October 26, 2016 Commentary: There Goes Another Mid-Sized Pickup… TweetTweet It was only a matter of time that Mercedes-Benz would enter in the pickup business. But, first, the news item: Mercedes-Benz took the…
October 4, 2016 #MAMA16FR – 25 Years in The Making TweetTweet A typical Wednesday morning at Autobahn Country Club – All Photos by Randy Stern Why is the Midwest Automotive Media Association such an…
January 27, 2016 Quickies: Three-Pointed Starfighter TweetTweetJust in time for V&R@5, Quickies have returned to V&R! To explain, a "Quickie" is a vehicle review based on a briefer encounter with…
December 14, 2014 My Favorite Vehicles of 2014 TweetTweetAll Photos by Randy Stern It is that moment V&R readers have been waiting for… Every year, I get the opportunity to drive a…
September 17, 2014 Commentary: The Love of Three Cars (And The Work Behind Each One) TweetTweet Photo by BobbiLe N'Diaye/BobbiLe Ba Photography I have been told various times how lucky I am. Maybe. My humility gets in the way….
September 9, 2014 The Greatest Car Ever Made? TweetTweetA Victory & Reseda review of the 2014 Mercedes-Benz S-Class This is the greatest car ever made. You may argue otherwise, but consider how…
September 8, 2014 Historiography: Der Sonderklasse TweetTweetFor Mercedes-Benz, the S-Class represents all that is powerful and successful. For as long as I have been alive, this had always been the…
September 8, 2014 Quickies: A Charming New Proposition TweetTweetIt is a charming idea. Until the arrival of the CLA-Class, Mercedes-Benz had a tough time convincing consumers in the USA that they could…
June 10, 2014 Quickies: The "Age Reversing" Machine TweetTweet 2014 Mercedes-Benz S 63 AMG 4MATIC. All Photos by Randy Stern "I was no longer a responsible, 50-year-old automotive writer/editor/photographer with a mature…
June 5, 2014 My Favorite Collectable Cars TweetTweetAll Photos by Randy Stern If there were one thing I learned from my second 10,000 Lakes Concours d'Elegance, it would be the necessity…