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      <title>Production of the smart fortwo electric drive Begins in Hambach</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[This week, Daimler AG started production of the smart fortwo electric drive at the smart plant in Hambach, France. In a first step, 1,000 vehicles will be provided to customers participating in various mobility projects in major cities in Europe and the U.S., in order to generate broad feedback on electric driving under everyday conditions.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 11:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <category>Mercedes-Benz Cars &gt; smart &gt; smart fortwo &gt; electric drive</category>
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      <title>car2go for Austin &#8211; On Demand Mobility</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[In a joint partnership with the City of Austin, Daimler is launching its groundbreaking car2go pilot project in North America today. The innovative mobility concept makes city driving as easy as using a mobile phone. It offers Austin an easy, flexible, reasonably priced and progressive solution to the growing challenges of urban mobility. Austin becomes the official headquarters of car2go North America LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Daimler.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 17:30:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <category>Mercedes-Benz Cars &gt; smart &gt; Specials &gt; car2go</category>
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      <title>Top marks for customer value and innovative production: E-Class: Best Bodyshell 2009</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The Mercedes E-Class wins the coveted "EuroCarBody Award 2009". At EuroCarBody, the world's largest car body benchmarking conference, a jury made up of about 400 conference delegates and board members voted the E-Class as the car with the best bodyshell. A total of nine new series-production bodies were presented in detail and scrutinised at the Euro-CarBody event held in Bad Nauheim, Germany at the end of October. The candidates included the Jaguar XJ, Audi R8 spyder and BMW 5 Series GT.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 14:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <category>Mercedes-Benz Cars &gt; Mercedes-Benz P. Cars &gt; Special Topics &gt; Awards</category>
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      <title>The Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG can be ordered from 16 November: The Gullwing is in the starting blocks</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The new Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG, the absolute highlight at this year's International Motor Show (IAA) in Frankfurt, is now available to order. From Monday, 16 November 2009, company-owned sales and service outlets and sales partners of the Mercedes-Benz brand in Germany will be taking orders for this super car with its characteristic gullwing doors. The sales price is 177,310 euros (including 19 % VAT).]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 13:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <category>Mercedes-Benz Cars &gt; AMG &gt; SLS AMG</category>
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      <title>Diners Club Magazine award: E-Class has &quot;best power-to-economy ratio&quot;</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The readers of the Diners Club Magazine have elected the Mercedes E 250 CDI BlueEFFICIENCY as the "Car of the year with the best power-to-economy ratio". Thanks to its state-of-the-art diesel technology, the 150-kW/204-hp engine burns just 5.3 litres of diesel per 100 kilometres on the combined NEDC cycle. This equates to 139 grams of CO2 per kilometre.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 10:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <category>Mercedes-Benz Cars &gt; Mercedes-Benz P. Cars &gt; Special Topics &gt; Awards</category>
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      <title>Driver training with the new SLS AMG in Laguna Seca: AMG Driving Academy now also in the USA</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The AMG Driving Academy is expanding its activities: from now on, American sports car enthusiasts can also take part in AMG events in their home country. Driver training on the Laguna Seca racetrack in California is a very exclusive opportunity to take extended test drives with the brand-new SLS AMG super sports car.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 14:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <category>Mercedes-Benz Cars &gt; AMG &gt; AMG Driving Academy</category>
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      <title>Luxury class series with the highest value retention: Mercedes E-Class: quality pays</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Whether as a Saloon, Coupé or Estate variant, the new Mercedes E-Class has the highest value retention of any luxury segment model series in Germany. In three years time these models will command the highest resale values in their segment, according to a prognosis by the independent market research institute Bähr & Fess Forecast. This one again confirms the high value retention of Mercedes-Benz vehicles.
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      <pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 10:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <category>Mercedes-Benz Cars &gt; Mercedes-Benz P. Cars &gt; The new E-Class</category>
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      <title>&quot;Proper casualty rescue&quot;: Daimler provides training to fire services</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Mercedes-Benz, Maybach and smart - all car brands which feature among the world's safest vehicles. The high potential for protection is a result of the holistic approach taken by Daimler AG, which focuses on avoiding traffic accidents as well as reducing both the severity and the consequences of accidents. Admittedly protection mechanisms are pushed to their limits when the underlying conditions make the intervention of controlling measures difficult:]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 10:30:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <category>Mercedes-Benz Cars &gt; Mercedes-Benz P. Cars &gt; Special Topics &gt; Safety</category>
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      <title>Mercedes-Benz Boosts Sales by Seven Percent</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[In October, global sales were up at Mercedes-Benz for the first time this year. Mercedes-Benz was able to increase sales significantly in October by seven percent to 88,400 units (October 2008: 82,500. The smart brand sold 9,300 (October 2008: 11,300) units (minus 18 percent). With the delivery of 97,700 passenger cars (October 2008: 93,800), total sales at Mercedes-Benz Cars increased by four percent. The October sales increase was due to the E-Class and the new generation of the S-Class as well as to high growth rates in many regions such as North America and Asia/Pacific.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <category>Company &gt; Business News</category>
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      <title>The Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG is the best super sports car: The new Gullwing model from Mercedes-Benz wins the &quot;Golden Steering Wheel 2009&quot; award</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[More than a quarter of a million readers took part, and voted the new Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG the world's best super sports car by a wide margin. Accordingly "Bild am Sonntag", "Auto Bild" and 25 associated European publications awarded the new Gullwing model the "Golden Steering Wheel" - one of the most important automotive awards in Europe. This coveted award was officially presented to Dr. Dieter Zetsche, Chairman of Daimler AG and CEO of Mercedes-Benz Cars, in Berlin yesterday evening. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 09:30:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <category>Mercedes-Benz Cars &gt; Mercedes-Benz P. Cars &gt; Special Topics &gt; Awards</category>
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