My Mercedes Car

My Mercedes Car

The American photographer and filmmaker, Alex Prager, is known for creating surreal and enigmatic movie moments inspired by Frederico Fellini and David Lynch. Yet in her versions - heady with mystery, lust and desire - the woman is in control. Of her enigmatic images for the 2012 Mercedes-Benz Icons of Style, Alex Prager said she chose cinematic greats as her Icons of Style. Dutch supermodel, Lara Stone plays the update on the Hitchcock blonde, a strong protagonist who overcomes loneliness and fear. This inner strength is underscored by a timeless and elegant dress worn by Lara Stone and designed by Calvin Klein Collection's Women's Creative Director, Francisco Costa. The SL Roadster featured in the latest Mercedes-Benz Icon of Style campaign, combines technical innovation with sleek sportiness and classic luxury and reinterprets the legendary Mercedes-Benz classic of the 1950s for today. The 2012 Icons of Style key visual is the latest in a stunning series of outstanding visuals celebrating the unique combination of design and style that is Mercedes-Benz. The designers have presented the most recent generation of SL icons in an unmistakeable way, by combining a deep sense tradition with new perspectives and visions.

The result is a stylish, sporty and elegant luxury sport's car with the classic, SL-typical well-balanced proportions: the long bonnet is followed by a compact passenger compartment and the wide, sleek rear perfects the look. Understated, artistically designed lines define the powerfully modelled yet smooth surfaces ofits silhouette. Finely engineered details from the dynamic, traditional form repertoire of Mercedes-Benz visually underline the legend of the SL. From a technological perspective, the SL presents itself as a spectacular trendsetter. Manufactured almost completely from aluminium, it weighs a lot less than its predecessor. Innovations like the unique FrontBass system, which turns the SL into a concert hall, whether open or closed, or the adaptive MAGIC VISION CONTROL System are all pioneering developments with an eye to the future. Self-taught Alex Prager from Los Angeles is a rising star in the photographer sky. On a visit to a William Egglestone exhibition, Alex Prager made the decision to start taking photos herself.

Since then, the 32-year-old photographic artist and filmmaker has impressed with her unconventional photography at several solo and group exhibitions. Her productions are inspired by the style of the sixties, as well as by the films by great directors like Alfred Hitchcock, David Lynch and Frederico Fellini. Alex Prager describes her photography as a documentation of a world that at the same time exists and yet does not exist. In addition to her well-received trilogy with the series "Polyester", "The Big Valley" and "Week-end", Alex Prager has also made a name for herself as a fashion photographer. Her "Lofty Ambitions" editorial featured in the September issue of US Vogue and she also shot the spring/summer 2011 campaign by Bottega Veneta with Karolina Kurkova. Francisco Costa is the critically acclaimed Women's Creative Director of Calvin Klein Collection. Mr. Costa assumed this role in 2003 after working directly with Calvin Klein and other top design houses of Gucci, Balmain Couture, and Oscar de la Renta.

Not only does it look cool, but it also actually helps you navigate easier. I used this in downtown Seattle, which is notoriously wrought with one-ways and confusing intersections and I ran into zero issues thanks to augmented navigation. The biggest downside are the voice controls. MBUX can be activated by saying 鈥淢ercedes鈥?or 鈥淗ey Mercedes鈥? But, frankly, it doesn鈥檛 work that well. Most of the time, you are better off just using the touch screen or touch pad, both of which work perfectly fine. Outside of MBUX, the A-Class features a suite of driver safety and convenience features. You can get adaptive cruise control, automatic braking, lane keep assist, cross traffic alert, blind spot monitoring and a heads up display. It features pretty much every modern tech feature you could hope for these days. The A-Class鈥?main competitor is the Audi A3, no doubt. Though it also competes with the Acura ILX and the Lexus IS.

Among those challengers, the A-Class rises to the top in my book. It is by far the most technologically advanced, and I think one of the better styles as well. EPA estimated fuel economy has not yet come out for the A-Class. In my mix of city, highway and backroad driving, I managed to average 30 MPG, according to the trip computer. Pricing has still not been announced for the 2019 Mercedes-Benz A-Class sedan. We know some tidbits, but not the whole picture. 50,000 if optioned correctly. However, Mercedes has not announced an exact starting price yet. We鈥檒l have a better idea where it tops out closer to launch. To summarize: I enjoyed my time in the new 2019 Mercedes-Benz A-Class. It offers an incredible amount of technology paired with Mercedes luxury feel. While it is on the slow side, its responsive steering and well-balanced chassis still make curvy roads a lot of fun. And, of course, more information on the 2019 Mercedes-Benz A-Class, as it becomes available.