh

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Mercedes-Benz BlueZero Concept

Mercedes-Benz has released new images on the BlueZero Concept, the laboratory vehicle unveiled at the 2009 Detroit Motor Show that previews an electric-powered future production model based on a modular sandwich-floor architecture.

Three models with different electric drives can be produced on the basis of a single vehicle architecture — the sandwich floor from the A-Class and B-Class.

This architecture makes it possible to realize three models with different energy sources for the electric motor:

E-CELL with battery

E-CELL Plus with battery and gasoline

F-CELL with hydrogen

All three models are packed with liquid-cooled lithium- ion batteries with up to 35 kilowatt-hours of storage capacity and front-wheel drive.

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