by Wallace Wyss - Mercedes is taking Tesla seriously now as a worthy adversary, though Mercedes has been around at least 100 years longer. Their latest show car has many innovations that go beyond their present electric sedan but could be … [Read more...]
Mercedes EQS A Conservative Approach to an Electric Sedan
November 17, 2021 By Leave a Comment
by Wallace Wyss - Mercedes has fielded an all new electric sedan, designed to compete with Tesla and possibly the Lucid. Mercedes is confident enough to make this their electric flagship. Base engine is a 329-hp, rear-drive powertrain … [Read more...]
Design Critique: 2022 Mercedes SL
November 1, 2021 By 4 Comments
by Wallace Wyss - Say it isn't so, Joe...from some angles the new $100,000 plus Mercedes SL roadster looks like...a Porsche. I heard about it on the radio, a rival car show, and had to check it out. When I saw the first rear 3/4 … [Read more...]
Driving Impression: 2021 Mercedes-AMG E53 Convertible
May 7, 2021 By 1 Comment
The Right Mix Of Luxury and Power by Wallace Wyss - Being a portraitist of classic cars, I don’t pay as much attention as I should to the newest of the new so I was bowled over when I found out there are several Mercedes priced new at over … [Read more...]
Design Analysis: Mercedes-AMG GT Roadster
July 7, 2020 By Leave a Comment
A muscle convertible from the Three Pointed Star. by Wallace Wyss - Whereas once a Mercedes 300SL Roadster drew all the looks away from other foreign cars, in recent years there haven't been Mercedes roadsters that were as daring as that … [Read more...]
Fiction: The Blue Goose
June 4, 2020 By 3 Comments
by Wallace Wyss - The old man was glad his son took him to the, what the hell did they call it, the concours d'-sumpthin'-or-other? Hell, he didn't know one classic car from another though, as a boy in Wisconsin, back in the '30s, he had seen … [Read more...]
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