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7 Creepy Flicks to Watch on Shudder
For horror fans seeking thrills — highbrow, lowbrow, and everything in between — there’s no better destination than Shudder, which is stuffed to the gills with classics, cult classics, and cult-classics-in-the-making, with a wide range of international titles and exclusive releases too. Here are seven to get you started!
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The First Mercedes Hit The Road 120 Years Ago
On November 22, 1900, entrepreneur Emil Jellinek took his specially-crafted Daimler-Motoren-Gesellschaft machine out for a test drive. It was lighter, sleeker, and faster than anything the company had made before, and to honour the occasion, the car was named Mercedes after Jellinek’s daughter.
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Report: Mercedes-Benz Gives Up On Manuals
It truly is a dark day for luxury car buyers. First, we lost the Jaguar XE and XF Sportbrake, and now Mercedes-Benz executives have reportedly determined that the development of manual transmission in its cars is too expensive, so the company won’t make any more. The Mercedes manual is dead.
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Here’s What Happens When A Van Filled With 770 Kilos Of Concrete Blocks Crashes Into A Wall
You’ve probably all seen standardised crash tests where cars filled with dummies crash into rigid or deformable barriers. But have you seen many crash tests of fully-loaded cargo vehicles? Check out this Mercedes Vito filled with 770 kg of concrete blocks crashing into a wall at 50 km/h. It’s disturbing.