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Reaching the first year of virtual life for Mercedes-Benz-Blog was a tremendous achievement, taking into consideration the hesitating start we faced. Now, two years only prove one thing - the complete success of our initiative of delivering the latest and most interesting news about Mercedes-Benz.

This otherwise little lifespan, yet long and hard for the team behind Mercedes-Benz-Blog, has shown to everyone of us, every day, that we were constantly receiving the sweet and well-deserved recognition from our faithful visitors and fans.

Throughout 2009, we added and created new widgets or media sections, in order to keep the weblog attractive and make it handier for the users. The No. 1 achievement of the year, which we are very proud of, is creating a separate weblog for the so popular Mercedes-Benz-Blog TRIVIA section. And so, Mercedes-Benz-Blog TRIVIA -- A professional look on Mercedes-Benz Heritage & Innovation was born.

Other great stuff we managed to do is to better promote Mercedes-Benz-Blog on the internet. For that, we have improved our Twitter page by constantly updating it and we have recently created our official pages on Facebook and Youtube.

And the numbers speak for themselves:

- Total number of visits(1.01.2009-31.12.2009) = 258991 (and growing)
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- An average of around 810 visitors per day, which marks a growth of 80 % compared to the previous year
- An average of around 1500 page views per day, which marks a growth of over 78 % compared to the previous year

The analysis posted above only demonstrates one big thing:Mercedes-Benz-Blog matters!

The days of hard working have been highly fruitful. And our success is our visitors' success. Thank you very much for your devotion and we promise we will try our best to make Mercedes-Benz-Blog shine brighter and brighter from one day to the following one!

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May All Of You Have A Wonderful New Year!


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Daimler is currently in talks with several companies as to eventually establish a partnership for building its future range of small-sized and compact cars.


The information was revealed by Dr. Dieter Zetsche, the President of the Board of Management of Daimler AG, during an interview with Handelsblatt, a German daily newspaper. At this moment, among the potential partners, the most likely to be signed an agreement with and also the most rumoured one is Renault. The French group is keen to find a suitable, as well as low-cost, shared technical platform for developing small/compact models;on the other hand, Daimler is seeking an attractive and new range of powerplants to be installed under the hood of the forthcoming A- & B-Klasse replacers. We should get a definitive answer by mid-2010, when Daimler AG is said to officially announce the deal.

In the past, Daimler and BMW had been in talks for a possible cooperation, but the discussions never had a positive outcome.

1. BREAKING NEWS:Daimler and BMW to announce possible partnership at the end of November

2. Daimler & BMW on the way to partnership

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Source of the photo >> Mercedes-Benz Passion Blog


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It could come as very strange for the visitors of the weblog to see the last two articles:

- MICHAEL SCHUMACHER JOINS MERCEDES GP PETRONAS
- MERCEDES GP SIGNS LONG-TERM AGREEMENT WITH PETRONAS

In fact, they are the official press releases that I had to wait for in order to post them here. They were issued only several minutes ago by the media service of Daimler AG;the cause of the postponement is still unknown.

Hope it won't happen again in the future!

Adrian Dorofte
Editor In-Chief, Mercedes-Benz-Blog


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OFFICIAL PRESS RELEASE

Stuttgart/Brackley, Germany/United Kingdom, Dec 23, 2009

The MERCEDES GP PETRONAS Formula One Team can confirm today that seven-times Formula One World Champion Michael Schumacher will make his racing return in 2010 with the Silver Arrows team.


With seven Drivers’ World Championships, 248 Grand Prix starts, 91 victories, 154 podium finishes and 68 pole positions, the 40-year old German needs no introduction following an illustrious and record-breaking Formula One career from 1991 to 2006 at the Jordan, Benetton and Ferrari teams.

Michael’s return to racing with MERCEDES GP PETRONAS sees his return to Mercedes-Benz Motorsport where he began his racing apprenticeship as part of the Junior Programme in 1990, racing in Group C sports cars and DTM, and sees Michael renew his partnership with Ross Brawn with whom he won all seven of his World Championships.

Today’s announcement confirms the MERCEDES GP PETRONAS driver line-up for the 2010 season with Michael partnering his compatriot, 24 year old Nico Rosberg, in the Silver Arrows cars.

Michael Schumacher: “MERCEDES GP PETRONAS represents a new challenge for me both in a sporting and a personal context. It is a new chapter in my racing career and I am really looking forward to working with my old friend Ross Brawn and my companions from my days with the Mercedes Junior Programme. I am convinced that together we will be involved in the fight for the Formula 1 World Championship next year and I am already looking forward to getting back onto the race track. For me, this partnership closes the circle. Mercedes supported me for so many years when I began my Formula 1 career and now I can hopefully give something back to the brand with the star.”

Nico Rosberg: “It is fantastic that Michael is returning to Formula One and will be my team-mate at MERCEDES GP PETRONAS. It’s a great challenge for me to be up against one of the best drivers of all time. I’m sure that we will form a very strong partnership as he will have lost none of his speed! It is also great news for our sport and the fans.”

Ross Brawn, Team Principal of MERCEDES GP PETRONAS: “I am delighted that we can confirm today that Michael will make his much-anticipated return to Formula One next year and drive for our MERCEDES GP PETRONAS team. As seven-time World Champion, Michael’s outstanding record in Formula One speaks for itself and I am looking forward to working with him again. With the completion of our driver line-up, I believe that we now have the most exciting partnership in Formula One with Michael and Nico, who provide the perfect mix of talent, experience, speed and youth. We can now turn our full attention to the preparations for the new season and everyone at MERCEDES GP PETRONAS is extremely excited about the challenge ahead. With the investment and support in our team provided by Daimler, Aabar and our new title partner Petronas, and with two such exciting drivers, we have all of the building blocks in place to have another successful season in 2010.”

Norbert Haug, Vice-President of Mercedes-Benz Motorsports: “In April 1991, when I had been in charge of the Mercedes-Benz Motorsport programme for just six months, Michael was standing beside me on the balcony one evening. Without the slightest doubt, he said in a low voice: “It’s about time that I got into Formula 1”. Michael had just turned 22 years of age and four months later, he made his debut at Spa in a Jordan. Mercedes-Benz helped him to this point and the rest is history: seven World Championship titles, more than any racing driver, 91 Grand Prix wins, more than any racing driver. Michael has more of everything than every other driver. As part of the Mercedes Junior Programme, Michael had raced in Group C sports cars and competed in a few DTM races. Ross Brawn, then our opponent at Jaguar, quickly realised Michael’s talent and they went on to win all seven of his Drivers’ World Championship titles together at Benetton and Ferrari. Our sporting ambition has always been that Michael should drive again where his professional career had started and Michael knew that. We often joked about it after the races and discussed the prospect seriously several times during the last 14 years in Formula 1. It didn’t happen in 1995, it didn’t happen in 1998 and it didn’t happen in 2005. I am delighted that it will now happen in 2010. I am very much looking forward to working with Michael and everybody at Mercedes-Benz and Daimler extends a very warm welcome to our ‘apprentice’ of 19 years ago. That apprentice is now the most successful racing driver of all time.”



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