Filed under: Performance , Hatchback , Mercedes-Benz , Rumormill Mercedes-Benz B-Class – Click above for high-res image gallery According to the crew at Inside Line, AMG may be looking into working its magic on a model below the current C-Class .

Filed under: Performance , Marketing/Advertising , Mercedes-Benz , Motorcycle , Luxury Ducati Diavel posing with Mercedes-Benz CLS63 AMG – Click above for high-res image gallery At this point, we’re going to go ahead and file this one away in the Highly Unlikely File, but here we go anyway.

Filed under: Ford General Motors may be raking in the awards with its Chevrolet Volt right now, but Ford isn’t exactly going unnoticed for its efforts on the green front. The Green Blue Oval has won Nielsen’s first Automotive Green Marketer of the Year award.

Filed under: LA Auto Show , Minivan/Van , Etc. , Mercedes-Benz LA 2010: Sprinkles Cupcakes Mercedes-Benz Sprinter Van – Click above for high-res image gallery Sprinkles Cupcakes are a Southern California institution

Filed under: Crossover , Mercedes-Benz , Diesel If you’re wishing and hoping for more diesel in the U.S., it looks like your best bet may again be placed on the Germans. Wards Automotive quotes Mercedes-Benz USA President Ernst Lieb as saying that the 2.2-liter Bluetec diesel will rest under the hood of the 2012 GLK . The oil-burning mill will likely cost a few thousand dollars more than the petrol-powered GLK, but fuel economy from the diesel four-pot will of course be vastly superior.

Filed under: LA Auto Show , Motorsports , Performance , Marketing/Advertising , Mercedes-Benz , Motorcycle , Celebrities , Luxury It’s a good time to jump on the Ducati MotoGP bandwagon. Sure, the Italian motorcycle manufacturer always fields a highly competitive juggernaut of a racing team, despite being a small fraction of the size of its chief rivals. But, with the recent signing of fan-favorite and nine-time World Champion Valentino Rossi , it would seem that the focus will never be more, um, focused on the bright red racers.

Filed under: Geneva Motor Show , Hatchback , Infiniti , Luxury Everyone’s getting in on the premium hatchback segment, from BMW and Audi to Lexus and Volvo . According to Autocar , the market will get another addition coming in from Japan, and the UK pub’s sources say it’ll be previewed in March at the Geneva Motor Show .

Filed under: LA Auto Show , Sedan , Performance , Mercedes-Benz , Luxury 2012 Mercedes-Benz CLS63 AMG – Click above for high-res image gallery On the eve of the LA Auto Show , Mercedes-Benz has taken the wraps off the 2012 CLS63 AMG, the bi-turbo V8 version of its thoroughly restyled and utterly delectable sedan. AMG’s new baby – the M157 5.5-liter twin-turbocharged V8 – is finding a home in nearly every new Mercedes product, and when fitted to the CLS63 the blown mill is good for 518 horsepower and 516 pound-feet of torque… in standard form.

Filed under: Concept Cars , LA Auto Show , Maybach , Mercedes-Benz , Smart Mercedes-Benz Biome Concept – Click above for high-res image gallery Each year the LA Auto Show plays host to the Los Angeles Design Challenge , where aspiring designers partner with automakers to envision the future of mobility. This year’s theme was to create the 1,000-pound car, and Mercedes-Benz’ three designs – one from the U.S., another from Germany and yet another from Japan – are predictably out there. The entrant from Mercedes’ U.S.

Filed under: Motorsports , Middle East 2010 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix – Click above for high-res image gallery When this season kicked off nine months ago in neighboring Bahrain , we knew it was going to be a close one. Ferrari had a two-time champion at the helm and a hungry wingman to match. McLaren had the reigning champions from the past two years in what was dubbed a “super team.” Brawn GP was bought by Mercedes-Benz , which then brought the most successful driver in F1 history out of retirement.