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Mercedes G Class prices announced – if you have to ask…

Should you have a mere £123,115 burning a hole in your pocket plus the determination to buy a cramped, uncomfortable and vastly overpowered 4×4, Mercedes has just the thing for you.

We have covered the latest 536 bhp G63 AMG before – and had our knuckles rapped for showing insufficient respect to this icon of idiocy (oops, there we go again). Visitors have told us that Mercedes has the right to make anything that earns it a profit, a sentiment we completely agree with. We don’t want the G-Class banned, not least because it is a source of endless amusement, in the same way as giving Hummer owners a look of utter derision is one of life’s little pleasures.

Mercedes upgrades C-Class

Mercedes has announced a fuel-efficient new C180 petrol and a policy of AMG for all.

First of all, the engine. The new C180 BlueEfficiency is powered by a new 1.6-litre direct-injection turbocharged petrol engine producing 152 bhp and 250 Nm of torque between 1,250 rpm and 4,000 rpm. That torque (pulling power) spread is remarkable – the engine produces its maximum figure from barely above idle speed. In the saloon and estate it manages 47.9 mpg and 139 g/km of CO2. A year ago, that would have made it as tax-friendly as a diesel, but 2013 tax regulations have made 130 g/km of CO2 the new tax break-point.

New Mercedes GL Class

Mercedes says the GL Class is the S-Class of off-roaders. That’s funny, because most of us think of the old GL-Class as the Maybach of off-roaders: oversized, overpriced and over here (it is very popular in America, though, where it does not look like the design was run through the photocopier on zoom function).

Mercedes i-Class?


You would think that the car industry would be big enough and old enough not to have to jump on other people’s bandwagons. However, Mercedes describes its new A Class as being designed for the “Facebook generation”. Quite what that means is anyone’s guess. With so many people now on the social network, it doesn’t mean much more than a car for the “iPhone Generation”. Of course they said that too – the A Class is an “iPhone on wheels”, apparently.

Mercedes launches SLS GT


Mercedes has announced a GT version of its SLS supercar. Power from the AMG 6.3-litre V8 front mid-engine is 591 PS at 6800 rpm, while the maximum torque is 650 Nm at 4750 rpm. The SLS AMG GT accelerates from 0-62 mph in 3.7 seconds, with an electronically limited top speed of 320 km/h (198 mph) – why could they have not set the limiter two mph higher, we wonder?