SEOUL, Dec. 15 (Korea Bizwire) – After much parrying and deflecting, Mercedes-Benz Korea will follow the example of automakers internationally and order a recall of vehicles equipped with problematic Takata airbags. All told, the recalled vehicles may total up to or over 30,000. The German automaker’s South Korea branch raised the ire of both the [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 31 (Korea Bizwire) — Mercedes-Benz, Volkswagen and two vehicle importers will recall over 40,000 vehicles in South Korea for faulty parts, the transport ministry said Thursday. This is the latest in a series of recall orders issued by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport to both domestic and foreign carmakers. The carmakers, [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — Used car dealer SK Encar released a report on August 23 that showed that the Kia Ray and Mercedes Benz E-Class were the fastest-selling cars in their respective categories. The company combed through its website data from the past two months to compare the amount time from when a [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — On August 7, Mercedes-Benz Korea announced that it had sold 37,723 vehicles in the first half of this year, a 54 percent increase compared to last year. Accordingly, the South Korean market jumped three spots as it now ranks fifth among countries with the most purchases of Mercedes-Benz vehicles from [...]
SEJONG, June 2 (Korea Bizwire) – Mercedes-Benz Korea, the local unit of the German luxury car brand, will recall 1,135 units of E-class sedans for problems with their powertrain control system, the transportation ministry here said Thursday. An error in the model’s powertrain software may fail to transmit engine power to the automatic transmission, causing a [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 17 (Korea Bizwire) – SK Innovation Co., South Korea’s top refiner, said Wednesday that it has finalized a deal to supply its electric vehicle (EV) battery to Benz’s EV cars starting from 2017, the latest in a series of its EV battery supply deals. SK Innovation, a latecomer to the EV battery business, [...]