Nother CarGuy

Mercedes-Benz has announced the recall of nearly half a million vehicles across the United States due to a problem with their airbags. According to the recall notice from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration the driver's airbag could unexpectedly deploy under certain conditions – but only if two problems arise at the same time, and apparently owing nothing to the massive Takata recall we'd associate with this kind of problem. If the air bag clockspring is broken, and an electrostatic discharge occurs, then the airbag in the steering wheel could deploy accidentally. That doesn't strike us as a scenario likely to happen very often. But since the deployment of the airbag could be disruptive, to say the least, it's probably a good thing that Mercedes is calling in any vehicles that could be affected. Included in the recall are various variants of the CLA, GLA, GLK, GLC, GLC Coupe, B-Class, C-Class (sedan, coupe, and convertible), and E-Class (sedan, w...

The one thing missing from the new Mercedes-Benz E-Class Estate or Wagon range was a super-high performance edition – in case the  396hp E43 AMG  wasn’t fast enough for you.  Today, you can cross that off your list as Mercedes-AMG introduced not one, but two super wagons, the regular E63 and the even faster E63 S, though we’ll only be getting the latter in USA.  As with  their E63 sedan siblings , a smaller-displacement, but more powerful, 4.0-liter twin-turbocharged V8 engine replaces the previous 5.5-liter, producing 563hp (571PS) and 553 lb-ft (750Nm) in the E63 Wagon and 604hp (612PS) and 627 lb-ft (850Nm) of torque in the ‘S’ variant.  The former can reach 100km/h (62mph) in 3.6 seconds and has a restricted top speed of 250km/h (155mph), while the E63 S does the same in 3.5 sec and tops out at 250km/h (155mph) in EU-spec and 180mph (290km/h) in North American-spec. That means both E63 Wagons are faster than the Audi RS6 Avants, at least in accelerat...

Mercedes’ AMG division has introduced the new generation  E63 and E63 S models , with the latter being the most powerful and fastest E-Class of all time.  Revealed on Wednesday ahead of a world premiere at  next month’s Los Angeles Auto Show , the duo of 2018 E63 sedans have dropped the outgoing models’ 5.5-liter twin-turbocharged V8 for AMG’s smaller displacement, but more potent, 4.0-liter force-fed V8, and now get standard 4MATIC four-wheel drive across the range.  In the base E63, the eight-cylinder lump churns out 563hp (571PS) and 553 lb-ft (750Nm) for a 0-60mph in 3.4 sec (0-100km/h in 3.5 sec), while in ‘S’ guise, it produces 604hp (612PS) and 627 lb-ft (850Nm) allowing Merc’s M5 rival to reach 60mph in 3.3 sec (100km/h in 3.3 sec). Both models have a restricted top speed of 155mph (250km/h), though the available AMG Driver’s package raises the limit to 186mph (300km/h). If for any reason you want to show your frugal side by cutting down on fuel consumptio...