True but the engine of a serious automaker's car should be made by the automaker itself. Mercedes is not hurting and it is fully capable of making perfectly capable engines. So why Nissan? Cost cutting of course. Low production niche vehicles made by small scale manufacturers can get away with using other engines but not Mercedes.
Sent from my iPhone On Jan 15, 2012, at 3:48 PM, Jaime Kopchinski <[email protected]> wrote: Exactly! In fact, very little was/is actually made by Mercedes. Perhaps some sheet metal work, but even that is made by some suppliers at this point I'd expect. They design and specify the parts, then put it all together. But, a large amount of the parts still do come from Germany. Especially in the higher models. Daimler ensures this by choosing suppliers accordingly. And this isn't just how Mercedes works... this is how the auto industry works. There are thousands of companies with specialities in each part of the car. I work for one of them. We supply parts to Mercedes, BMW, and Porsche as well as Chrysler and Toyota. This doesn't mean we provide the same parts to Toyota as Mercedes, but we have the experience to make the best product possible given the manufactures specifications and cost requirement. Jaime On Sun, Jan 15, 2012 at 2:30 PM, Dieselhead <[email protected]> wrote: Our 20-40 year old Mercedes are not all made by Mercedes (DBAG at the time) The injection was made by Bosch, as were wipers, lights and many other components. The radiator and heater were made by Behr The glass was made by Sekurit All the rubber bits were made by someone else, maybe Metzler The MBTex, dash pads, door liners were made by another company, perhaps also Metzler Brakes were made by ATE or Bendix Engine? Pistons made by Mahle Rings made by someone else, perhaps Mahle Water pump made by someone else Clutch and pressure plate: F&S (fitchel & Sachs or something like that) Transmissions made by Getrag I am sure there are more examples, that don't come to mind as the schnee blows and my MB are tucked away for the winter. The difference is that 60 to 20 years ago, most, if not all the component manufacturers/designers were companies from Germany or at least German speaking countries. -- Jaime Kopchinski http://www.jaimekop.com/ _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to 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 _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to 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
