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German Car Fest 2010! Saturday, June 12 in Shakopee, MN

German Car Fest 2010! Saturday, June 12 in Shakopee, MN
June 11, 2010
RAIN or SHINE! Saturday, June 12, 2010 at Shakopee's Veteran's Memorial Park from 9:00am until 2:00pm. All German cars are welcome! This is a very casual show. You DO NOT need a fancy show car to participate. While the Twin Cities Section of the Mercedes-Benz Club puts ...Read More

Dave Needs Help from Readers to Name New Blog Category

Dave Needs Help from Readers to Name New Blog Category
May 19, 2010
I need some direction here, maybe you can help... What should I name this new category on the blog? I'm planning on using this category, which I've aptly named "Help Name This Category", go figure...  to post interesting, unique, nice, sought after, cars that are any mar...Read More

4,700 Mile CLS 550 AMG Surprises with Unique Indium Grey Paint

4,700 Mile CLS 550 AMG Surprises with Unique Indium Grey Paint
May 18, 2010
This beauty was just traded in on the Olivine Grey E 550 convertible I wrote about last week. 2009 CLS 550 in the rare Indium Grey color with black leather interior. It's loaded with options... so many that I decided to insert a jpg of its original option list with ori...Read More

SOLD 5-14-2010! Save Big $! Lightly Used 2009 Mercedes-Benz CLK Grand Edition Just 2,200 Miles

SOLD 5-14-2010! Save Big $! Lightly Used 2009 Mercedes-Benz CLK Grand Edition Just 2,200 Miles
May 12, 2010
I sold this car to a gentleman last July, it was our last 2009 CLK coupe, the rare, CLK Grand Edition. He put just 2,220 miles on this car in the past 10 months. He was in for his first oil change this week, saw the black 2011 E class coupe on the showfloor and he HAD...Read More

For Your Eyes Only: 2008 Aston Martin Vantage Just Traded In!

For Your Eyes Only: 2008 Aston Martin Vantage Just Traded In!
April 29, 2010
This is a 2008 Aston Martin Vantage Coupe, just traded in for a new Mercedes-Benz S Class Hybrid. No, those aren't palm trees in Minnesota in the photo, the car is at the customer's home in Las Vegas. It is on a truck headed to Feldmann Imports as I write this. This ca...Read More

*SOLD 5/6/2010 to a happy customer in Louisiana* 2003 Mercedes S55 AMG – Original MSRP $112,590, Now Only $26,995

*SOLD 5/6/2010 to a happy customer in Louisiana* 2003 Mercedes S55 AMG – Original MSRP $112,590, Now Only $26,995
April 29, 2010
2003 Mercedes-Benz S55 AMG, Brilliant Silver w/ Black interior. All the options, Nav, Keyless Go, etc. etc. and gobs of horsepower. Local trade in, just over 61,000 miles. Price is $26,995. Feldmann Imports stock #P8728A....Read More

Reader Writes: Which Mercedes to Buy? New 2010 Mercedes Benz E Class or Used 2007 S Class?

Reader Writes: Which Mercedes to Buy? New 2010 Mercedes Benz E Class or Used 2007 S Class?
April 23, 2010
I receieved this question this morning via email from Sri Kishore, a Dave Knows Cars reader in Westchester, PA. I get similar questions fairly often and thought I'd share this one in the form of a blog post. It got pretty long, but I think there is some useful information....Read More

Auto Show Surprise! Mercedes Benz 2010 E class Cabriolet at Minneapolis Auto Show

Auto Show Surprise! Mercedes Benz 2010 E class Cabriolet at Minneapolis Auto Show
March 7, 2010
The newest Mercedes-Benz model made it's first appearance in the upper midwest this weekend at the opening of that Minneapolis Auto Show. IT looked great in red. This particular car was a top of the line E550 Cabriolet with the P2 package and all the goodies. It's abo...Read More

Wis. judge orders Mercedes-Benz to pay $482K in damages, fees in notable ‘lemon law’ case

March 5, 2010
This morning I was emailed this article from the Star Tribune (Minneapolis / St. Paul) by a reader of DaveKnowsCars who only identified himself as “Bob”. He attached the article, but all he wrote to me was, “Blog about that fat cat!” I tried to email Bob back to...Read More

Featured New Arrival! Used Mercedes E 350 4matic – Flint Grey Metallic

Featured New Arrival! Used Mercedes E 350 4matic – Flint Grey Metallic
February 23, 2010
This 2006 E 350 4matic sedan just arrived. It's flint grey metallic with black interior. It's got a touch over 44,000 miles... the best part? It's available today for $23,995. At this price, why doesn't everyone drive a pre owned E class? I'm not sure what else to say a...Read More