mercedes automobile

"Experience what it's like to be behind the wheel of a Mercedes AMG GT R through . . . text, . . . photography, and labeled images and other graphics"--Provided by publisher.

Shares the histories of BMW and Mercedes-Benz and pits the two car companies against each other in a fictional competition.

"It's 1888 and Bertha Benz's husband, Karl, has invented the prototype Benz motorwagen. But the German government declares the vehicle illegal, and the church calls it the devil's work. Unbeknownst to her husband, Bertha steals away with her two sons and drives nearly one hundred miles to prove just how amazing the motorwagen is. Bertha's mechanical savvy gets the boys to Grandma's house safely, and the remarkable mother/son road trip reduces global concern about moving vehicles"--Amazon.com.

After a driver runs over a crowd of unemployed people at a job fair, killing eight and wounding fifteen, a retired cop named Bill Hodges decides to come out of retirement to prevent the killer from striking again.

Tells the story of the German car company that has been creating superior, lightning-fast cars for over 100 years.