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Newsletter of the Mile-High Section ● Mercedes-Benz Club of America
MERCEDES-BENZ CAR TRIVIA
Mercedes-Benz Type 320 (W 142, 1937 To
1942)
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IN THIS ISSUE…..
Subject
Page(s)
Letter from the President, Bob Mashburn
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Board Officers
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Mercedes-Benz Classic Cars
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Mercedes-Benz Classic Direct Sales Program
The Mercedes-Benz Type 320 (W 142 series)
celebrated its premiere at the International
Automobile and Motorcycle Exhibition (IAMA) in
Berlin in February 1937. With it, the brand
closed a gap in the market between mediumsized vehicles and vehicles of the largest format.
The new 3.2-litre motor car was introduced at
this time. With this model Mercedes-Benz broke
new ground in this particular vehicle class, which
in those days was characterized by extreme
competitiveness.
Mile High Section – Mercedes Benz
Annual Holiday Party
Dec. 5, 2015 @ 6:00P
at the Mt. Vernon Country Club
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World Automotive News
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Preowned Cars For Sale
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Denver Broncos Trivia Questions
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2015/2016 Events Calendar
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Event Information
Project Angel Heart Tour
Event Report - Steinway & Mercedes-Benz
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Denver Broncos Trivia Questions Answers
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David Cutlit
M. Max
RobertNellums
Mike Sollenberger
If you have not received your New Member Packet or if you
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phone
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Mile-High Section, Inc. of the
Letter From The President
Bob Mashburn
President, Mile-High Section
Mercedes-Benz Club of America
Executive Board Officers
President:
Bob Mashburn …[email protected]
Vice President:
Randy Williams …..…..303.799.4806………… [email protected]
As another year comes to an end, the nights
are longer and the days are shorter. As fast
as 2015 went by, it will be Spring soon!
Secretary:
Niels Haubold..……..303-949-7673.……[email protected]
Treasurer:
At the planning breakfast on November 14th,
a lot of great ideas were received verbally, by
email and by those in attendance.
The board members are meeting on
December 3rd to finalize our events calendar
for 2016.
Max Townsend….…….303.770.1128……....... [email protected]
2015 Mile-High Section Board Members
Michael Davison……..720-233-7411……..,….. [email protected]
Norm Franklin ….…..…. 303-789-3915…….…[email protected]
Niels Haubold..……..303-949-7673.……[email protected]
I want to thank everyone who submitted
ideas for 2016, it is going to be a great year!
Natalie Mashburn.. 303-888-2710.. [email protected]
Mike Redel ….... ..303.637.0219……..…... [email protected]
I look forward to seeing everyone at an event
or social in 2016.
Have a wonderful holiday season and Happy
New Year.
Bob
Lou Rogers… ...….303-466-3372….…... [email protected]
Jerry Vergatos… …….720-939-2848…. ……[email protected]
Other Contacts
Membership Chair Person
Natalie Mashburn.. 303-888-2710.. [email protected]
Constellation Editor - Mile High Section
Karen Redel.….303-637-0219……[email protected]
National MBCA Officers
President
Terry Kiwala…..…......312-286-0532…….….…[email protected]
Vice President
Laura Simonds..….…..650-592-7613….……[email protected]
Rocky Mountain Regional Director
Charlie Bennett….719-576-9737 ..…[email protected]
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MBCA……… 1-800-637-2360…...www.mbca.org
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MERCEDES-BENZ CLASSIC CARS
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http://www.mbusa.com/
Kraft Merc:
Mercedes-Benz
Launches Classic
with very limited mileages, or those that have
been restored by MB Classic itself.
As the service has just been launched, we can’t
be too critical that there isn’t much stock yet,
just six cars are currently showing, with a
Direct-Sales
Program
number of others listed as “Coming Soon.” While
November 9, 2015 at 1:31 pm by Mike Duff
sedan to Collectors’ Edition standard for
the condition of all of them looks impressive, it’s
the prices (where given) that are even more
striking. Mercedes is advertising a 450SEL 6.9
€70,000 ($75,000 at current exchange rates).
Even given the relatively low mileage of this
early autobahn-stormer—112,000 km from
new—that’s still what we’d politely term an
aggressive valuation. Two minutes with
Germany’s favorite used-car website produced
this smart-looking, 84,000-km example for
It’s often said that you can’t put a value on trust.
€14,950. We’ve no doubt the fully certified All
Time Stars car is nicer, but €55,000 nicer?
That doesn’t seem to be true in Stuttgart, where
At the other end of the scale is a Premium
Mercedes-Benz is attempting to put a substantial
Edition 1929 Mercedes 630 Kompressor being
price tag on the peace of mind that comes from
buying a classic model from the company itself.
advertised for €850,000, although the online
The newly launched All Time Stars European
program is being run directly from the
company’s museum, and by the same MercedesBenz Classic division that maintains and repairs
the vast collection. Sadly this isn’t a chance to
buy unwanted former exhibits (at least, not yet),
listing suggests the bodywork is modern. And,
for those not put off by POA pricing, a genuine
ex-factory 1998 Mercedes AMG CLK-LM race
car that was apparently used in pre-qualifying
for Le Mans. If you’re passing through Stuttgart,
pop in and make them an insultingly lowball
offer and tell us what they say, will you?
but rather immaculate classic Benzes that have
Mercedes already sells classics directly in the
been certified and, in some cases, restored by the
company itself.
U.S from its Irvine Classic center in California,
It’s like an approved certified pre-owned
program, just on a considerably longer
timescale. Three levels of vehicles will be offered.
Drivers’ Edition models are claimed to be
suitable for “everyday driving and for people
who want to tinker.” Collectors’ Edition are in
excellent unrestored condition, while—at the
top—Premium Edition models are as-new cars
something that will continue as before. There’s
currently a 7900-mile W116 300SD for a mere
$49,995 if you’re interested. They are happy to
hook up potential buyers with the All Time Stars
team in Germany, but there’s no formal link with
the U.S. program. With more carmakers moving
to factory restorations and certification of
originality, it’s an obvious move for Mercedes to
make, but the reassurance of buying from the
factory carries a sizable supplement.
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www.onenewspage.comAutomotive
AUTOMATIVE WORLD NEWS
Get VW to Admit Fault
BILL VLASIC and AARON M.
KESSLER
Volkswagen unveiled the 2016 Passat on
Monday at the Duggal Greenhouse in New
York.
Credit: Bryan Thomas for The New
York Times
Volkswagen executives told environmental
regulators for more than a year that
Discrepancies between pollution tests on its
diesel cars and the starkly higher levels out
on the road were a technical error, not a
deliberate attempt to deceive Washington
officials.
But this month, the executives made a
startling admission: The diesel vehicles it
sold in the United States used software
meant to cheat on the tests.
VW made the admission only when the
Environmental Protection Agency took the
extraordinary action of threatening to
withhold approval for the company’s 2016
Volkswagen and Audi diesel models,
according to letters sent to company
officials by the E.P.A. and California
regulators.
Since that deception became public
Volkswagen has scrambled to conduct
damage control. The chief executive
apologized and the company said it would
stop selling diesel-powered cars from the
2015 and 2016 model years.
All this was possible because environmental
regulators had tools and powers at their
disposal that another area of enforcement
— auto safety regulation — does not have,
despite the efforts of lawmakers, consumer
advocates and, more recently, auto safety
regulators themselves. Often, the auto
industry has beaten back more stringent
laws.
The National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration, for example, can impose a
maximum penalty of $35 million on an
automaker that flouts safety regulations —
a relatively low sum for a company like
General Motors, which last year paid such a
fine for a defect that has now been linked
to at least 124 deaths.
By contrast, under the Clean Air Act,
Volkswagen, the world’s largest automaker,
could be fined as much as $37,500 for each
recalled vehicle, for a possible total penalty
of as much as $18 billion.
“The Clean Air Act statutory scheme gives
E.P.A. more power and flexibility to move
more quickly than N.H.T.S.A.,” said Carl
Tobias, a law professor at the University of
Richmond, who has studied the government’s response to auto safety issues.
“E.P.A. also seems more tough-minded and
savvy about how to be effective in this
arena.”
Still, the time it takes to investigate auto
companies is often extensive, and getting
the facts can be a challenge. “Even E.P.A.
took a year to finally crack this case open,”
he said.
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Beyond the E.P.A., the government has
other tools at its disposal when it comes to
enforcing environmental regulation.
As G.M. did, Volkswagen now faces a
criminal investigation by the Justice Department, according to a person briefed on the
inquiry. It is being conducted, though, by
the department’s Environment and Natural
Resources Division, which is devoted to
violations of environmental law. “Nearly
one-half of the division’s lawyers bring
cases against those who violate the nation’s
civil and criminal pollution-control laws,”
the department’s website says.
And on Monday, a subcommittee of the
House Energy and Commerce Committee
said it would hold a hearing on the issue.
It’s only part of the pressure being applied
to Volkswagen. An official with the
Environmental Protection Agency said that
discussions are continuing with Volkswagen, as the company grapples with how
to handle a recall of the affected vehicles.
“We still have many questions for the
company,” said Christopher Grundler, head
of the agency’s transportation office. “It’s
the responsibility of Volkswagen and Audi
to prepare a remedy for these vehicles.”
There is no timetable for Volkswagen to
submit a comprehensive plan to recall and
fix the affected vehicles. But government
officials are urging the company to take
action quickly — both on developing a fix
for the cars and starting a campaign to
educate consumers on the problem. “This
does not happen immediately,” Mr.
Grundler said. “And we’ve been trying to be
clear with the consumers that their vehicles
are safe and they don’t have to do anything
right now.” The assessment of fines for the
violations will also not happen immediately.
“That is down the road,” he said. “But we
feel a sense of urgency to address the
emissions of these vehicles that are already
on the road.”
A Volkswagen spokesman, John Schilling,
said the automaker was “committed to
fixing this issue as soon as possible” and to
developing “a remedy that meets emissions
standards and satisfies our loyal and valued
customers.”
Even with the looming punishment, the
company almost got away with it. In fact, it
most likely would have if not for a strange
twist of fate and the curiosity of several
auto researchers.
Two years ago, the International Council on
Clean Transportation, a nonprofit environmental group staffed by a number of
former E.P.A. officials, had been testing the
real-world performance of so-called clean
diesel cars in Europe, and were less than
impressed with the emissions results. The
group decided it would test diesel-powered
cars in the United States, where regulations
were much more strict, as a way of almost
shaming the European automakers to
tighten their compliance. The group fully
expected the American cars to do well, and
run cleaner than their counterparts across
the pond.
What they could not have foreseen was
that they would stumble onto one of the
biggest frauds in recent automotive history.
Further, on the campus of West Virginia
University, a group of emissions researchers
who mainly dealt with heavy trucks noticed
an unusual posting by the transportation
council, which was looking for a partner to
test diesel-powered cars.
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“No one had done that before in the U.S.,”
said Arvind Thiruvengadam, a professor at
the university. “It sounded very interesting,
to test light-duty diesel vehicles in realworld conditions. We looked around at
each other said, ‘Let’s do it.’ ”
The university’s team bid on the project and
got the contract. Mr. Thiruvengadam and
his colleagues never envisioned where it
would lead. “We certainly didn’t have an
aim of catching a manufacturer cheating,”
he said. “It didn’t even cross our minds.”
The study also did not target Volkswagen
specifically. It was something of a fluke, he
said, that two out of three diesel vehicles
bought for the testing were VWs.
It did not take long for suspicions to set in.
The West Virginia researchers were wellversed in diesel performance on real roads,
and had certain expectations for how the
test cars should ebb and flow in their
emissions. But the two Volkswagens
behaved strangely.
“If you’re idling in traffic for three hours in
L.A. traffic, we know a car is not in its sweet
spot for good emissions results,” Mr.
Thiruvengadam said. “But when you’re
going at highway speed at 70 miles an hour,
everything should really work properly. The
emissions should come down. But the
Volkswagens didn’t come down.”
Even then, however, it is difficult for most
researchers to be sure exactly what is going
on. There are so many factors involved in
real-world driving — speed, temperature,
topography, braking habits. It is not
unheard-of for cars to perform much
differently in on-the-road tests than one
expected.
But this time there was a key difference:
The California Air Resources Board heard
about the groups’ tests and signed on to
participate. The regulators tested the same
vehicles in their specially equipped lab used
to judge cars’ compliance with state
emissions standards. That gave the project
what most studies lacked: a baseline.
“That
broke
loose
everything,”
Mr. Thiruvengadam said.
In the lab, the two VWs performed
flawlessly. But when they were taken out
on the roads in California, they were
belching out levels of nitrogen oxide that
were 30 to 40 times higher than the
regulatory standards. Even the heavy-duty
trucks the researchers had tested had never
performed that poorly by comparison.
“It just didn’t make sense,” said John
German, one of the leaders on the project
at the transportation council. “That was the
real red flag for us.”
www.nytimes.com/2015/09/22/business/it-took-epa-pressure..
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DENVER BRONCO TRIVIA
1) What
year were the Denver Broncos founded?
Choose Your Answer: A:
2)
What was the Denver Broncos record in their first season?
Choose Your Answer:
3)
A: 3-10-1, B: 3-11, C: 4-9-1, D: 7-7
Who was the first Denver Bronco to rush for more than 20 touchdowns in a single season?
Choose Your Answer:
4)
1940, B: 1950, C: 1960, D: 1970
A: Clinton Portis, B: Terrell Davis, C: Mike Anderson, D: Floyd Little
Which of the following distinctions can the Denver Broncos boast of?
Choose Your Answer: A:
They were the first AFL team to defeat an NFL team, B: They had the first africanamerican place-kicker in pro football, C: They were the first professional football team to wear verticallystriped socks, D: All of these
5)
In what round of the 1995 NFL draft did the Denver Broncos take RB Terrell Davis?
Choose Your Answer:
6)
Who was the first Denver Bronco to compile more than 15 sacks in a season?
Choose Your Answer:
7)
A: 1st round, B: 2nd round, C: 4th round, D: 6th round
A: Trevor Pryce, B: Karl Mecklenburg, C: Simon Fletcher, D: Lyle Alzado
Which head coach led the Denver Broncos to their first playoff appearance?
Choose Your Answer:
A: Lou Saban, B: Dan Reeves, C: Red Miller, D: Mike Shanahan
Who was the first Denver Broncos quarterback to finish a season (minimum of 200 passes) with a passer
rating higher than 100?
8)
Choose Your Answer:
9)
A: John Elway, B: Jake Plummer, C: Brian Griese, D: Gus Frerotte
What team originally drafted John Elway?
Choose Your Answer:
A: Boston Patriots, B: Baltimore Colts, C: Chicago Bears, D: Denver Broncos
Who did the Denver Broncos trade to the Washington Redskins in 2004 for Pro Bowl cornerback Champ
Bailey?
10)
Choose Your Answer:
A: Laveranues Coles, B: Mike Anderson, C: Clinton Portis, D: Rod Smith
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2015/2016 Event/Activity Schedule
Mile High Section Mercedes Benz Club
For Latest updates and Info visit MHS website at www,milehighmbca.org
Revision Date
12/1/2015
December
Activity
Location
12/3/2015
Dec Board Meeting
Norm Fanklin's House
Contact
Contact Information
Norm Franklin
303-789-3915…….…[email protected]
January
1/7/2016
1/16/2016
Jan Board meeting
Norm Fanklin's Home
Norm Franklin
303-789-3915…….…[email protected]
Tour of Project Angle Heart
Angle Heart Facility
Max Townsend
303-770-1128, [email protected]
Notes
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EVENT INFORMATION - PROJECT ANGLE HEART TOUR
THE MISSION:
To deliver nutritious meals to improve quality of life, at no cost,
for those coping with life-threatening illness.
Project Angel Heart was founded in 1991 to address major
challenges facing Coloradans living with a life-threatening
illness—getting the nutrition they need to get stronger and
remain independent in their homes. Many are too sick to get
to the grocery store, have to choose whether to buy food or
medication, or are too weak to make themselves or their
dependents a meal.
What started out as a group of community members
delivering donated lasagna to 12 individuals living with
HIV/AIDS has grown into a thriving organization preparing
and delivering delicious, individually modified meals to
thousands of Coloradans living with cancer, kidney/heart/lung
disease, HIV/AIDS, diabetes, multiple sclerosis and other lifethreatening illnesses. Our delivery area now includes 640
square miles of metropolitan Denver and 164 square miles in
the Colorado Springs area, and all meals are delivered free of
charge by caring volunteers.
Tour Of Project Angel Heart
Saturday, January 16, 2016 @ 10:00A
RESERVATIONS DUE NO LATER THAN JANUARY 8, 2016
Make Your Check Payable To: Mile-High Section, MBCA
Send Check & This Form To: Max Townsend, 6088 East Otero Drive, Centennial, CO 80112-3043
Name_________________________________________________________________
Phone________________Email____________________________________________
Cost Per Person: $5.00/Person which will be donated to Project Angle Heart In the name of the
Mercedes-Benz Club
Project Angle Heart Location: 4950 Washington St. Denver, CO 80216 @ at 10AM on January
16th for a tour of their facility including the kitchen. We can decorate bags, which are delivered to
those who are ill, and learn about their program from Jennifer Lackey the Vice-President of the
organization.
We will conclude our tour with a lunch at a nearby restaurant. To be announced at a later time.
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EVENT REPORT - STEINWAY & MERCEDES-BENZ TWO PINNACLES OF EXCELLENCE
6.3 AMG
The event was held on Saturday,
November 7, 2015, at Schmitt Music
Those in attendance enjoyed a
truly cultural experience
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DENVER BRONCO TRIVIA ANSWERS
1) What year were the Denver Broncos founded?
Answer:,
2)
C: 1960,
What was the Denver Broncos record in their first season?
C: 4-9-1
Answer:
3)
Who was the first Denver Bronco to rush for more than 20 touchdowns in a single season?
B: Terrell Davis
Answer:
4)
Which of the following distinctions can the Denver Broncos boast of?
Answer: A:
They were the first AFL team to defeat an NFL team, B: They had the first african-american placekicker in pro football, C: They were the first professional football team to wear vertically-striped socks,
D:
ALL OF THESE
5)
In what round of the 1995 NFL draft did the Denver Broncos take RB Terrell Davis?
Answer:
6)
D: 6th Round
Who was the first Denver Bronco to compile more than 15 sacks in a season?
Answer:
7)
A:
C: Simon Fletcher
Which head coach led the Denver Broncos to their first playoff appearance?
Answer:
C: Red Miller
Who was the first Denver Broncos quarterback to finish a season (minimum of 200 passes) with a passer
rating higher than 100?
8)
Answer:
9)
C: Brian Griese
What team originally drafted John Elway?
Choose Your Answer
B: Baltimore Colts
Who did the Denver Broncos trade to the
Washington Redskins in 2004 for Pro Bowl
cornerback Champ Bailey?
10)
Choose Your Answer:
C: Clinton Portis
HAPPY HOLIDAYS
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