Entries Tagged as 'los'

Wednesday, December 31st, 1969

LA 2007: Deja Vu with Volkswagen space up! blue

Filed under: Concept Cars, LA Auto Show, Hybrids/Alternative, Minivans/MPVs
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Volkswagen didn’t appear to take this year’s LA auto show very seriously - its press kit appears to have been assembled by a kindergarten class on a budget. The car it unveiled here in the City of Angels was […]

Wednesday, December 31st, 1969

LA 2007: Volkswagen Tiguan priced to sell at $22,490

Filed under: Car Buying, LA Auto Show, SUVs, Volkswagen
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The new Tiguan cute-ute factored big into Volkswagen’s press conference at this year’s LA show. And no wonder, as Vee-Dub is hoping its new small sport-ute sells big, especially in the all-important US market, and especially in California […]

Wednesday, December 31st, 1969

LA 2007: Mercedes-Benz C63 AMG stateside debut

Filed under: LA Auto Show, Sedans/Saloons, Mercedes Benz
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Over at the Mercedes pavilion, Los Angeles played host to the North American premier of the acclaimed Mercedes-Benz C63 AMG. The hotrod sport sedan from the Stuttgart is the three-pointed star’s eight-cylinder answer to the Audi RS4 and BMW M3, […]

Wednesday, December 31st, 1969

LA 2007: Mercedes S400 Bluetec Hybrid - it’s new, we think

Filed under: Concept Cars, LA Auto Show, Hybrids/Alternative, Sedans/Saloons, Green, Mercedes Benz

Mercedes-Benz is confusing the blog out of us with its nomenclature. Sure, it’s usually pretty straightforward: one letter for the class, three numbers for the (approximate) engine displacement. Tack on 4Matic for all-wheel-drive, chop off a zero and add AMG for the performance models. […]

Wednesday, December 31st, 1969

LA 2007: Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren Roadster in the flesh

Filed under: LA Auto Show, Convertibles, Supercars, Mercedes Benz

It pains us to see a dead horse beaten so rigorously, but the folks at Mercedes have yet to stop. But then, they did paid a lot for that horse.
The SLR project that then-Daimler-Benz undertook in partnership with its F1 racing partner, McLaren, never went as well […]

Wednesday, December 31st, 1969

LA 2007: 1936 Mercedes-Benz 290 Roadster Special

Filed under: LA Auto Show, Convertibles, Mercedes Benz
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The SLR wasn’t the only attention-grabbing roadster Daimler-Benz had on display at this year’s LA show. Sitting front and center in between all the latest machinery from Mercedes was this unique classic, the 290 Special Roadster.
On loan from the Mercedes-Benz […]

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