Dimitri - what people (and especially taxi drivers) are able to buy in
Europe is something completely different from what MBUSA is offering. And
you won't find hardly ANY M-B taxis in the USA.
In Europe, you can purchase a basic car, manual transmission, cloth
upholstery, steel wheels, much less electronics. In the USA, they are sold
to satisfy a luxury image, with all the bells and whistles they can pack in.
When all these bits and pieces start to fail, the image suffers, and a lot
of former owners have switched to leasing, and are as apt to try a Lexus or
other brand when the mood suits them.
And I'd bet that a European buyer of an S-Class would not put up with any
brush-off from a dealer, at least more than once.
Werner
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dimitri Seretakis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Mercedes Discussion List" <mercedes@okiebenz.com>
Sent: Saturday, January 13, 2007 4:01 PM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] Mercedes Quality
If MB is selling more cars than ever before, how can
they be junk? They must be doing something right.
Sure the price is right and they are loaded with
features but an upwardly steep sales curve cannot be
attributed to just that. A very large number of new
model MB taxis cruise the streets in europe. Taxi
drivers don't buy unreliable junk.
Dimitri
73 220D
