For 60 years, the official Mercedes-Benz Clubs have belonged to the community of experts in the automobile scene. As a member, you are often the number 1 point of contact when it comes to the brand with the star. It’s because of this that Mercedes-Benz Classic would like to continue to advise and support you in the best way possible in the future. We value your opinion to get to know your wishes even better so that we can bring our services and offers in line accordingly.

From 14 March to 1. June, we are carrying out an exclusive Club survey.

Only the members of the official Mercedes-Benz Clubs worldwide are authorised to take part in the survey. We are intrigued about your opinion and look forward to a large turnout of members participating.

You can find the survey online in the Mercedes-Benz ClubLounge. Please log in to the ClubLounge at clublounge.mercedes-benz-clubs.com with your ID for the ClubLounge or ClubCard-ID and your password.

We thank you in advance for your support and wish you an unforgettable season in 2012.

Your Mercedes-Benz Classic Club Management

Mercedes-Benz’s association with the Mille Miglia is an enthralling story, full of great sporting moments. The high points include the Mercedes-Benz 300 SL racing sports car’s (model series W 194) first entry into the 1000-mile race 60 years ago: in May 1952, Karl Kling scored second and former champion Rudolf Caracciola came fourth. This represented a promising start to Mercedes-Benz’s return to the international motorsport arena.

For this year’s Mille Miglia, Mercedes-Benz Classic is paying homage to that 1952 premiere and other successes achieved by the Stuttgart-based racing department in the legendary road race first held 85 years ago: from 17 to 20 May 2012 an original 300 SL racing sports car will be taking part in the 1000-mile rally from Brescia to Rome and back.

The history of Mercedes-Benz is rife with vehicles which have captivated and enticed enthusiasts and continue to do so to this day. This is particularly true of the legendary supercharged sports cars of types S, SS (W 06) and SSK (W 06 II) from the late 1920s and the early 1930s. These are amongst the few vehicles which have become legends in the history of the car.

Klaus Ludwig will drive a Mercedes-Benz SSK in the “Elefantenrennen” to take place during the ADAC Eifelrennen at the Nürburgring. Mercedes-Benz Classic is organising the event in particular to commemorate the first victory of a Mercedes-Benz supercharged sports car at the opening race of the Nürburgring on 19 June 1927. It was during that race that Rudolf Caracciola and Adolf Rosenberger won a surprising dual victory in a Mercedes-Benz type S, paving the way for many race wins in the history of supercharged sports cars.

• Mercedes-Benz back on medallists’ podium with the then newly-designed W 125
• Goodwood Revival 2012: Four genuine Mercedes-Benz Silver Arrows on the starting grid

Stuttgart – Mercedes-Benz Classic will be taking four genuine pre-war Silver Arrows to this year’s Goodwood Revival (14 – 16 September 2012). One of them is a Grand Prix car from the W 125 series which was specially constructed for the 1937 season. This car made its first appearance 75 years ago and promptly presented Mercedes-Benz with an extremely successful racing season, taking the brand onto the medallists’ podium once again.

In the late 1950s and early 1960s, Mercedes-Benz enjoyed much success in international endurance races and rallies. The period at the start of the 1960s was shaped above all by the 220 SE and 300 SE “fintail” saloons with six-cylinder engines.

To commemorate the motorsport successes of the period and to keep the tradition of the brand’s exceptional racing history alive while also making historic motorsport even more attractive for private drivers, Mercedes-Benz Classic reconstructed a type 220 SE “fintail” saloon (series W 111) in 2011, for use in historic motorsport events.

• Four Mercedes-Benz motorsport racing cars to drive in legendary Hillclimb at Goodwood House
• Official slogan for the event this year: "Young Guns – Born to Win"
• Mercedes-Benz Classic is celebrating "60 years SL" as well as "75 years W 125"

Stuttgart – Mercedes-Benz Classic is going to send four racing cars from the company's own collection to take part in the 1.86 kilometre Hillclimb at the Goodwood Festival of Speed. The event is scheduled from 28 June – 1 July 2012 with the slogan "Young Guns – Born to Win".

The members of the officially affiliated Mercedes-Benz brand clubs will get a 20% discount in the shop of the Mercedes-Benz Museum.
This discount is also offered if the shop is present at the ADAC Eifelrennen for example and at different other events.
There is no discount for articles available which are subject to price-obligations for books, goods which are already reduced in price as well as articles below 5,- Euros.

February

75 years ago – from 20 February to 7 March 1937: the Mercedes-Benz 320 (model series W 142) was presented at the Berlin Motor Show. Its outstanding features included high levels of spaciousness, comfort and convenience.

75 years ago – from spring 1937: the Mercedes-Benz W 125 became the brand's Formula racing car for the 1937 motorsport season. It proved extremely successful in enabling Rudolf Caracciola to pick up the title of European Champion, a feat comparable to winning the World Championship by today's standards.

Event: Mercedes-Benz Classic at the Rétromobile Motor Show in Paris, from 1 to 5 February 2012.

The start of a new simulation game for a green metropolis: GreenSight City

A joint development by Daimler AG and Zone 2 Connect GmbH
Browser-based application in Facebook
Users can actively contribute towards shaping the game

A new simulation game for green cities is to go online on 15 December 2011 under the title “GreenSight City”. This game, jointly developed by Daimler AG and Zone 2 Connect GmbH (Meerbusch) is an urban-planning simulation that focuses particularly on the issues of mobility, renewable energy sources and innovative technologies. The task set the players is to transform a small town into a flourishing “green” metropolis and thus attract as many tourists as possible. For this to happen, different tasks and missions have to be accomplished successfully. From game level to game level the city grows, and thus the amount of tourists and traffic as well, making it necessary to find environmentally-friendly, sustainable solutions using the different mobility concepts made available to the players. At the same time, the players have to be careful not to allow their city to become unattractive due to increasing environmental pollution.

• A highly factual motoring compendium written by automotive historian Günter Engelen
• The book contains detailed texts, rare photographs and complete technical data covering all vehicles

Stuttgart – “Mercedes-Benz Renn- und Sportwagen seit 1894” (Mercedes-Benz Racing Cars and Sports Cars since 1894) is the title of the latest book documenting the vehicle history of the brand with the three-pointed star. Written by automotive historian Günter Engelen, it is the latest in a series of standard works by the author on Mercedes-Benz. Published by Motorbuch Verlag, Stuttgart, the reference work contains 680 richly-illustrated pages and costs 69 euros.

Order no.: 6516 5629 50
Price: 129 Euro

Owners of S-Class vehicles (W126) now have another reason to be happy: Our new DVD in the series: "Information for Classics" offers them all the technical information that they'll need to keep their cars in tip-top shape.

The new DVD for W 126 enables fast access to all available owner's manuals and workshop information – including wiring diagrams – along with a complete overview of parts.

The DVD features a clearly arranged menu structure that will get you to the work descriptions that you need right away. You can then click a direct link to display all the parts needed for that job. You can also print out the instructions and use them while working on your vehicle. The relevant replacement parts are displayed after entering the vehicle identification number (VIN). With the shopping basket function, you can complete your order and print it out as a shopping list.

All of the documents on the DVD are available in both German and English.

To order just contact your Mercedes-Benz dealer or Internet: www.mercedes-benz-classic-collection.com

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