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Reuters is reporting today that DaimlerChrysler's planned 8,500 job cuts at the Mercedes Car Group are well on track.

According to Guenther Fleig, Mercedes' personnel chief, "There is no indication that the program will not be successful," and noted that the 8,500 target would be easily surpassed if one extrapolated the demand so far.

Already, more than 43,000 interviews have been conducted with employees interested in the job-cutting program, and 10,000 have been interviewed  more than once...

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Are you looking for the perfect gift for the husband who has everything?

Or maybe, you're tired of giving your wife another 5-carat diamond ring every Christmas.

With the holiday season fast approaching, what really is the best way to show your significant other how much you love them?

With a new S-Class, of course.

And believe me, nothing says I love you more than $100,000 of finely engineered German luxury...

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It's being reported today that Mercedes is dropping their Sensotronic Brake Control (SBC) from some of their models, starting with the E-Class.

The SBC system has been a chronic thorn in Mercedes' side. Manufactured by the Robert Bosch Group, the SBC system has led to the recall of over 2 million Mercedes models (namely the E-Class), and has played an integral part in the widespread "Mercedes' quality problems" you hear about so often.

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It's been a slow day for Mercedes news, so I thought it'd be the perfect time to give some love to one of our readers.

Derek sent me a tip this morning about his ridiculous E55 that you see pictured above.

What makes Derek's E55 so unique, you ask? It's fast, very fast...

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MehrNews.com is reporting today that an authorized Mercedes-Benz dealership is expected to begin work in Iran within coming days.

The dealership will come as a result of a joint venture between Mercedes and Iran Khodro Diesel. If all is successful, the dealership will be the first foreign car dealership in Iran that provides sales and after-sales services for its products in the country...

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If you've been dying for a new smart fortwo, but you can't decide which color to opt for, your decision is going to get a little tougher.

DaimlerChrysler announced yesterday a new "special" smart fourtwo, dubbed the smart fortwo grandstyle, that features a silver tridion safety cell and exclusive dark green metallic body panels...

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Forbes is reporting today that DaimlerChrysler, in an effort to implement their 8,500 planned job cuts at the Mercedes Car Group, will offer its employees an early retirement plan.

The retirement plan was supposed to take effect starting February 1, 2006, but has since been bumped up to December 1st of this year...

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When you woke up this morning, I know there's only one thing that went through your head: "It's been two whole days since I've seen any photos of ASMA-Design's new CLS Shark II.  If I don't see any more soon, I think I'm going to die."

You're in luck, my dear readers - if you just can't get enough of the Shark II, we have more photos, all available for your viewing pleasure...

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A little while back, we brought you a story about the new Mercedes S-Class failing a crash test on the Germany's Star TV.  If you didn't read our story, you can find it here.

It turns out, the entire test was a hoax... well, sort of.

Before the test was conducted, Mercedes alerted Star TV that the Brake Assist Plus feature wouldn't function correctly in their testing hall, and recommended they not conduct the test at all...

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If you're an avid reader of our site, you know how many tuners have released new tuning programs the past couple weeks, all set to debut at the Essen Motor Show.

The Essen Motor Show is now in full swing, and although we aren't lucky enough to be attending, the guys over at Rustalk.com Motor were lucky enough to attend.  Not only did they attend, they caputured a ton of great photos, and they were kind enough to allow us to use all of them on
our site...

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I'm pleased to anounce that I've finally awoken from my turkey-induced coma, and am suffering only a few lingering effects from my wanton gluttony.

As you all know, yesterday was Thanksgiving, but as you also know, DaimlerChrysler never sleeps.  While I was feasting on grossly over-portioned amounts of turkey and stuffing, DaimlerChrysler was hard at work releasing details of a Brabus concept car, designed to show the true potential of the smart forfour...

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A while back, we brought you the first photos of ASMA-Design's new tuning package for the CLS, dubbed the CLS Shark, as well as a new tuning package for the upcoming 2007 S-Class.

ASMA's designs were both met with mixed reviews - some of you thought they'd be perfect for Glock-totin' hip-hop moguls everywhere; some of you though they'd be better suited for a Honda; and some of you actually liked the way ASMA re-styled the Mercedes.

If you're in the latter camp, you're in for a treat; if not, let the hating begin...

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The psychics over at Reuters are reporting today that the Mercedes Car Group expects to generate a record operating profit of over 4.1 billion euros ($4.82 billion) in 2007, as well as a margin of 7.3 percent.

The article is actually based on information leaked by Capital magazine, who said the division's unit sales were set to climb to 1.43 million cars by then from 1.22 million last year.

The magazine also goes as far as breaking down the individual sales for each brand of the Mercedes Car Group, indicating the Mercedes-Benz brand would have a 2007 margin of 7.6 percent, while the Smart small car business would eke out an operating profit of 10 million euros after having lost 6 billion euros from its May 1995 start through to the end of 2006...

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The boys over at Inside Line had a chance to sit down with Dieter Zetsche, current head of the Mercedes Car Group, and speak candidly with him about his personal feelings, love life, hopes, dreams... come on guys, this isn't Oprah.

Instead, they talked about, you guessed it, the Mercedes brand, and where it's headed in the coming years.

Topics covered included Zetsche's thoughts on the much-hyped "quality issues," what's in store for the Maybach and smart brands, his views on hybrids, as well as a few other compelling tidbits...

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It's that time of the day again... the time of day when I point out yet another award Mercedes has managed to capture.

This time around, the lucky winner is everyone's favorite little-league hauler, the Mercedes-Benz R-Class.  Readers of the German publication Auto Zeitung have voted the new R-Class Germany's best MPV, awarding it the Auto Trophy 2005...

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