Interesting that around the early 1980s when Mercedes was having trouble selling cars, it was announced that henceforth the "sales" division would be running Mercedes rather than the "engineering" division.
A few years later it was announced that only the most expensive cars would be sold in the U.S. That philosophy still seems to be in effect at Mercedes. The expensive cars are fine for someone who is not interested in economy of operation (which includes repairs, price, and resale), but those of us who are must now look elsewhere if we want late model cars. In terms of economy and reliability, the Japanese; especially Honda and Toyota; are the current champs although some European makes not imported to the U.S. may be better. Gerry...who always look for cost of operation first. .............................. OK Don via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > I suspect that is the result of market research and actual customer > preferences. I don't think that this group represents the average new MB > buyer. We are indeed, a relatively "odd" lot . . . . > > On Tue, Sep 16, 2014 at 7:52 PM, Peter Frederick via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > I suspect there was considerable "leakage" of junk gizmo flashy crap into > > Mercedes from Chrysler. The new cars are NOT like the old ones, rather > > tinny, full of electronic toys of dubious utility and designed in failure. > > > > And they are UGLY and very hard to see out of. > > > > Peter > > > > > > > -- > OK Don > > NSA: The only branch of government that actually listens to US citizens! > > "There are three kinds of men: The ones that learns by reading. The few who > learn by observation. The rest of them have to pee on the electric fence > for themselves." > > WILL ROGERS, *The Manly Wisdom of Will Rogers* > 2013 F150, 18 mpg > 2012 Passat TDI DSG, 44 mpg > 1957 C182A, 12 mpg - but at 150 mph! > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those > individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has > no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. > > > ----- > No virus found in this message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 2014.0.4765 / Virus Database: 4015/8224 - Release Date: 09/16/14 > -- arche...@embarqmail.com <arche...@embarqmail.com> _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
