The first time the Mercedes-Benz SL-Class luxury sports car was released to the auto market was in 1952. Now for the 2013 models year, the SL-Class has a leaner and meaner looking body.

The official debut of the new SL-Class was in Detroit at the North American International Auto Show. New features for the 2013 model include a trim aluminum body which weighs roughly 275 pounds less than the 2011 model-year SL-Class. Thomas Rudlaff, the. . .

Now that 2011 is done and gone, we are all wondering how Mercedes-Benz performed. We are very happy to report that the results are in and Mercedes-Benz did very well, including their SUV and Crossover lines. The R-Class, G-Class, M-Class and GLK-Classes did remarkably well. They did so well that the demand for the listed models rose 24.3 percent when compared to the 2010 numbers.

The best performing vehicle in 2011 was the Mercedes-Benz. . .