Yet it seems that they refused to acknowlege that. They never started bringing over the smaller more economical cars they sell in Europe. I'd have considered buying an A class diesel with a manual transmission but AFAIK they were never offered in the US.
Now they will be all-electric in a few years, which will keep me in the deep end of the used car market. Allan On Wed, Dec 15, 2021, at 4:55 PM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes wrote: > Around the time of the Chrysler merger Mercedes lost it's status as a > premiere car. Instead it became a thing you could lease to show > everybody how rich you were, or really how rich you were pretending to > be. > Nobody really aspires to a Mercedes anymore because you really don't > have to, they're pretty easy to get. Now it's a Bentley or Roller or > one of the high end electrics... > -Curt > > On Wednesday, December 15, 2021, 03:01:41 PM EST, Randy Bennell via > Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > I would also suggest that MB felt a need to be in tune with modern > styling. They no doubt wanted to and felt a need to appeal to the > younger folks. > There is a lot of money invested in vehicles before they hit the > showroom floors and mistakes are very costly. > > > > On 15/12/2021 1:47 PM, Allan Streib via Mercedes wrote: >> I always thought the reason that all cars started looking alike in the late >> 1990s/early 2000s at least in terms of the general "jellybean" body shape >> was that is what tested best in the wind tunnel, and if it got an extra MPG >> or shaved a fraction of a second off the 0-60 time, it was seen as worth >> doing. >> >> >> >> On Wed, Dec 15, 2021, at 2:40 PM, dan penoff.com via Mercedes wrote: >>> I think it’s best to qualify appearances based on time or vintage. The >>> W108 and W109 sedans were works of art. The W126 LWB cars were equally >>> beautiful and functional. I think you could say much the same for the >>> W124s for their time period as well. Certainly more angular than >>> previous models, but that design was functionally excellent as well. >>> >>> The W210s (I think) show a break where MB seemed to be bending to the >>> will of the masses when it came to styling in that they look very much >>> like the “jellybeans” of domestic cars during that time, like a Mercury >>> Sable/Ford Taurus. >>> >>> -D >>> >>>> On Dec 15, 2021, at 1:53 PM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes >>>> <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> For me, the W108 and 109 sedans Tower above all Mercedes saloons of the >>>> modern era >>>> >>>> On Wed, Dec 15, 2021, 1:51 PM Jim Cathey via Mercedes >>>> <mercedes@okiebenz.com> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>>> I dislike most MBs since the 124. >>>>> I think the W210 from the nose to just before the wiper looks good. >>>>> Saw an aerial shot of an MB (on TV) that I though looked very nice. >>>>> It was a W126, so not surprised. I think S124 wagons are gorgeous, >>>>> the other 124s not so much. I think Ford did a nice job with the R129. >>>>> >>>>> -- Jim >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> > > > _______________________________________ > 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 > > > _______________________________________ > 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 _______________________________________ 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
