Daimler and Mercedes-Benz today have published a lengthy look at current and forthcoming technologies for their vehicles, with topics covered including a look at their electric drive systems, driver assistance systems, engine development and virtual crash simulations, just to name a few.

LEAKED DRAWINGS FROM THE EUROPEAN PATENT OFFICE OUTLINE THE FORTHCOMING 2012 SLS AMG ROADSTER FROM A NUMBER OF ANGLES

Mercedes SLK AMG custom

With more tuners present than a beach has sand, it's hard to separate the good from the bad. We've done it for you. Here's the top 5 tuner-built cars that made an appearance.

Custom Mercedes SLK AMG

Filmed in 2 states, with at least a dozen soapy girls washing, driving and wrecking cars, you’ll see Corvettes, a Saleen S7, the wreckage of a Porsche GT3 and finally girl on girl drag race between the Mercedes Benz AMG C63 and the BMW E63 M6.

The AMG SPEEDSHIFT MCT 7-speed sports transmission is an innovative power transfer system that made its debut in the high-performance SL 63 AMG Roadster in 2008, and has also been in use in the E 63 AMG since summer 2009.

Sometime last year, a few Photoshop gurus got together and made some very funny “mini” versions of their favorite cars. The trend caught on, and soon lots of people were taking their favorite cars, and through the process of image manipulation, made them mini versions of themselves.

Mercedes AMG 5.5 V8 biturbo engine

The new or modified driver assistance systems in the E-Class Cabriolet are based on state-of-the-art radar and sensor technology. They have been developed to help reduce the number of accidents caused by being too close to the vehicle in front, drowsiness and darkness.

2011 Mercedes S63 AMG