The Star
The Official Magazine of the Mercedes-Benz Club of America
July-August 2013
Articles from StarTech 2013 about Mercedes-Benz U.S. International factory in Tuscaloosa, Alabama.
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Featured
Hodgman’s Hammer – Blasting to StarTech 2013 in a vintage AMG rocket sled
Gary Anderson
Featured Dealer: Soave Automotive Group of Kansas City
Robert Poduch
Putting it On the Line at Mercedes-Benz U.S. International with the Mercedes Production System
Susan Warner, Gary Anderson
Titans of Their Time The Grosser 770 Models of the 1930s
Graham Robson
Driving an Icon: This rare postwar Mercedes-Benz W196 racing car coming up for auction triggers memories of a long-ago drive in the same machine
Karl Ludvigsen
Tech Articles
Taking Better Pictures – 10 tips to improve car and club event photos
Gary Anderson
What’s happening to Mercedes-Benz values?
Hagerty, Sass, McKinney
Buyers Guide: 1979–1991 W126 Luxury Coupes
Richard Simonds
Columns
President's Letter A National Events Review
Steve Dierks
The R350: The Bargain of a Lifetime
Jim Luikens
I say you can buy happiness… inexpensively
John Kuhn Bleimaier
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