Mercedes-Benz
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What was the world’s best-selling luxury car brand in 2020?
- Manufacturing
- January 12, 2021, 12:42
Mercedes-Benz narrowly beat BMW for the title of world’s best-selling luxury car brand in 2020, a year in which cracks started showing in German domin(...)

The idea of chopping the roofline of a car is nothing new. It dates back to the earliest days of the hot-rod scene in the United States where back-yar(...)

BMW’s 5 Series proves its worth amid plugin-hybrid controversy
- Motors
- December 16, 2020, 07:25
Right, it’s time to hitch up my big-boy pants, and wade into a deep, murky, bog of controversy. That controversy is, of course, that surrounding plugi(...)

Toyota unveils improved version of hydrogen car Mirai
- Transport & Tourism
- December 10, 2020, 09:42
Toyota unveiled a sleeker and longer-travelling version of Mirai, its hydrogen-powered car, but what it’s targeting isn’t sales. The automaker sees th(...)

Daimler to cut out suppliers to fund software hiring spree
- Manufacturing
- December 3, 2020, 17:12
Daimler will cut out traditional parts-makers in order to fund a software development push that will involve hiring thousands of coders to build an op(...)

Mercedes faces stiff competition from itself with the GLA
- Motors
- December 2, 2020, 07:05
You do wonder at which point a comfortable middle ground becomes the space between a rock and a hard place. I fear that it’s into such a niche that th(...)

VW within ‘1 gramme’ of compliance with EU carbon targets
- Transport & Tourism
- November 3, 2020, 13:18
Volkswagen will be within only “a gramme or so” of tough new EU carbon emission limits, according to chief executive Herbert Diess, even if it does no(...)

Mercedes Benz to up stake in struggling Aston Martin
- Manufacturing
- October 28, 2020, 13:08
Mercedes-Benz will increase its stake in struggling luxury-car maker Aston Martin Lagonda Global Holdings as part of a series of moves by the British (...)

Daimler AG and Volvo Group post unexpected profits
- Manufacturing
- October 16, 2020, 11:28
Mercedes-Benz maker Daimler and Volvo Group posted unexpected profits, and European car sales rose for the first time this year, in a tentative sign t(...)

Samsung pulls BTS-branded products from online Chinese platforms
- Technology
- October 12, 2020, 15:46
Samsung has withdrawn products branded with K-pop superstars BTS from online platforms in China after a band member’s comments on the Korean war spark(...)