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- Stuttgart, Apr 10, 2019 - What a great way to start the classic cars season: Mercedes-Benz wins the prestigious Motor Klassik Award 2019 in no fewer than four categories. Included amongst the top classic cars are the 540 K Special Roadster (classics from the 1920s and 1930s) and the 300 SL “Gullwing” (classics from the 1940s and 1950s).
- Stuttgart, Apr 2, 2019 - This year Mercedes-Benz celebrates the anniversary “125 Years of Motorsport” – a perfect opportunity to transform a luxurious 1969 Mercedes-Benz 280 S (W 108) into a furious rally racer, following the example set by the legendary racing car icon, the red Mercedes-Benz 300 SEL 6.8 AMG, which was successful in Spa-Francorchamps in 1971.
- Stuttgart, Mar 21, 2019 - The Mercedes-Benz SL of the R 129 model series celebrated its premiere 30 years ago at the Geneva Motor Show. It is a technology platform: it brought innovations such as the automatically folding roll bar, integral seats and the Adaptive Damping System (ADS) into production.
- Stuttgart, Mar 18, 2019 - Because of its great success, the Mercedes-Benz Museum is extending the "On the move since 1893" exhibition by seven weeks: the special exhibition on the 125-year history of VfB Stuttgart football club can now be experienced until the International Museum Day on 19 May 2019.
- Stuttgart, Mar 15, 2019 - Finish line at the Mercedes-Benz Museum: Gary Paffett's C 63 DTM is now in the Legends 7: Silver Arrows – Races and Records exhibition area. The Briton clinched the overall victory in the 2018 German Touring Car Masters with this racing car and in so doing formally ended the 30-year success story of the brand.
- Stuttgart, Mar 7, 2019 - On 23 March 2019, the Mercedes-Benz Museum is offering the opportunity to celebrate the 20th birthday of the Long Night of the Museums in Stuttgart through the night and into the morning. In addition to the extensive entertainment programme from 7 p.m. to 2 a.m. there will, once again, be the big AfterParty@Mercedes-Benz Museum with radio station bigFM in the passage from 11 p.m. to 4 a.m.
- Stuttgart, Feb 28, 2019 - Formula 1 is regarded as the premier class of motorsport. Mercedes-Benz is one of the most successful brands ever in this racing series, most recently in 2018 with the fourth World Championship going to Lewis Hamilton with Mercedes-AMG Petronas Motorsport as well as the fifth consecutive constructor's title and driver's title.
- Stuttgart, Feb 6, 2019 - Congratulations on 40 years during which time there has been no way but up for the Mercedes-Benz G-Class (combined fuel consumption: 13.1–9.6 l/100 km; combined CO2 emissions: 299–252 g/km*) since 1979: on the one hand, this refers to the outstanding off-road capabilities of the vehicle presented in 1979 and, on the other, the fact that it has remained true to itself and its values for almost 40 years.
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combined fuel consumption: 13.1–9.6 l/100 km; combined CO2 emissions: 299–252 g/km*
- Stuttgart, Nov 8, 2018 - 1989 was a good year for innovations for Mercedes-Benz. This is made clear by the many model series and models of the make from Stuttgart, which can obtain an H licence plate (German licence plate for classic cars) for the first time in 2019: these include the SL of the R 129 model series, the G-Class of the 463 model series and the then facelifted 124 model series of the intermediate vehicle class, all launched in 1989.
- Stuttgart, Oct 2, 2018 - What colour is the famous hoop on the VfB home shirt and what is the favourite song of the VfB mascot Fritzle? Children of elementary school age can find intuitive ways to answer these and other questions with a book of discovery in the special exhibition “On the move since 1893”. The booklet is available free of charge at the museum’s front desk.
