Lindsay's Lohan Mercedes

The actress has settled a negligence lawsuit brought by a busboy over a highly publicized traffic Mercedes collision nearly two-and-a-half years ago.

The attorney for plaintiff Raymundo Ortega confirmed that an out-of-court deal had been reached but refused to disclose any terms of the deal. Ortega had been seeking $200,000 in damages. Lohan's camp has yet to comment on the settlement.

Ortega fired off the first shot, filing his negligence lawsuit in June 2007. He alleged in court documents that a then 19-year-old Lohan had been drinking alcohol at the Ivy just prior to plowing into his mercede, and it was a combination of her purported inebriation and distraction due to aggressively pursuing paparazzi that caused the crash.Lohan's camp blasted back, denying the accusations against the twice-rehabbed star. Her legal crew specifically cited a California Highway Patrol incident report, which blamed the collision on Ortega, who was making an illegal U-turn at the time of impact.The actress, now 21, filed a four-page countersuit against Ortega on Oct. 11, seeking $75,000 in damages to her Mercedes from the busboy, whom she accused of being "negligent in the ownership, operation, repairs and maintenance" of his van

Hilton Bro and Black Mercedes E350

Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department spokesman Officer Steve Whitmore said Barron Hilton's bail was upped to $20,000 from the previous $5,000 because he is now facing a felony charge of possessing a forged California driver's license in addition to misdemeanor DUI.

The third of Kathy and Rick Hilton's four offspring has been ordered to appear Apr. 14 at the Malibu courthouse.

After spending the better part of the day behind bars since being booked on suspicion of driving under the influence Tuesday morning, Barron Hilton posted $20,000 bail at around 5:45 p.m.

And Barron Hilton's rap sheet could get meatier still if charges are filed in connection to the smashup the hotel heir was involved in shortly before his arrest.

Not long before Paris Hilton's 18-year-old brother was arrested, witnesses saw his black Mercedes E350—with an unidentified woman at the wheel—sideswipe a grey Ford Ranger pickup truck on the Pacific Coast Highway in Malibu and continue on its merry way.

The other vehicle's presumably peeved driver followed Hilton, who at some point returned to the driver's seat, and his cruising partner to a gas station on PCH, where authorities eventually caught up with them—although not before, according to eyewitness accounts, Hilton had a run-in with a station employee's leg.

Per the L.A. County Sheriff's report summing up Hilton's arrest at 8:05 a.m. for alleged DUI, the California Highway Patrol was investigating a possible collision that occurred while the unnamed woman was driving.

CHP Public Information Officer Leon Hines said the Mercedes bumped into the Ford at 6:10 a.m. while heading north on PCH just above Sunset Boulevard.

The driver of the Ford continued to follow the Mercedes to Coral Canyon at PCH, and that's where CHP responded to the call and began the preliminary collision report, Hines said. Neither of the drivers involved appeared to be under the influence.

As for the man whose leg got in the way of Hilton's car, he told the New York Post and TMZ that, after the impact knocked him over, leaving him with some bruises, two men jumped out of a Ford with a dented left side and grabbed the keys out of the Mercedes to prevent the car's occupants from driving away again.

The driver of the truck had called the police en route to the gas station, and he had Hilton wait it out on a bus bench until authorities arrived.

Hilton, who blew a 0.14 percent on a Breathalyzer test and was found to be carrying the fake ID, was booked into custody at the Lost Hills Sheriff's Station at 8:35 a.m.

Paparazzi of pursuit of Britney outside on bar

Paparazzi of pursuit of Britney outside on bar 1 hour makes paparazzi the four arrested for the drive reckless while it chases the buds of Britney has been freed on bar, the police in California has said. Roberto Maciel, 31; Leandro Gomes, 30; Filipi Teixeira, 27; and Eduardo Ravalah, 34; they have been interrogates to you and freed 5,000 dollar(£2,500) on bar everyone, shelters of Jason of the official of the megaphone of unit of the police de Los Angeles has said. The situation has begun on the evening of Wednesday in which the officials they have observed several automobiles to follow benz a white man of Mercedes in the district de Los Angeles of mission hills. The automobiles were following too much a lot carefully the automobile, travelling to the dangerous speed and have rendered vary the dangerous changes of the alley, said authorities. The officials have arrested Mercedes, have interviewed the buds and have freed the singer of crack after the verification of its authorization. It was not immediately clear for who the photographers have worked.

Paparazzi di inseguimento di Britney fuori su barra

Paparazzi di inseguimento di Britney fuori su barra 1 ora fa Il paparazzi quattro arrestato per l'azionamento reckless mentre insegue i germogli di Britney è stato liberato su barra, la polizia nella California ha detto. Roberto Maciel, 31; Leandro Gomes, 30; Filipi Teixeira, 27; ed Eduardo Ravalah, 34; sono stati interrogati e liberato 5.000 dollar(£2,500) su barra ciascuno, rifugi di Jason dell'ufficiale del portavoce di reparto della polizia de Los Angeles ha detto. La situazione ha cominciato sulla sera di mercoledì in cui gli ufficiali hanno osservato parecchi automobili seguire un benz bianco di Mercedes nel distretto de Los Angeles delle colline di missione. Gli automobili stavano seguendo troppo molto attentamente l'automobile, viaggiando alla velocità pericolosa ed hanno reso vari i cambiamenti pericolosi del vicolo, autorità dette. Gli ufficiali hanno arrestato il Mercedes, hanno intervistato i germogli ed hanno liberato il cantante di schiocco dopo la verificazione della sua autorizzazione. Non era immediatamente chiara per chi i photographers hanno lavorato.

Spears' White Mercedes Car in Police Impound

Britney Spears will be forced to pay a minimum of $136 in towing fees if she wants to get her car back, after police impounded the vehicle on Monday night.

The troubled star brought Los Angeles traffic to a standstill on Monday after one of the tires on her Mercedes burst while she was driving along a busy road in Brentwood.

Cops insisted Spears abandon her white Mercedes on the hard shoulder in a bid to get traffic moving again following the incident, but it has now ended up at the Quicksilver Towing car impound, according to People.com.

Lieutenant David Grimes of the Los Angeles Police Department, West L.A. station, confirms, "Ms. Spears' car was impounded.

"Officers on the scene told me it was blocking the roadway, and that it was unsafe enough to leave at the location.

"(The car) was towed by a private company that's contracted with the city. Her car is being held at the official police garage tow yard."

But Grimes claims Spears will not be hit with any more legal woes relating to the incident, adding: "She won't get any citations or fines."

The singer, 26, was given a lift home by a member of the paparazzi after the breakdown, but she will have to fork out $104 to pay for the towing of the car, plus a further $32 for each day the Mercedes stays in the yard, if she wants it released.

Mercedes-Benz wins award for DIESOTTO engine

The DIESOTTO drive system is combined with a hybrid module and was featured in the Mercedes-Benz F 700 at the Frankfurt Motor Show in September 2007. It demonstrates that a large touring saloon is capable of returning a fuel-consumption figure of just 5.3 litres per 100 kilometres, enabling a drastic reduction in CO2 emissions without compromising on performance.
For example, the four-cylinder drive system with two-stage turbocharging fitted in the F 700 achieves the same level of performance as the current S-Class with a 3.5-litre V6 naturally-aspirated petrol engine.

Mercedes-Benz has created no fewer than 20 research cars since the Auto 2000 was introduced in 1981, but rarely has it revealed such a surprising glimpse of the future as the Mercedes-Benz F 700 Research Car. It's making its debut in this new luxury sedan. To refresh your memory, that engine produces 238hp and 295ft-lb. of torque from just 1.8 liters of displacement using some new technology known to many as homogeneous charge compression ignition, or HCCI, which "operates in compression ignition mode under light loads and spark ignition at other times" according to our own Sam Abuelsamid. The fuel mileage of the car with the DiesOtto engine is expected to be almost 40 miles per gallon, which is excellent for such a large vehicle.

The new F700 concept is just one of 18 vehicles that Mercedes is expected to showcase, including new Bluetec diesels and hybrids with both gasoline and diesel engines.