Monday, August 5, 2013

Weekly Car Care Tip: Park in the shade

Of course, a garage is always the ideal place to park your car. But if one isn’t available, minimize interior damage from UV sunlight and heat by always trying to park your car in the shade. If no shade is available or if you find parking under a tree results in bird droppings, use a car shade to minimize the sun’s impact. As a bonus, you’ll have a cooler car to step into on hot sunny days. Car shades come in two basic types: those that you unfold and place on the front windshield and rear window, or pleated types that attach to the windshield posts (with adhesive), window frames (with Velcro), or the windows themselves (with suction cups).

Tuesday, July 30, 2013

Mercedes-Benz will build a ‘super S-class’ sedan in 2015

Mercedes-Benz may have given up on the ultra-luxurious Maybach sedan, but apparently not on very high-end luxury cars.
Dieter Zetsche, CEO of parent company Daimler-Benz, told Automotive News that a 2015 model “super S-class” will fill some of the over $200,000-space that Mercedes ceded when it killed the slow-selling Maybach.

The super S-class will compete with vehicles such as the Rolls-Royce Phantom and Bentley Mulsanne.

Some of Mercedes’ high-performance AMG models cost nearly $200,000, but Zetsche told Automotive News that the super S-class would give Mercedes “a bigger piece of that segment.”
The new luxury sedan will offer technology and interior features that top those of the standard S-class, he told the publication.

However, he said, it will be priced substantially lower than the Maybach, which cost about $470,000.