Video: Mercedes Benz Answer to the Car of the Future
17 December 2012
Everyone has heard of the G-Class -- an icon of style and design since more than 30 years. The Ener-G-Force, designed by Mercedes-Benz Advanced Designers for the LA Desgin Challege is a police car of the future based on the... Read More »
2012 LA Auto Show Design Challenge
17 November 2012
Each year for the past nine years, the Design Challenge theme is chosen by the Design Los Angeles Board of Directors. The board is made up of a dozen design studio executives. Automotive design studios from around the world are... Read More »
2025 Mercedes-Benz Ener-G-Force In-Depth
16 November 2012
The Mercedes-Benz G-Class became a civilian SUV in 1979, is it possible that it will still be around in 2025, keeping it's title as the longest produced Mercedes-Benz in Daimler's history? If the beloved G-Class is still in production for... Read More »
smart 341 Parkour Wins the Los Angeles Design Challenge 2011
23 November 2011
This year's Los Angeles Design Challenge was not just about developing the Hollywood car of the future, but also about inventing a story worthy of Hollywood. Thanks to the ingenious work from the designers at the Mercedes-Benz Advanced Design... Read More »
Mercedes-Benz, Maybach and smart at the Design Los Angeles Challenge
01 November 2011
For the past eight years, the Design Los Angeles Board of Directors – made up of twelve design studio executives – have chosen a theme for the the LA Auto Show's Design Challenge. This year's chosen them is “Hollywood’s Hottest New Movie... Read More »
Maybach eRikscha Could be the Luxury Model for Tomorrow’s Urban Mobility
09 February 2011
Stuttgart's Maybach Manufaktur automotive hand-finishing section is exploring radical new avenues for the urban mobility of the future. As seen at the the Los Angeles Design Challenge with the electrically powered luxury rickshaw. The Maybach DRS – "Den-Riki-Sha" (electrically driven... Read More »
Mercedes-Benz Biome at the Los Angeles Design Challenge
17 November 2010
At this year's Los Angeles Design Challenge, the designers from the Mercedes-Benz Advanced Design Studios in Carlsbad, California, surprised everyone with a revolutionary vision. Taking their inspiration from nature, they designed a vehicle which is fully integrated into the ecosystem,... Read More »







