Mercedes-Benz and smart at the 2014 Mondial de l’Automobile

A family-friendly electric car, a luxury saloon with compact car fuel consumption, perfect city cars for more driving fun and sports cars that also cut a fine figure in 30 km/h zones – it is with this unique array of new models in five vehicle classes that Mercedes-Benz (B and S-Class), Mercedes-AMG (C 63 and GT) and smart (new fortwo and forfour) are setting powerful accents at the world’s busiest motor show.

Confirmed: B-Class drivers are the most satisfied

The Mercedes-Benz B-Class has won the J.D. Power satisfaction study in its vehicle segment. The J.D. Power VOSS study (Vehicle Ownership Satisfaction Study) is the largest survey of German motorists and is based on the responses of more than 18,000 drivers.

It’s pure electric: The 2014 Mercedes-Benz B-Class Electric Drive (Photos/Video)

The 2014 Mercedes-Benz B-Class Electric Drive is proof that the electric vehicle market is maturing. The new electric Mercedes offers the driver and up to four passengers the familiar high standards of ride comfort in a high-class, spacious and precision-designed interior.

Paris Motor Show 2012: Mercedes-Benz Concept B-Class Electric Drive: The electric Mercedes in the compact segment

A variant running on battery power alone is to be added to Mercedes-Benz’s range of compact cars in 2014. Mercedes-Benz will be offering an initial preview of the electric future for the B-Class at the 2012 Paris Motor Show in the guise of the Concept B-Class Electric Drive.

Paris Motor Show 2012: Mercedes-Benz B 200 Natural Gas Drive: Saving the environment and your wallet

With 16 percent less CO2 emissions, significantly cleaner exhaust gases than petrol or diesel fuel and around 50 percent lower fuel costs than a comparable petrol model, the new Mercedes B 200 Natural Gas Drive featuring, as its name suggests, a natural gas drive, has a lot to recommend it. The latest model in the successful B-Class family is due to make its public debut at the Paris Motor Show.