Mercedes-Benz is moving its Southern Californian advanced design studio from Irvine to Carlsbad, in the recently acquired 35,000 square-feet facility used by Chrysler for its Pacifica Advanced Design Studios.

An official document by Mercedes-Benz on its Californian Advanced Design Studio in Irvine that illustrates the main activities, the design philosophy and explains the choice of Los Angeles as the ideal location for the studio.

Official information on the processes at Mercedes-Benz Design Studio in Irvine, California. The document includes comments by the designers with personal quotes and biography notes.

Gorden Wagener will be the new Head of Design at Mercedes-Benz, starting from mid-2008. Succeding Peter Pfeiffer, Wagener is currently Head of the Strategic Advanced Design department d and Drector of the design studios in California and Japan.

Mercedes-Benz has announced that Design Director Professor Peter Pfeiffer will retire in 2008 at the age of 65 after 40 years of service. Pfeiffer is considered the spiritual father of the new Mercedes design idiom.

The concept models of the 2005 Mercedes-Benz bionic car are appearing as part of the "Design and the Elastic Mind" exhibition at New York's Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), which showcases innovations in the fields of design and science.

The restyled version of the flagship sportscar by Mercedes-Benz features a redesigned front end with a sportier look inspired by earlier SL models. It will serve as a template for future production models.

An official article by Mercedes-Benz that describes the activities of its Advanced Design Studio in Como, Italy. The facility was opened in 1998 and is specialized in developing new interior design concepts.

The new Mercedes-Benz CLC is a new entry-level model in the brand's coupé model family. Targeted to young customers, it features a design inspired by the S-Class, CL-Class Coupé and C-Class luxury models. The launch is scheduled for June 2008.

Mercedes-Benz has revealed a set of preview images of its CLC entry-level coupe model. The car will go on sale in spring 2008 and will debut at the Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Berlin 2008.