The BlueZero is a 5-seater concept vehicle based on a sandwich-floor architecture with a modular layout that allows three different drive configurations: pure electric, fuel cell and hybrid powertrain.

Designed by Mercedes-Benz Advanced Design of North America, the Formula Zero luxury racer combines elements from the Formula One and Yacht Racing worlds with the track dynamics of the bobsled.

The Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren Roadster 722 S is a limited edition of 150 units that will be sold starting from 2009. The exclusive sportscar features a carbon-fiber soft top, a 0-100 km/h sprint in 3.7 seconds and a top speed of 335 km/h.

Official video presentation with exterior studio shots of the Mercedes-Benz Fascination Concept, unveiled at the 2008 Paris Motor Show.

The Mercedes-Benz Fascination Concept is a design study that reinterprets the coupé and shooting-brake themes and explores a new formal language. The design is characterized by dynamic and sculpted lines.

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.