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Off on holiday with Mercedes-Benz: The summer awaits

The time has come again: the start of the summer holidays, when many take extended journeys by car. Tailor-made equipment and accessories make for an even more relaxed start to the holiday. Mercedes-Benz Accessories GmbH and the Mercedes-Benz sales partners have these available for all the company's models. Here is an overview of the highlights in the range, as well as hints and information relating to car journeys.

Models from Mercedes-Benz traditionally offer a particularly high level of noise and vibration comfort. Relaxed travel is not a luxury, but helps to maintain driver fitness for safety. Because a driver who is mentally and physically fit has sufficient performance reserves to respond rapidly and correctly in critical traffic situations. Which means that all fellow travellers will arrive more relaxed. Studies by the Customer Research Center (CRC) at Mercedes-Benz show that certain comfort attributes have a direct influence on driver performance and well-being during and after a journey. Comfort is therefore also conducive to safety.

An overview of the topics in this press kit:

- Whether holiday luggage or sports equipment – everything will arrive at the destination safely with the transport solutions individually tailored to each model. All roof-mounted transport solutions are based on the roof carriers from the Alustyle series.

- Sophisticated design, high-quality finish, intelligent use of space and numerous practical details distinguish the suitcases and bags in the Mercedes-Benz Collection, which were developed together with experts such as Samsonite or Deuter. With these luggage items, the holiday already starts when packing.

- Those not only taking the car on familiar routes will reliably reach their destination with a Mercedes-Benz navigation system – while avoiding the stress of traffic tailbacks. Retrofit systems for all model series and every budget, as well as up-to-date software, reliably lead the way.

- When it comes to infotainment, Mercedes-Benz offers numerous accessory systems that turn the rear of the car into a cinema. And if you want to be easily reachable by telephone and well informed thanks to the internet even when far from home, you will find that the retrofit multimedia systems are a good choice.

- Welcome home - on long car journeys this is particularly true if practical accessories enhance the level of on-board comfort.

- The Mercedes-Benz Collection catalogue has many accessories and clothing items that make the holiday experience even more enjoyable. Inspired by the vehicles, reflecting high-quality workmanship and developed with the same passion, these products likewise bear the Mercedes star.

- Mercedes-Benz Driving Events: Sheer excitement, maximum driving pleasure, learning to drive safely and skilfully like the professionals – that's what the Mercedes-Benz Driving Events for the 2013/2014 season offer. Professional instructors help to raise driving skills to a new level. The cars – the latest saloons, coupés, roadsters and off-roaders – are provided by Mercedes-Benz.

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Special exhibition at the Mercedes-Benz Museum: Mercedes-Benz S-Class – always ahead of the times

In 2013, the spotlight is on the new S-Class from Mercedes-Benz: the latest generation had its world premiere some weeks ago. The special exhibition “Mercedes-Benz S-Class – always ahead of its time” at the Mercedes-Benz Museum presents the history of this very superior model series in all its glory. The exhibition is to run from 18 June to 3 November 2013.

“Throughout the world, the S-Class from Mercedes-Benz is a byword for luxury, comfort and safety. This model series has always set standards for overall passenger car development,” says Michael Bock, Head of Mercedes-Benz Classic and Managing Director of Mercedes-Benz Museum GmbH. “The special exhibition presents the course of development over the past 110 years and demonstrates in impressive style why the S-Class is considered to be the quintessential automobile. Visitors to the Museum will be able to embark on a fascinating time trip extending from 1904 to the new S-Class of 2013.”

The unparalleled diversity of the luxury series from Mercedes-Benz becomes apparent in Collection room 5, where eleven impressive vehicles, a 1:1 clay model and realistic interior exhibits and wall graphics form the core of the special exhibition. The early years of the exclusive line's family tree are represented by the model 770 “Grand Mercedes” (W 07) from 1931 and the model 320 “Motorway Courier” (W 142) from 1939. The somewhat younger forebears are lined up in chronological order next to these venerable old specimens: a model 300 “Adenauer” (W 189) from 1959, a 300 SE (W 112) from 1964, a 280 SE (W 108) from 1970, a 450 SEL 6.9 (model series 116) from 1977, a 500 SEL (model series 126) from 1983, a long-wheelbase S 320 (model series 140) from 1998, an S 400 CDI (model series 220) from 2000 and an S 400 HYBRID (model series 221) from 2008.

Encounters with the S-Class are not limited to Collection room 5, however. For the first time, exhibits from the permanent exhibition have been integrated into the special exhibition. Nine representatives of the “S-Class” family line the way through the Mercedes-Benz Museum. Interactive info steles in the various Legend rooms establish the respective links to the special exhibition. One such exhibit to be found en route through the Museum is the Mercedes Simplex 60 hp in Legend room 2, which goes right back to 1904. The comfortable “touring saloon” was once owned by businessman Emil Jellinek - father of Mercedes Jellinek, from whom the “Mercedes” brand took its name. The “S” was not actually incorporated into the designation for the luxury saloons from Mercedes-Benz until 1972, when model series 116, setting new standards in design, comfort and safety, was officially referred to as the “S-Class” for the first time. The last S-Class of the current model series rolled of the production line at the Sindelfingen plant on 3 June 2013 and proceeded directly to the Museum: the S 500 4-MATIC is on show in the entrance area.

The special exhibition is accompanied by a special guided tour (at 2.30 p.m. on Wednesdays, approx. 75 minutes, 4 euros plus admission). A poster featuring a gallery depicting the history of the S-Class and a comprehensive brochure with additional video material which is available to smartphone users via an augmented reality app enable visitors to take a piece of automobile history home with them.