Even wealthy consumers are interested in fuel economy, and green credibility, in the wake of a summer of $4 gas. Business Week reports that Mercedes-Benz "is finally poised to get into the hybrid game," not with its entry-level models, but with its flagship S-Class sedan

• WASHINGTON -- Mercedes-Benz has won the first consumer tax credits for diesel vehicles, winning credits for three models that go on sale Oct. 1 The Internal Revenue Service awarded the Daimler AG unit credits for the ML 320 BlueTEC, R 320 BlueTEC, and GL 320 BlueTEC.

• “Not too long ago, I picked up Mercedes Benz DTM driver, Canadian Bruno Spengler from his hotel in Toronto. The first words out of his mouth were, “Have you driven the C63 AMG?””