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An authentic replica of the 1971 racing tourer and other high-performance vehicles from Mercedes’ AMG history.
AMG

Here’s to 55 years of AMG – and counting

A look at the AMG’s formative, present and future years

  • Lerato Matebese
5 min read
German authorities will probably discover software rigging the level of diesel emissions in Mercedes-Benz cars other than those already sanctioned, the Daimler group has warned.
CARBON EMISSIONS

Dieselgate sees recall of Mercedes vehicles

Daimler is accused of hiding that it used illegal software in diesel cars to cheat emissions tests

  • Agency
1 min read
Majorie Jobson, a commissioner, at Khulumani support group, holds case files for victims of Apartheid in their offices on April 13, 2010, in central Johannesburg, South Africa. Khulumani is involved among other things in a lawsuit against Daimler AG, with complaints brought forward by victims of Apartheid. The plaintiffs argue that Daimler sold vehicles to the old South African government, and they were used by the police and security forces to keep up the Apartheid regime. (Per-Anders Pettersson/Getty Images)
AHMED TIMOL

Apartheid criminals still at large

Corporations and banks that aided the apartheid regime have not been brought to book, so they continue to act with impunity

  • Ilham Rawoot
9 min read
EU regulators working the investigation launched a series of raids a year ago in Germany. (Christod Stache/AFP)
BMW

EU targets BMW, Daimler, VW in pollution cartel probe

The probe lands three years to the day after shock revelations in the US that VW installed software in its diesel vehicles to cheat emissions tests

  • Agency
1 min read
Maria knocked out Puerto Rico’s power grid in September
DAIMLER

Berlin wants answers from Daimler over ‘pollution cheating’

If the suspicions are confirmed, Daimler will be the next giant German automaker dragged into the diesel emissions cheating scandal

  • Staff Reporter
2 min read
Under chief executive Dieter Zetsche’s leadership
BMW

‘Very German’ Daimler aims to diversify

Car-maker Daimler has brought in a "foreigner quota" to ensure that more non-Germans reach management positions.

  • Simon Bowers
  • Geneva Guest
2 min read
DAIMLER

Renault, Nissan and Daimler launch tie-up

France’s Renault, Japan’s Nissan and Germany’s Daimler on Wednesday launched a new partnership aimed at saving billions of euros.

  • Staff Reporter
3 min read