The people who have them are keeping them, and MB is not bringing any more into the market.
On Mon, Aug 1, 2022, at 17:55, Andrew Strasfogel wrote: > Then why are the modern Meredes bluetec SUVs and sedans in such short > supply/high demand? > > On Mon, Aug 1, 2022 at 4:49 PM Allan Streib via Mercedes > <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >> That's because nobody (relatively speaking) wants them. Diesel is dead for >> passenger cars in the USA. GM killed most of the interest in the late 1970s >> with their disastrous engines. That had just about been forgotten when VW >> killed it again with their emissions so-called scandal. >> >> >> >> On Mon, Aug 1, 2022, at 15:35, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes wrote: >> > We drove to Pittsburgh from suburban MD for the weekend via I 270, 70 and >> > 76, then returned via SE Ohio on I 77, etc. >> > >> > In 3 days of motoring, we did not see a single Mercedes diesel on the road. >> > >> > >> > >> > On Mon, Aug 1, 2022 at 3:54 PM Bob Rentfro via Mercedes < >> > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >> > >> >> We got back last night after spending four days in SoCal. In the space of >> >> four days, I did not see one single W123. Sigh….. >> >> As was once warbled by Sonny and his wife (who, over the space of eight >> >> years around the turn of the century ate care package after care package >> >> of >> >> my chocolate chip cookies), the beat goes on. Remember how we started >> >> seeing less W108, W114, W115 ‘cause the road was full of W123,W126? Then >> >> it >> >> was fewer W123, W126 and butt loads of W210, 211, and “crap” class. Time >> >> marches on. >> >> >> >> AZBob >> >> >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> _______________________________________ >> >> 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 >> _______________________________________ 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
