Trivia: Mauro Calo and drift longest in history

During the event, Mercedes-Benz World, scheduled for June 17 to 19, the test driver Mauro Calo will try to establish a new record of maintaining a car drifting in a heeled 10,000 feet (about 3 km), thereby overcoming the current record of 8,000 feet. The two Class C and Class E 63 AMG 63 AMG used for both tests will be carried at a speed of 88 km / h in third gear, and thus traveling twelve laps to overcome the current 2,500 meters.

Mercedes: the Unimog is the largest model built with LEGO bricks

In the collective are definitely indicated castles, skyscrapers and airplanes. Maybe a train, why not? Certainly not imagine a Mercedes Unimog U 400, vehicle chosen to celebrate the 60th birthday of work vehicles Mercedes. The anniversary will be celebrated with LEGO, which has recreated a particular Unimog 2048 using bricks, enough to turn it into the larger puzzle (1:12.5 scale) ever created.

Mercedes B-Class F-Cell: around the world stopped after an accident

Last Wednesday, a Mercedes B-Class F-Cell was forced to stop around the world in which it was committed due to an accident that occurred in Kazakhstan and dynamics is still unknown. This setback makes men of the Star to continue around the world without one of the three B-Class F-Cell involved, which will be repaired or replaced by on-going fourth exemplary factory fresh.

The three hydrogen-cell powered cars will travel 30,000 km in 14 countries (from Germany to China, the United States to Portugal), with starting point and end point set at Stuttgart. The entire journey will be completed in 125 days, a symbolic tribute to 125 years Mercedes.

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Mercedes-Benz F-Cell (wikipedia)