but I think mercedes, or any car company make a lot more money per car on options than on number of units they sell. So for benz to sell fewer up market cars, fully loaded, probably nets them a lot more money than selling a bunch of stripper cars.
I wonder how many E class taxis they'd have to sell to make the money they do off one Maybach, where most of the parts are plucked from the AMG parts bin, and marked up 1-200% over what they'd be if bolted on an S Class? Ed 300E 2008/11/27 Wonko the Sane <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > My point exactly. Benz has hung their hats on the Yuppies -- and there are > fewer and fewer each day who are in the car market. > > On Thu, Nov 27, 2008 at 10:09 PM, John Robbins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Wonko the Sane wrote: > > > >> Can you imagine if Benz suddenly flooded America with reasonably priced > >> W-123 and W-124 cars? New, just out of the factory stuff, not rusty > >> beaters? > >> They'd rule the world and send the Korean car dynasty into panic. > >> > > > > Forget that... sell the E220 CDI (or whatever the small CDI is) with a > > manual transmission... MB is like the Chevy of Europe, but we only get > the > > expensive ones. Stupid MBUSA. > > > > John > > > > > > _______________________________________ > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ > > For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ > For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
