Mercedes-Benz
Mercedes-Benz to Debut the 2013 SL550
Mercedes-Benz will unveil the 2013 SL550 Roadster on February 26th with 60-second spot airing during the Academy Awards. The SL will make its debut in showrooms this spring
The new roadster boasts a number of new features, including an all-aluminum bodyshell (which makes it 308 pounds lighter than previous models), a redesigned direct injection engine, a FrontBass audio entertainment system, and Magic Vision Control, a new windshield wipe/wash system.
The SL 550 …
Sofitel Washington DC Lafayette Square – Hotel Review
After a drive of 136 miles (218 km) from Philadelphia in The Diesel Driver’s new Mercedes-Benz E350 BlueTec, FBT Editorial Director Jonathan Spira and I arrived at the Sofitel hotel in the center of Washington, D.C. The hotel, situated in a renovated, historic building from 1880, is on Lafayette Square and just a stone’s throw from the White House and other landmarks.
Immediately after I pulled up, a bellman came out …
Kruisherenhotel Maastricht, Netherlands – Hotel Review
The Dutch are a practical people, and, since numerous churches and monasteries were closed as Napoleon Bonaparte established hegemony over most of continental Europe, they were sooner or later bound to find a good use for these large empty buildings.
One such building is the Kruisherenhotel, which dates back to the 15th century, when the Order of the Holy Cross (Crosier or “Kruisheren” in Dutch) built a monastery in the center …
Mercedes-Benz Unveils Telematics, Smartphone Apps, Driver Assistance Systems, SL
Mercedes-Benz, which is celebrating its 125th anniversary this year, previewed a new in-vehicle infotainment and safety system, mbrace2, at the Consumer Electronics Show. The system will support cloud-based apps, speech recognition, Web browsing and search, in addition to existing features such as concierge services, automatic crash notification, and traffic information.
The new mbrace2 smartphone app adds new features over the existing app, including the ability to set valet parking protection and …
BMW Top-Selling Luxury Car for 2011
BMW took the title of top-selling luxury car brand in the U.S. for 2011, a title Lexus has held for the past ten years.
By selling 247,907 BMW-brand cars and SUVs, BMW edged past Mercedes-Benz, which sold 245,231 in the same period. These sales figures only include luxury automobiles and do not include other brands or commercial vehicles.
Lexus’ sales were hampered by vehicle shortages that resulted from supply-chain disruptions from the …
Your Favorite Frequent Business Traveler Articles in 2011
As the year draws to a close, we present our year-end recap of the Frequent Business Traveler articles that resonated most strongly with you in 2011.
The pieces range from reviews of flights aboard some of the most-talked-about new commercial aircraft, to test drives of luxury cars, to your takes on what hotels aren’t doing right.
1.) Exclusive Interview: American Airlines Officials Discuss Boeing, Airbus Deal
Jonathan Spira gets the scoop from then …
