The Driving Woman

Renée Zellweger, ambassador for Key To The Cure

Again, I say YAY to car companies that are helping out a cause that is so important to women all over the world.

Over the past five years, MBUSA has supported Saks Fifth Avenue’s KEY TO THE CURE by raising over $5 million for women’s cancer research. This year MBUSA designed a special edition version of the 2008 C350 Sport Sedan to raise funds for the KEY TO THE CURE, the women’s cancer initiative developed in partnership with the Entertainment Industry Foundation’s Women’s Cancer Research Fund. 
    
MBUSA expects to contribute $1 million through the sale of 1,000 exclusive C-Class vehicles arriving at Mercedes-Benz dealerships this month.  Sales of this sedan will benefit charitable programs dedicated to finding new detection methods, treatments and a cure for women’s cancers nationwide. 
   
And about that car... First of all, it's not pink! But in true Mercedes form, it has tons of power and is equipped to the nines. Ladies, get ready. The C350 Sport Sedan ramps up with a 268-horsepower, 3.5 liter V-6 engine. And that Special Edition model is equipped with: Sahara beige/ black leather interior; Obsidian Black metallic paint; 18- inch AMG twin-spoke aluminum alloy wheels; HDD Navigation, Harman Kardon sound system, DVD changer, Voice Control and an iPod Integration Kit. And then there's the SIRIUS satellite radio, heated front seats, rain sensor, garage door opener, and power-folding/ auto dimming mirrors.

To add star power, the ambassador for KEY TO THE CURE is Academy Award winning actress Renée Zellweger.

AND THERE'S MORE:  During Saks Fifth Avenue’s KEY TO THE CURE nationwide shopping weekend (Oct. 18-21, 2007), a percentage of Saks’ shopping weekend sales will be donated to national and local breast and women’s reproductive cancer research centers. So start shopping. After all, it’s for a good cause.