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While 2009 was a tumultuous year for automakers, the worldwide economic crisis pushed the auto industry into the mainstream automotive media's spotlight, making big automotive news stories even bigger.

And while new products continued to be introduced, they garnered possibly even more attention that ever before. With that in mind, we thought we'd take a look back at some of the Top 10 biggest stories of 2009 for an automaker that didn't recoil, but continued on, unveiling an all-new version of one of its most important models, delivering a new exotic car to market, promising an electric car in the future … and making some big changes in its motorsports program. That automaker is Mercedes-Benz.

More: Top 10: The Biggest Mercedes-Benz News Stories of 2009 (http://www.autoguide.com/auto-news/2010/01/top-10-the-biggest-mercedes-benz-news-stories-of-2009.html) on AutoGuide.com

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