Daily Drive: 2014 Mercedes-Benz S-class gets price cut

HOME   |   CAR NEWS   |   CAR REVIEWS   |   RACING   |   AUTO SHOWS   |   VIDEOS   |   COLLECTOR   |   SUBSCRIBE Monday, September 09, 2013                  The 2014 Mercedes-Benz S-class will hit dealerships in October.... 2014 Mercedes-Benz S-class gets price cut The 2014 Mercedes-Benz S-class will start at $93,825 when it arrives in dealerships in October. That’s $2,100 less than last year’s entry-level model. The S550 4Matic, coming in November, will sticker for $96,825, and the rocket-powered AMG will hit your wallet for $140,425. That also comes in November. The ...   Classic and modern Bugattis featured at Mullin Museum The Mullin Automotive Museum is an institution that has long been devoted to automobiles originating from the Art Deco era. Located in Oxnard, Calif., the museum will unveil an exhibit called “The Art of Bugatti” in...   Audi A3 Cabriolet bows before Frankfurt motor show The Audi A3 Cabriolet broke cover on Sept. 8, a few days before its media debut at the Frankfurt motor show. It will be joined on the stand by the new Quattro concept...   2014 Acura MDX SH-AWD review notes EDITOR WES RAYNAL: This 2014 Acura MDX is all new? OK, if you insist. It's seems awfully familiar to me. I guess that's not a bad thing necessarily -- the outgoing MDX wasn't bad. It looks similar to the old one....   Clint Bowyer goes from NASCAR jester to Twitter heel in no time flat There was quite a bit of controversy that followed Saturday's final regular season NASCAR Sprint Cup race at Richmond. With several drivers vying for the final...   Volkswagen shows new Golf Sportvan ahead of Frankfurt motor show debut No, your eyes aren't playing tricks on you -- that really is a Volkswagen Golf with a taller roof. And tomorrow at the Frankfurt Motor Show Volkswagen is set to reveal ...   Jordan Taylor, Max Angelelli score Grand-Am win at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca Sports car racing fans who have been accustomed to full-contact competition like last weekend's mercifully shortened American Le Mans Series race at Baltimore may have thought they'd stumbled into a courteous-driving video with the telecast of Sunday's Continental Tire Sports Car Festival Powered...   One Lap of the Web: A very mini Mini, McLaren P1 in the desert and the Li'l Red Express -- There are plenty of enthusiasts who feel the Mini brand is straying from its simple, diminutive roots with larger and larger models like the   Reliving 'Rush': Niki Lauda continues dominance at Belgian Grand Prix Director Ron Howard's upcoming movie “Rush,” chronicling the famous 1976 Formula One World Championship rivalry between drivers Niki Lauda and James Hunt, premieres nationwide on Sept. 27. In anticipation of the release,...   Tom Chilton and Gabriele Tarquini pick up wins in FIA World Touring Car Championship Tom Chilton and Gabriele Tarquini recorded victories on Sunday in the FIA World Touring Car Championship’s second visit to the United States at Sonoma Raceway. Chilton (Chevrolet) converted his first-ever WTCC pole position into his maiden victory in the first 13-lap sprint race around ...   Kimi Räikkönen set for Formula One return to Ferrari Multiple sources are now suggesting that Kimi Räikkönen will shortly be confirmed as a Ferrari driver for 2014. The Finn was pushed out of the team at the end of 2009 to make way for You May Have Missed...   Found on eBay: 1983 Škoda 105L sedan: Rear-engined Czech car was even sold in Canada Years before Škoda started topping the customer satisfaction charts in the U.K. and other countries, beating its corporate parent VW, and operating plants all over Europe and China, it was a Czechoslovakian automaker known for building more or less reliable cars (mostly less). Few in the U.S....   NASCAR investigating Clint Bowyer's late spin at Richmond -- in-car video of spin The checkered flag was still waving Saturday night at Richmond and the conspiracy theorists were already in full song. They were outraged that Clint Bowyer of Michael Waltrip Racing had intentionally spun to bring a late-race caution that helped teammate Martin Truex Jr. gain enough finish...   Sebastian Vettel wins F1 Italian Grand Prix ahead of Fernando Alonso Sebastian Vettel withstood a tricky start from pole position to win the Italian Grand Prix on Sunday and extend his hefty championship lead over Ferrari driver Fernando Alonso, who finished second.Vettel locked his tires on the first turn as the Ferrari of Felipe Massa pressured him from behind,...   Video of Carl Edwards apparently jumping final NASCAR restart at Richmond The question of whether Michael Waltrip Racing teammates Clint Bowyer and Brian Vickers conspired to manipulate the results of Saturday night's 400-lap Sprint Cup race at Richmond isn't the only issue on NASCAR's plate next week. Officials will almost certainly examine race winner Carl Edwards'...   Reliving 'Rush': The Spanish Grand Prix marks a controversial victory for Niki Lauda Director Ron Howard's upcoming movie “Rush,” chronicling the famous 1976 Formula One World Championship rivalry between drivers Niki Lauda and James Hunt, premieres nationwide on Sept. 27. In anticipation of the release, Autoweek revisits the 1976 F1 season, as it happened. We were on...   First photos of grid girl casting call at Circuit of the Americas Autoweek Racing is never one to turn down the opportunity to get a leg up on the competition when it comes to getting a behind-the-scenes look at big-time motorsports.So, it's no wonder our guys in the field mobilized in time for Saturday's casting call for COTA Girls at the Circuit of the...   J.D. Gibbs says 'never say never' in response to Tony Kanaan possibly coming to NASCAR Nationwide team J.D. Gibbs hoisted that age-old disclaimer “never say never” several times during a chat at Richmond International Raceway concerning reigning Indy 500 winner Tony Kanaan. The subject: growing rumors that Kanaan is trolling for a Nationwide Series ride next year at Joe Gibbs Racing. The ...   2014 Rolls-Royce Wraith drive review It's funny to think of any automobile as an upgrade from the 557-hp, $164,000 Mercedes-Benz CL600 coupe. That might be the best way to describe the 2014 Rolls-Royce Wraith, nonetheless.The more obvious Wraith association would seem to be the Bentley Continental GT, but that doesn't work well either,...   Red Bull's Mark Webber criticizes Ferrari Formula One fans for booing Sebastian Vettel After winning the first Italian Grand Prix podium place of his career in his last European race, Mark Webber took a parting shot at Ferrari fans for jeering race winner and Red Bull teammate Sebastian Vettel.The 37-year-old Webber, who finished third behind Ferrari's Fernando Alonso, is retiring...   Lewis Hamilton declares his Formula One title bid over after Italian Grand Prix Lewis Hamilton had to concede Sunday that his bid for a second Formula One title is all but over after a "nightmare" weekend for the Mercedes driver at the Italian Grand Prix.Hamilton, who won at Monza last year, finished ninth Sunday after technical problems. Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel won to...   Despite gearbox issue, Sebastian Vettel extends F1 points lead over Fernando Alonso Sebastian Vettel had to overcome serious concerns about the Red Bull gearbox on his way to what looked like a comfortable win in the Formula One Italian Grand Prix at Monza on Sunday.Red Bull drivers Vettel and Mark Webber were allowed by the FIA to change their fifth, sixth and seventh gears...   Defending NASCAR Truck champ James Buescher wins at Iowa James Buescher had a plan and it worked to perfection. Saving a set of sticker tires for a late-race trip to pit road -- after his rivals had exhausted their supply of fresh rubber -- pushed the reigning NASCAR Camping World Truck Series champion to victory in Sunday's Fan Appreciation 200 at Iowa... CLICK HERE TO UNSUBSCRIBE from the Autoweek Daily Drive E-mail or to sign up for other Autoweek e-mail products. 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