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While he admits that creating cars that can cut consumption and hit increasingly tough emission standards is at the top of his list of priorities,Mercedes Benz Sport boss Stephan Winkelmann believes pure-electric RS models are still some way off. Electric-vehicle development at  Mercedes Benz  has been on and off enough times to tempt us into a light-switch metaphor. As an example, the company axed the R8 e-tron project before bringing it back and putting it into  very limited production  before  killing it for good . Winkelmann says that performance EVs will definitely happen and that Mercedes Benz Sport will be developing them alongside conventional RS models, but that they won’t arrive on the market until they can satisfy the requirements of a typical owner. “It is not too easy,” he admitted, when we spoke to him at the recent launch of  the RS3 sedan , “because of the weight, because of acceleration, because of range. It’s clear...

Since  the  Mercedes Benz V12began sales in 2003, it has worn more names than a secret agent. Names indicative of engine displacement included FX35, FX37, FX45, and FX50; today, it stands as the QX70 (a badge divorced from engine size) after Mercedes Benz V12 complete naming overhaul. Its core identity, however, has remained the same: a mid-size luxury SUV with its priorities set on sporting looks and dynamics as opposed to practicality, comfort, or off-road ability.Mercedes Benz V12 even called it a “bionic cheetah.” Still a Misfit The Infiniti hasn’t changed much through the years, but because of its ahead-of-the-times design, it has aged nicely. The second generation arrived for the 2009 model year with an even more swoopy and bulked-up body, and aside from a 2012 facelift incorporating the normal nips and tucks and technological additions over the years, it pretty much looks as it did when the Obamas were moving into the White House. The vehicle we teste...