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Here you will find posts by our editor, Gary Anderson, and news articles related to our award-winning publication.
StarFest 2018 – An MBCA event for the record books • May 15-22, Birmingham, Alabama
Members of the Mercedes-Benz Club of America gathered in Birmingham, Alabama, for a record-setting StarFest® 2018. This year’s StarFest was the largest club...
The Beauty is a Beast – Hotlaps in the Mighty GT R
The paddock was still and quiet. The mist was just lifting from the track as the loading gate on the unmarked transporter opened. The driver unfastened the hold-downs and climbed through the side...
Escape Artist – Exploring the natural world in a custom Mercedes-Benz Sprinter Van
Article and images by Kristen Bor
Tell us something about yourself.
My name is Kristen Bor, and I’m the founder of the outdoor-travel and van-life blog called “...
RETURN OF A CHAMPION
article: Gary Anderson • Nate Lander
images: Mercedes-Benz Classic Center, Daimler Archives, Richard Simonds, Gary Anderson
Where better to test and tune a stunning tribute to a famed 1957 300SLS than on a historic circuit...
Heritage
The First Modern Automobile
The revolutionary 1902-1905 Mercedes-Simplex
Article Gary Anderson
Images David Gooley, Susan Morehouse, Gary Anderson, Daimler Global Media
When this 1903 Mercedes- Simplex drives down a modern street, we...
BUILT TO SERVE
Simple, robust – and with an extended wheelbase, able to carry up to eight passengers – this rare 1967 200D EWB exemplifies the elegant functionalism of 1960s Mercedes-Benz design
ARTICLE Robert Gunthorp
IMAGES David Gooley, Susan...
The early-morning silence at a racetrack has a particular quality. It isn’t an empty quiet; rather, it is filled with memories of adrenaline-filled noise from the past and the anticipation of exciting sound to come.I like being the first to arrive...
No Excuses
The spectacular – and spectacularly capable – AMG GT C Roadster
Article Gary Anderson
Images Daimler Global Media
Traveling northeast out of the tiny village of Wilhoit, Arizona – at the edge of Prescott National Forest – there is a...
Symphony in Steel
This beautiful Mercedes-Benz 300S Cabriolet A – the hand-built pinnacle of automotive grandeur andelegance – has been treasured by three generations of one family since its factory delivery in 1955.
Article Carl W. Badenhausen...
Frozen in Time
This 1955 300SL Coupe sat in an aircraft hangar for 40 years
Article Gary Anderson with Wally Rogers & David Neyens
Images copyright and courtesy of Gooding & Co.
The small aircraft hangar where Sigurd Nygren kept three old...