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Used sports car sales increased by 82% during coronavirus lockdown

Published 08 October 2020
By Kieran Ahuja
New data shows that buying of used sports cars rocketed by 82% during the period between March and May.
Truck shoves Mercedes sports car down motorway

Video: Truck shoves Mercedes a mile down motorway

Police in Texas are investigating an unusual incident where a lorry shunted a Mercedes convertible for a mile along a highway.
Published 24 August 2018
Me and My Motor: Carol Kirkwood, BBC weather presenter on her cars and career (interview)

Me and My Motor: Carol Kirkwood

Even when I was little, I was obsessed with cars,” says Carol Kirkwood, the BBC weather presenter. “I used to sit in Mum’s Austin Maxi ...
Published 19 February 2018
Me and My Motor: Ellie Goulding, singer-songwriter

Me and My Motor: Ellie Goulding

Ellie Goulding has enjoyed a string of hit songs but still prefers the anonymity of an Uber cab to driving something showy.
Published 22 May 2017
2016 Mercedes-Benz SLC (the new SLK) First Drive review: by John Evans for Sunday Times Driving

Test your knowledge: What was the first car sold with...

Do you know which car maker had beaten Mercedes to selling a car with a folding solid roof? And which model turned heads, way back in the 1930s?
Published 12 April 2016

First Drive review: 2016 Mercedes-Benz SLC (the new...

Twenty years after its 1996 debut, the SLK charges on, albeit with a change of name.
Published 06 April 2016
Me and My Motor: actress Sheridan Smith chauffeurs Enid Blyton in a BMW X5

Me and My Motor: actress Sheridan Smith chauffeurs...

Sheridan Smith moved “reluctantly” to London, aged 16, to take up a role in the National Youth Music Theatre’s acclaimed production of Bugsy...
Published 11 March 2016
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Mercedes introduces the SLC roadster - to replace the...

Mercedes has facelifted its popular SLK roadster, rebranding it SLC to replace the name that first appeared 20 years ago.
Published 16 December 2015
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News: convertible auction promises bargains this Saturday...

THE SHEEPSKIN coats will be changed for something lighter this Saturday when used car dealers, and a sprinkling of brave private buyers, bid to buy...
Published 02 April 2014

Mercedes-Benz SLK-class review (2011-2016)

Still one of the most desirable roadsters available, with heaps of class, excellent build quality and a strong selection of engines.
Published 18 March 2014
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The Clarkson review: Mercedes-Benz SLK 55 AMG (2012)

Ever since it minced into the marketplace 16 years ago, Mercedes’ little SLK has been the world’s only transgender car
Published 13 May 2012