In car-speak, acronyms have their pros and cons. Alphanumeric, gobbledygook names force customers to use the parent company’s name every time they identify a car, casting a halo effect for the brand. ...

Mercedes-Benz and BMW, and to a lesser degree Audi, are in a longstanding mine's-bigger-and-better rivalry. Who fired first? It's unclear, although Mercedes does claim to have invented the automobile, ...

With the current-generation E-Class having been launched for the 2003 model year, Mercedes-Benz felt it was time to update its very successful midsize luxury sedan. Along with some rudimentary changes ...

TV and home video editor Ty Pendlebury joined CNET Australia in 2006, and moved to New York City to be a part of CNET in 2011. He tests, reviews and writes about the latest TVs and audio equipment.

You know the old Janis Joplin tune, “Oh Lord, won’t you buy me a Mercedes-Benz?” Well, it is no mystery why Joplin picks a Mercedes. The German giant has been a leading luxury car company for years ...

Bengt Halvorson December 30, 2010 Comment Now! The E550 Cabriolet looks the part of luxury convertible cruiser in every way. It's not the sort of luxury convertible that you'd take the family to the ...

Wayne Cunningham reviews cars and writes about automotive technology for CNET's Roadshow. Prior to the automotive beat, he covered spyware, Web building technologies, and computer hardware. He began ...

Mercedes isn't bashful about its no-replacement-for-displacement attitude, and the 2008 Mercedes-Benz E550 is no different, with 382 horses pouring from the E550's 5461 cc engine. Suffice it to say, ...

MANAGING EDITOR BOB GRITZINGER: Ooo la la. The cute white wrapper on our test car eliminated any chance of this car making it into the He-Man Woman Haters Club (see the Little Rascals)--this is ...

If you think you need a Harvard-level degree in reasoning to understand Mercedes’ model strategies, you're not alone. After all, there are various classes, two- or three-digit model numbers, and ...

Along with the invention of the modern automobile, we also have the Germans to thank for Birkenstocks. Actually, it was just one German named Karl. In the early 1960’s Mr. Birkenstock, heir to a ...