Our New Patron
Ken Williams Ken has a long association with our club from the day he answered an advertisement in the paper suggesting those with an interest meet with other like-minded people [...]
Mercedes Museum: Open for Business!
The Mercedes Museum in Stuttgart is new Open for Business! To celebrate they create this amazing video - Flying Through the Collection View it - here Thanks Ken for finding and [...]
A legend in the making – The R129 turns 30
It’s hard to believe, but the R129 series Mercedes-Benz SL has become a CLASSIC automobile, as it was launched more than 30 years ago and presented to the world back [...]
Mille Miglia 2019
So how did I come to be standing on the side of a country road south east of Brescia Italy photographing the 2019 Mille Miglia cars as they roared past? [...]
Garry & Ken’s Peking to Paris Rally Blog
Dumpty Do, Here We Go Again REPORT ONE - Peking, June 2019 After a good flight up to Beijing we are now getting into the final preparations for [...]
‘Team Willies’ 24 Hours of Lemons
What do you do when waiting to start the Peking to Paris Endurance Rally? Join my four brothers in a 24 hour endurance race at Hampton Downs in an old [...]
From the Frying Pan Into the Fire
As we drove into Lima at the end of the 10.000 km 29-day Rally of the Incas I said to Ken ‘what about P 2 P in 2019?’ ‘Yes’ came [...]
‘Bog’ in Berlin – our Merc cheat report
Now I can imagine what cheating must feel like. Have I got your attention? Read on then, there’s much more to the statement than what you expect. It felt like [...]
The Mercedes-Benz Club of Auckland, Host Club for the 2019 Ellerslie Intermarque Concours D’Elegance
The Mercedes-Benz Club of Auckland entered a two car team in the Club judged Concours competition in February 2018. We were successful gaining 1117 points, which is the highest number [...]
1895 Benz Velo
On a recent visit to the Southward Car Museum in Wellington I was surprised to find that New Zealand's first automobile was a Benz, a Benz Velocipede to be exact. Apparently one of only [...]
