Mercedes-Benz Product Management has just announced that the 2012 E-Class sedan and wagon can now be built with mix-and-match designo paint, leather and trim.

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designo Paint: $2300

designo Magno Matte Paint: $3950

designo Interiors: $4500 for all E350s, $3800 for E550, $3100 for E63 AMG sedan and wagon

designo Trim:

The BlueEFFICIENCY badge has been showing up on many of our 2012 models and it has generated a lot of interest. In general, BlueEFFICIENCY is anything that Mercedes-Benz does to be more fuel efficient or environmentlly friendly. The diesel vehicles have been badged this way for a few years and many of the 2012 models earned the badge as a result of the new direct injected engines.

In short – Blue is the new Green!

I hope your holiday travels are safe and fun! My E-Class and I have 1300 miles ahead of us this weekend and I am looking forward to it! Happy Holidays!

There are so many safety features in our vehicles that it is hard to go over them all at one time! This new video from Mercedes-Benz.tv gives a short overview of some of the newer systems that you might have heard mentioned in our commercials.

Our Toys for Tots donation was picked up yesterday. It was another successful year of filling our E-Class cabriolet “sled” to the brim with gifts!

The 2013 SL-Class is now on www.mbusa.com in the Future Vehicles section. You can see some gorgeous official photos of the interior and exterior. I am sure there will more to come as we get close to the launch!

Key Highlights

- All-new exterior design featuring standard sport bodystyling
- Lightweight aluminum bodyshell
- 4.6-liter Direct-Injection biturbo V-8 engine
- 429 horsepower and 516 lb-ft of torque, 0 to 60 mph in 4.5 seconds*
- Enhanced driver-adaptive seven-speed automatic transmission
- Retractable hardtop with available MAGIC SKY CONTROL
- AGILITY CONTROL suspension with adaptive damping
- Wholly reimagined interior with exclusive new sport-seat design
- Standard FrontBass® audio technology

There have been lots of pictures of the 2013 SL-Class in the automotive news in the last few days. Here is an official video of the vehicle from Mercedes-Benz.tv. We expect the car to debut in Detriot in January and to arrive in showrooms May 2012.

Just in time for holiday travel…(this kind of thing actually happens at my house!)

For 2011 Mercedes-Benz USA held a “Beyond the Walkaround” Competition for salespeople to test our product knowledge, presentation skills and customer interactions. I competed at the Market Level and Regional Level to advance to the National Finals held in November in New York City at Mercedes-Benz of Manhattan. The four finalists, one each from the Northeast, Southern, Central and Western Regions presented the ML-Class to the Exectutive Management Team of Mercedes-Benz USA as well as our Learning & Performance training team. I placed second at the National Level this year and was presented with this unique trophy by President & CEO Herbert Werner and VP of Sales Mike Slagter. It was an honor to represent Atlanta Classic Cars and the Southern Region at the National Level. It was a great experience and I will certainly put the product knowledge and sales skills to use! Thank you to everyone who organized this great competition.

National Finalists: Jesse Cannon-Wallace - Atlanta Classic Cars, Conrad Cave - MB of Laguna Nigel, Chris Strom - Tri-Star Imports, Ian Brissette - MB of Boston