Daimler AG

Mercedes-Benz AMG performance division shows off full lineup

2013-02-01 06:00:00

This week saw a homecoming of sorts for Mercedes-Benz's AMG performance division. In 2012, California accounted for more than a third of all AMG sales in the U.S. So the German automaker brought nearly its entire 2013 AMG lineup to Willow Springs Raceway...

Mean, Green Machines

2012-10-09 12:10:00

What’s not to love about green SUVs? They’re a delicious mash-up, the best of all worlds – fun and function without going broke at the pump. And there’s no compromise whatsoever when it comes to luxury or performance. You can save...

Chrysler finally has a mid-size contender

2011-04-14 00:00:00

Before Chrysler's new 200, the company's mid-size car was on its deathbed. Last known as the Sebring, the third generation of this vehicle was roundly considered a mess. It was produced without compunction by Chrysler when the company was owned by...

Nicolas Hayek dies at 82; chairman of Swatch

2010-06-30 00:00:00

Nicolas Hayek, chairman and former chief executive of the giant Swiss watch-manufacturing firm Swatch, who is credited with reinventing the country's industry in the 1980s by introducing radical cost-saving moves, has died. He was 82. Swatch Group said...

Hertz will rent electric Smart car fortwo

2010-12-06 16:34:54

Coulomb Technologies to install 4,600 electric vehicle charging stations

2010-06-07 16:35:29

Rubicon rocks (minus the rattles)

2007-06-13 00:00:00

With the 2007 Wrangler Unlimited Rubicon, Natty Bumppo has traded his buckskins for some designer jeans. Yes, Natty Bumppo, hero of James Fenimore Cooper's "Leatherstocking Tales," the great woody prose of which has prompted many an undergraduate to...

DaimlerChrysler paid record fuel economy fine in 2007

2008-01-02 13:47:00

The former DaimlerChrysler AG paid a record $30.3 million fine in 2007 for violating fuel efficiency requirements set by the federal government. The fine was assessed by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration against the automaker, which...

Best of 2007: Wait your turn

2007-12-14 12:15:56

Generally speaking, Californians are pretty lucky. We have Yosemite, we have Big Sur. Our state leads the nation in Anna Nicole baby-daddies. And we have the California Air Resources Board, a bunch of bureaucratic do-gooders who actually do good when...

Top to bottom

2007-08-08 00:00:00

To Cerberus Capital Management, the New York-based private equity firm that just bought Chrysler from DaimlerChrysler, congratulations and … what do you mean I'm being laid off? I don't even work for you guys! So far, the company is off to a...

Best of 2007: French roll

2007-05-16 00:00:00

"Know then thyself, presume not God to scan; The proper study of mankind is Man." -- Alexander Pope Want to know thyself better? Gauge your reaction to this car, the Smart Fortwo, a four-wheeled flea built by Smart -- a subsidiary of DaimlerChrysler --...

The allure of easy money to help promote a product

2007-04-15 00:00:00

Movie executives routinely refuse to talk about their agreements to insert consumer products into films in exchange for hefty fees from advertisers, although they insist that commercial interests never take priority over artistic integrity. But with...

were clueless when it came to expanding the Jeep brand. They bypassed this handsome concept, the Gladiator pickup, to build such winners as the slow-selling Compass and Patriot. The Gladiator featured a bed that could be expanded from 5-feet, 8-inches to 8 feet once the tailgate was lowered.

2012-04-10 00:00:00

Dieter Zetsche, Chairman of Daimler AG, gets out of the new Mercedes-Benz SL during a media preview at the 2012 North American International Auto Show January 9, 2012 in Detroit, Michigan. The show is open to the general public January 14-22.

2012-01-09 09:46:46

Visitors look at a Daimler AG Mercedes-Benz B-Class automobile during the Frankfurt Motor Show.

2011-09-13 00:00:00