"Why on earth would someone not choose the diesel engine if they're shopping for an M-Class?" a fellow staffer asked me after spending some seat time in the all-new 2012 Mercedes-Benz ML350 Bluetec. I ...

Mercedes-Benz has a diesel SUV that is so clean it can be sold in 50 states. Meeting the ultra-stringent emissions requirements in states such as California and Vermont is a real test of the new clean ...

Mercedes-Benz won’t offer a smaller-engined diesel version of the ML SUV in the U.S. for the 2014 model year. A new report from Car and Driver suggests the maker has put the car’s American future on ...

Back in July, our man Bowman got his first chance to drive the new Mercedes M-Class in the wilds of Montana, and he came away particularly impressed by the ML350 BlueTEC 4Matic. It’s great news that ...

This year has seen several new diesel passenger vehicles hit U.S. roads, and last fall, we were able to spend a full weekend with the 2013 Mercedes-Benz GLK 250 BlueTEC 4matic crossover. We'd driven ...

If you haven’t driven one in a decade or so, forget what you thought you knew about Rudolf Diesel’s 1883 invention — that diesel engines are noisy, smoky, heavy, substantially more expensive to build, ...

With a starting MSRP of $51,400, the E 250 BlueTec is currently the cheapest Mercedes-Benz E-Class you can buy in the United States, and by coincidence is also by far the most frugal. Sporting a ...

Bengt Halvorson April 23, 2014 Comment Now! In recent years—especially in the time since EPA fuel economy ratings have become more realistic—40 miles per gallon on the highway has become like a sort ...

Among enthusiasts, there's a saying regarding project cars that goes something like this: "Cheap, fast, reliable -- pick two." The same idea could apply to luxury SUVs, only the descriptors could be ...