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Becker JetVans

Posted Aug 8th 2008 3:02PM by Laura Malesich
Filed under: Wheels

Step off the tarmac and into uber-sized luxury in the Becker JetVans. A Mercedes Sprinter van decked out with first-class accommodations for the most opulent of travel groups, this creation comes with a private-jet feel throughout. Standard accessories include leather seats, flat-screen televisions, and plush space for up to eight passengers. There are eight floor-plans to choose from offering reclining seats with footrests, internet connectivity and even a bathroom! Ease into this stylish ride for around $175,000 and you'll never have to endure the rough ride of a city taxi from airport to hotel again.

[via AutoWeek]

Skybar Miami's Cool New Cocktails

Posted Jul 22nd 2008 11:04AM by Jared Paul Stern
Filed under: Journeys, Spirits

The poolside Skybar at the luxe Shore Club in Miami Beach (above) has revamped their chic cocktail menu in time for the Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week swimwear shows (check out a sizzling slideshow of bathing beauties here). The indoor/outdoor oasis, which is comprised of four different settings - the Redroom, Redroom Garden, Sandbar, and the Rumbar, which has 75 different varieties of rum - is intertwined with lush gardens ad secret passageways. Check out the gallery for photos and recipes of the new libations, but you'll have to actually go there to get the special Skybar Bento Box prepared by the Shore Club's own branch of Nobu.

Gallery: Skybar Miami Cocktails

iPhone Pouch Premieres At Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Berlin

Posted Jul 19th 2008 3:02PM by Tracy Chait
Filed under: Gadgets, Wheels

3G iPhone, check. Mercedes GLK, check. How to merge the two? Enter a new exclusive "pouch" (more like a Birkin for your cell phone), crafted from white napa leather and glittering in Swarovski crystals to stash your phone. Currently even trickier to come by than an iPhone last Friday, the pouch has been released in a group of just 40 limited editions to be raffled off during this week's Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Berlin. But they'll come to market in October 2008, along with the GLK, the "compact SUV" (oxymoron, anyone?) that made its stylish debut driving Sex and the City star Kim Cattrall to her first Berlin fashion show.

Gallery: iPhone Pouch Premieres At Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Berlin

Benz, Bugatti & Jag at Meadow Brook Auto Auction

Posted Jul 16th 2008 12:02PM by Jared Paul Stern
Filed under: Wheels, Auctions

On August 2nd, RM Auctions will sell of a stunning selection of classic cars, including a coveted Mercedes-Benz Gullwing (above), at the annual Meadow Brook Concours d'Élegance in Michigan. The event takes place at Meadow Brook Hall, the historic 110-room Tudor Revival mansion built in the 1920s by auto heiress Matilda Dodge Wilson. In May, RM set a world record by selling the 1961 Ferrari formerly owned by James Coburn which we wrote about for $11 million.

The Mercedes, a beautiful black 1956 300SL, is estimated at $575,000 - $675,000. We prefer it to the other, slightly more expensive Mercedes on offer, a 1936 500K three-position drophead coupe by Corsica, est. $600,000 - $750,000. Also included in the stunning sale: a 1937 Bugatti Type 57 Ventoux Coupe, est. $475,000 - $575,000; a 1930 Isotta-Fraschini 8A Convertible Sedan by Castagna, similar to the one featured in Sunset Boulevard, est. $400,000 - $600,000; and a 1954 Jaguar XK 120SE Roadster, est. $80,000 - $110,000. See the gallery for more.

Gallery: RM Meadow Brook

Mercedes-Benz Kicks Off Bridgehampton Polo Season

Posted Jun 23rd 2008 11:02AM by Jared Paul Stern
Filed under: Events, Sports

The annual Mercedes-Benz Polo Challenge will kick off at the JetOne Jets Field at the Bridgehampton Polo Club on Saturday, July 19 this year. This season's partners include Coca-Cola, Fiji Water, T-Mobile, Pernod Ricard, Ralph Lauren, Hpnotiq and Zino Platinum Cigars, and the MVP Player Award will be presented by Westin Rinehart. The matches, which will run for six consecutive Saturdays through August 23 this year, are the social mainstay of the Hamptons season and feature some of the world's best polo players competing for one of the sport's most treasured prizes. Anyone can watch from the stands, but the invitation-only V.I.P. tent is the real scene. Celebs in attendance in years previous have included Anne Hathaway, Elizabeth Hurley, Heather Graham, Howard Stern, Jared Leto, Jay Z, Jessica Alba, Mischa Barton, Natalie Portman and Prince Albert of Monaco, to name a few. All proceeds will go to a good cause, the South Fork Breast Health Coalition.

Gallery: Mercedes-Benz Bridgehampton Polo

Classic Cars on Offer at First Greenwich Concours Sale

Posted May 28th 2008 6:02PM by Jared Paul Stern
Filed under: Wheels, Auctions

On Sunday June 8 London auction house Bonhams will stage its first ever auction in conjunction with the annual Greenwich Concours d'Elegance in Connecticut. The top-priced lots are rare racing cars prized by automotive historians, such as a 1931 Maserati Tipo 8C-2800 competition two-seater, est. $600,000 - $850,000, and a 1965 McLaren-Elva M1A Sports Racer, est. $250,000- $300,000. However, there are plenty of beautiful and highly collectible cars that one can actually drive on offer as well.

Among our favorites is this perfectly-restored British made 1956 AC Ace, est. $140,000 - 180,000, in British racing green, natch. Other highlights include: a 1963 Porsche 356B 1600 Super 90 Cabriolet, est. $110,000 - 130,000; a 1972 Ferrari 365 GTC/4 Coupe, est. $110,000 - $135,000; a 1974 Jaguar Series III V-12 XK-E Roadster, est. $50,000 - $70,000; a 1971 Mercedes-Benz 280 SE 3.5 Cabriolet, est. $100,000 - $150,000; and the steal of the sale, a 1979 Rolls-Royce Silver Wraith II Saloon, est. only $25,000 - $35,000.

Gallery: Greenwich Auto Auction

1963 Porsche 356B 1600 Super 90 Cabriolet

1974 Jaguar Series III V-12 XK-E Roadster

1979 Rolls-Royce Silver Wraith II Saloon

Britney Spears May Soon Lose Her Cars

Posted Mar 18th 2008 9:02AM by Deidre Woollard
Filed under: Wheels, Celebrity Shopping

In the last few months, Britney Spears has been spotted around Los Angeles in a variety of vehicles. Now it looks like some of those cars may soon be for sale. Access Hollywood reports that a judge has granted Jamie Spears, Britney's father and co-conservator of her estate, the authority to sell off some of her cars. Britney Spears was also recently order to pay ex-husband Kevin Federline $375,000 to cover his extensive legal fees in the former couple's ongoing dispute over the custody of their two young sons. No word on which of Britney's cars will be sold yet but I'm betting there may be a Mercedes or two with a pop star pedigree on eBay soon.

Tina Turner's Mercedes-Powered LM002 For Sale

Posted Jan 24th 2008 3:03PM by Rigel Celeste
Filed under: Wheels, Celebrity Shopping

Tina Turner wasn't messing around when she went shopping for a vehicle. In true rock-and-roller style, she opted for a Lamborghini (a LM002 to be exact) and had it retro-fitted and personalized with a Mercedes E500 V8 automatic transmission, a 1500-Watt Blaupunkt stereo, and lots of other aesthetic touches. The big news here is not that Tina Turners owns this vehicle, but that she's selling it. It's currently on the market for Є179,000, and although I'm hardly an expert at appraising vehicles that seems like a pretty good deal.

Gallery: Tina Turner's Mercedes-Powered LM002

Luxury Car Key Pendants

Posted Dec 12th 2007 9:02AM by Laura Malesich
Filed under: Jewelry, Wheels

Whether you own one of these luxury vehicles, or wish you could, the key pendants from Imperial Craftwork should be on your wish list. Choose the auto logo you desire from ten options, select sterling silver, sterling with white gold plating, or pure platinum, and add some panache to your keys for $130 and up. The only unfortunate thing is your gift may be on hold for a bit -- the only style in stock was the Audi pendant. Guess there is always Valentine's Day or St. Paddy's! (Any occasion is good for a gift).

Keep a Mercedes in the Trunk of Your Mercedes

Posted Nov 27th 2007 10:02AM by Rigel Celeste
Filed under: Gadgets, Wheels, Green

Mercedes-Benz is launching a new emissions-free way to travel: the Folding Bike. It's obviously not their first bike, but it it is a unique bike in that it's designed to fold up all handy and fit in your vehicle's trunk in just two swift moves. Designed to be folded not only quickly but also cleanly (no grease or dirt on your hands!) and measuring just 800x800x220mm, it will not only take up practically no space in your garage but will fit comfortably in the boot of your Mercedes-Benz CLK Cabriolet -- ready for a quick ride anytime. Available in April 2008.

Gallery: The Mercedes-Benz Folding Bike

Via Treehugger

Is the Mercedes SL65 the Right Car for Britney?

Posted Nov 9th 2007 2:03PM by Deidre Woollard
Filed under: Wheels, Celebrity Shopping

As part of the triumvirate of Hollywood bad girls that includes Lindsay Lohan and Paris Hilton, Britney Spears has not had great luck with cars. Her most recent white Mercedes has been involved in all sorts of minor scrapes and paparazzi incidents. It's no surprise that the free-spending popwreck opted for a new car, and why not go for an upgrade, a brand new Mercedes SL65. After all, a girl who makes over $700,000 a month can afford a $200,000 car. But why the same color, white, as the one before? And, considering her own bad vehicle luck why would she opt for the very same type of car that Lindsay Lohan got her DUI in? Personally I'd like to see Britney in a Lexus hybrid, nice and safe for the kids and a bit kinder to the environment, considering the girl is always on the move, yet still high end enough for a big spender. What kind of car do you think Britney should drive?

Lindsay Lohan's DUI Mercedes on eBay

Posted Nov 8th 2007 10:04AM by Deidre Woollard
Filed under: Wheels, Auctions, Celebrity Shopping

An auto dealer in Houston wound up with a celebrity goldmine that it is now selling on eBay. Matthews Auto purchased a dented 2005 Mercedes SL65 from California, not knowing that the car belonged to Lindsay Lohan. According to the eBay description, when a customer showed the dealer a YouTube video of Lindsay Lohan, the staff realized that the car they had was the one that Lohan was driving during her accident on May 26, 2007. The car has been repaired and the dealer has replaced the hood, left fender, front bumper, front grill, left headlight and both front wheels and tires. It has just 6,207 miles on it, and has not been customized in any way. Last time I looked on eBay the price was over $110,000 on the auction, which ends on November 15. The website lists the car's price as $160,000.

[via TMZ]

Maybach Flaunts a Four-Door Convertible for the Rich

Posted Nov 7th 2007 4:03PM by Erin Mays
Filed under: Wheels

They might be billing it as a concept vehicle, but it looks pretty production-ready to us. And the choice to launch it at the Middle East International Auto Show? All the more suspect -- Maybach could sell every last limited-production one of these at the next OPEC meeting alone.

Witness the closest thing to a production-ready four-door luxury convertible we've seen in a while, the Maybach 62 Landaulet. The Landaulet can thank the 62 S sedan on which it's based for its 612-horsebower biturbo V12 and reclining rear seats, the latter of which are done up in white leather, contrasting the black leather adorning the chauffer's cockpit. That and the electronically-dimmed glass partition aren't all that separates the "haves" from their driver -- while the cockpit is enclosed overhead, the rear passengers enjoy a retractable soft top.

Just to give the sun something to glint off of spectacularly, Maybach also sprang for piano lacquer and gold-flecked granite (yes, granite) inserts.

Check out Daimler's full press release after the jump.

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Saks Fifth Avenue Holiday Gifts

Posted Oct 23rd 2007 8:02AM by Deidre Woollard
Filed under: Journeys, Wheels, Events, Charity

Not to be left out by other department stores, Saks Fifth Avenue has their own version of over-the-top holiday gifts but a portion of the price of each of their gifts are donated to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. The most coveted is the chance to own the first-ever SLR Mercedes-Benz Roadster Convertible. As part of the package you will fly to Monaco for the 2008 Formula One race and take private lessons from the pros at the Circuit Paul Richard Racetrack in Provence, France. The package costs $520,000, $10,000 of which will be donated to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. The rest of the five gifts are a concert experience with Matchbox Twenty ($25,000, $5,000 of which will go to St. Jude's); a vacation experience in Bora Bora with chef Jean Georges Vongerichten which costs $115,000 ($5,000 of which goes to St. Jude's); a weekend in New York City which includes the chance to create a customized ring with jewelry designer Temple St. Clair and formulate your very own fragrances with Bond No. 9 founder Laurice Rahme, dine at Gramercy Tavern and go on a private shopping spree at Saks Fifth Avenue before the store opens which sells for $60,000 ($5,000 of which $5,000 will be donated to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital) and lastly five customized snowglobes to share with family and friends for $3,000 ($1,000 will be donated to St. Jude's).

Hilary Duff's Birthday Mercedes

Posted Sep 23rd 2007 12:02PM by Rigel Celeste
Filed under: Wheels, Celebrity Shopping

Having a celebrity girlfriend who can pretty much buy herself whatever she wants could have posed a challenge for hockey player Mike Comry when sweetheart Hilary Duff's birthday came around, but if it did he managed not to show it and pulled off a wonderful gift with flying colors. He surprised her with a week-early birthday present of a Mercedes-Benz G-class SUV sitting in her garage. Apparently she had been talking about getting a new vehicle for awhile beforehand, but she never suspected the $100,000+ gift. He actually had her thinking she was getting shoes, of all things.

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Becker JetVans

Skybar Miami's Cool New Cocktails

iPhone Pouch Premieres At Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Berlin

Benz, Bugatti & Jag at Meadow Brook Auto Auction

Mercedes-Benz Kicks Off Bridgehampton Polo Season

Classic Cars on Offer at First Greenwich Concours Sale

Britney Spears May Soon Lose Her Cars

Tina Turner's Mercedes-Powered LM002 For Sale

Luxury Car Key Pendants

Keep a Mercedes in the Trunk of Your Mercedes

Is the Mercedes SL65 the Right Car for Britney?

Lindsay Lohan's DUI Mercedes on eBay

Maybach Flaunts a Four-Door Convertible for the Rich

Saks Fifth Avenue Holiday Gifts

Hilary Duff's Birthday Mercedes

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