Tests and Features

Disappointment is one of the most cutting of human emotions. Nothing can ever fall so far in our estimation than that which we have built up to a dizzying height via our own expectations. The 2014 Mercedes-Benz CLA250 is a car that I really, truly, wanted to like, and a …

Often it’s AMG’s accountants and product planners that look at a business model and tell the company’s enthusiastic engineers that although the cars on their drawing boards are spectacular, they must adhere to budgets and sales forecasts, and therefore have to make concessions to the final design. The resulting AMG-branded …

The SLS AMG should be enough of a car to make experienced drivers nervous. The SLS AMG Black Series will make them shudder. Its 6.3-litre V8 pumps out 622 horsepower, it weighs 1,550 kilos, and it can sprint from 0 to 60 mph in 3.5 seconds. It’s the most powerful …

It’s always a memorable event when a new Mercedes-Benz arrives in Canada, mainly because new Mercedes models are very rare (I’m not talking about new versions of existing models – that’s a lot less rare!) and because, in general, they are phenomenal. That’s true of the CLA, anyway, the smallest …

Playing it safe is a popular option in the luxury game. In fact, premium brands seem to vacillate between the two poles of 'extreme' and 'bland' when it comes to making changes to well-established products. The first option keeps customers from getting too bored with a particular vehicle, while the …

Barely two months after the launch of the new generation S-Class, Mercedes-Benz is unveiling the S63 AMG, which was one of the stars of the recent Frankfurt Auto Show. To date, The Car Guide is the only Quebec-based media outlet to have driven the most powerful and fastest of the …

E-Class cars are the top sellers at Mercedes-Benz. While other automobile manufacturers dedicate their resources to luxury compacts, the Stuttgart-based giant relies on its popular mid-size models. Thus, it’s not surprising that several trims have been updated now that the E-Class has been revamped This line-up includes sedans and wagons, …

t’s long, it’s low, and it has a seductive silhouette, yet it is handsomely understated. It’s not flamboyant or garish, yet when it comes around a corner it turns heads. The Mercedes-Benz CL-Class is the car you’d consider if you make your purchases selectively, and you like to make a …

The new Mercedes-Benz S-Class is equipped with twenty-odd electronic driving aides with acronyms that would put NASA engineers to shame an – not to mention the fact that it has about a hundred electric motors. It’s no accident that it’s able to “see” a 360-degree view of its surroundings using …