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Mercedes GLA
Automotive
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Mercedes recalls nearly 1,000 vehicles over fire risk

Mercedes is recalling 966 cars in Vietnam due to fire risks related to electrical short circuits in the trunk control modules and faulty trim bars on rear doors. The recall covers three models – C300, GLE, and GLS imported via official channels in Vietnam. Of…

mercedes benz
Automotive
2 min read

Mercedes recalls nearly 1,000 vehicles in Vietnam over fire risk

Mercedes is recalling 966 cars in Vietnam due to fire risks related to electrical short circuits in the trunk control modules and faulty trim bars on rear doors. The recall covers three models – C300, GLE and GLS imported via official channels in Vietnam. Of…

Next Gen Mercedes S Class Interior
Automotive
2 min read

Mercedes Enables Apple Music Spatial Audio On Its Cars

Mercedes has always made a big deal about its Burmester Audio system on its luxury vehicles which promise 3D and 4D sound, but now it has upped the ante by collaborating with Apple. Apple’s music streaming service, Apple Music, launched spatial audio support…

Mercedes AMG A35
Automotive
1 min read

Mercedes’s largest dealer hits full-year profit target

Hang Xanh Motors Service Joint Stock Company, a major Mercedes-Benz car dealer, reported pre-tax profits of more than VND240 billion (US$10 million) in the first nine months, exceeding its full-year target. Consolidated revenues were up 50 percent…

Mercedes AMG C43
Automotive
2 min read

Mercedes-AMG Project One Enters Production

Mercedes-AMG had taken the wraps off the Project One F1-engined hypercar five years ago at the Frankfurt Motor Show and it’s been a long time coming since then. Destined to be the fastest road car ever by Mercedes, it was delayed due to development hurdles…

Mercedes AMG A35
Automotive
1 min read

Mercedes distributor posts major profit jump

Vietnam’s biggest Mercedes distributor Haxaco posted a pre-tax profit of VND102 billion ($7.36 million) in the second quarter, up 12.6 times year-on-year. Its profit for the first six months was VND172 billion, or 80 percent of its target for the year. The…

Mercedes AMG A35
Automotive
1 min read

Mercedes Readies Plants To Produce Electric Vehicles

Mercedes-Benz is adjusting its network of plants to manufacture a new range of luxury electric vehicles as it prepares to switch to electric by the end of the decade. Mercedes aims to halve CO2 emissions per passenger car over the life cycle by the end of…

Automotive
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Mercedes dealer to operate luxury car rental service

Haxaco, a major Mercedes-Benz dealer, will focus on developing luxury car rental service this year besides its core business of car retail. In a recent annual meeting, its chairman Do Tien Dung said the firm has almost gained monopoly status in luxury car…

50440 mercedes logo wallpaper iphone
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Mercedes-Benz Accelerates In-House Software Push With New Tech Centre

Mercedes-Benz opened a new 200 million euro ($217 million) software center in Sindelfingen on Friday, its latest investment in boosting in-house software capabilities as it works to bring its own MB.OS operating system onto the market by 2024. Around 750 of…

Luminar
Automotive
1 min read

Mercedes To Use Luminar’s LiDAR’s With New Deal

Mercedes has announced that it has inked a deal with LiDAR maker Luminar whose devices will be incorporated in its vehicles in the future. Mercedes has also taken a small stake in the company with the acquisition of 1.5 million shares. As a part of the deal,…

Land Rover Discovery 2020
Automotive
1 min read

Land Rover Range Rover Teased Ahead Of Debut

The Land Rover Range Rover is no ordinary SUV and the arrival of the new-generation model is always special. It’s one of the oldest brands in the full-size luxury SUV segment and the next-generation model will rival the likes of the Mercedes-Maybach GLS and…

2020 Mercedes Benz GLS
Automotive
1 min read

Mercedes dealer reports record loss in Q3

Hang Xanh Motors Service JSC (Haxaco), a major Mercedes-Benz dealer in Vietnam, reported a record loss, more than VND33 billion ($1.4 million) in Q3, due to social distancing orders. Revenue in Q3 was VND700 billion, down 59 percent compared to the same…