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2010 Mercedes Benz SL63 AMG Specifications The 2010 Mercedes Benz SL63 AMG with 7 speed auto, 2 door, with metal convertible roof body, comes with a V8 6208 cm3, 386kw [...]

1982 Mercedes Benz W123 230CE Specifications: Mercedes Benz 230CE 123 series, offered by Mercedes between 1976 – 1986, with 29,858 units being produced. The M102.980 engine has a 95.5mm (3.76in) [...]

February 13th 2022 is the date of the Ellerslie Classic Car show. The show has been running for 50 years and this show will be the 51st. That’s pretty impressive! [...]

Ferdinand Porsche arrived at Daimler in 1923 after many years at Austro-Daimler and was immediately involved in developing a new straight-six engine.  Described in 1924 as a money-no-object engineering exercise [...]

Sue started it. With a bit of an online shopping habit, she discovered a blingy handbag complete with Mercedes logo and accessories, in a range of glorious metallic colours.  She [...]

As I sit here writing, and now reading, my first President’s report I reflect back on the last 12 months. It has certainly been a challenging time for everyone, personally, [...]

A total of 45 cars took part this year. We were car 14 and Tom O’Hagan and his navigator Kevin Plunkett were number 12. Among the cars were 7 Mercedes [...]

The National Lockdown of the country in 2020 meant that the Final Autumn Colours Trip was postponed to this year. David and Christine Merthens have been doing these events for [...]

Mercedes engineers were given three specifications to design a joint replacement for the very popular 190SL and the 300SL (which was a legend in its own lifetime). The new car [...]

The tale: After a period of seven years living between Dunedin and Auckland, my partner Cally and I decided it was     time to drive from Dunedin to Auckland [...]