you mean like the Dodge Sprinter? CM
Allan Streib <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: "Werner Fehlauer" writes: > The comment wasn't meant to imply that Vito vans were officially > imported into Canada, just that the Canadian market is treated > differently from the USA, and they do indeed have a few M-B models, > including Smart cars, that so far have not been "authorized" by > MBUSA. If they're worried about altering their "luxury" image here, they should just invent a new name and rebadge some of the other vehicles. Sort of the reverse of what Toyota did when they started making cars under the "Lexus" marque. Allan -- 1983 300D 1966 230 _______________________________________ 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 Christopher McCann, happy customer of austerlitzshepherds.com "Ohne Zucht keine Leistung, ohne Leistung keine Zucht!" -2006 GSD, "Anke" (Yanke von der Burg Austerlitz) -2006 GSD, "Sammy" (Zane von der Burg Austerlitz) "Freude an der Arbeit: Hoechste Leistung - Mercedes-Benz." -1985 300SD, 220K miles, "Wulf" -1982 300Dt, 117K miles, "little blue klatter box" --------------------------------- Now that's room service! Choose from over 150,000 hotels in 45,000 destinations on Yahoo! Travel to find your fit. From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thu Mar 08 15:25:21 2007 Received: from fed1rmmtao101.cox.net ([68.230.241.45]) by server8.arterytc8.net with esmtp (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) id 1HPKUb-0006GF-EB for mercedes@okiebenz.com; Thu, 08 Mar 2007 15:25:21 +0000 Received: from fed1rmimpo01.cox.net ([70.169.32.71]) by fed1rmmtao101.cox.net (InterMail vM.7.05.02.00 201-2174-114-20060621) with ESMTP id <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> for <mercedes@okiebenz.com>; Thu, 8 Mar 2007 10:25:15 -0500 Received: from familycomp ([70.190.67.8]) by fed1rmimpo01.cox.net with bizsmtp id YFRF1W00c0Ahvvq0000000; Thu, 08 Mar 2007 10:25:15 -0500 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> From: "Bob Rentfro" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Mercedes Discussion List" <mercedes@okiebenz.com> References: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Thu, 8 Mar 2007 08:23:21 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=original Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.3028 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.3028 X-Antivirus-Scanner: Clean mail though you should still use an Antivirus Subject: Re: [MBZ] Why no minivan X-BeenThere: mercedes@okiebenz.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.9.cp2 Precedence: list Reply-To: Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes@okiebenz.com> List-Id: Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes_okiebenz.com.okiebenz.com> List-Unsubscribe: <http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com>, <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> List-Archive: <http://okiebenz.com/pipermail/mercedes_okiebenz.com> List-Post: <mailto:mercedes@okiebenz.com> List-Help: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> List-Subscribe: <http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com>, <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 08 Mar 2007 15:25:22 -0000 I know it's not Friday, but I will be away from the computer Friday so here is the A Classe skinny...I'm sure most of yous guys remember. >From Wikipedia: The Moose test, also known as the Elk test, Älgtest in Swedish, has been used in Sweden for decades to test how a certain vehicle, usually an automobile, acts when avoiding a sudden danger, such as a moose. The test is made on dry pavement. Traffic cones are set up in an S shape to simulate the obstacle, the road and its edges. The car which is going to be tested has one belted person at each available seat and weights in the trunk to achieve maximum load. When the driver comes onto the track, he quickly swerves into the oncoming lane to avoid the object and then immediately swerves back to avoid oncoming traffic. The test is repeated with an increased speed until the car skids down the cones or spins around. This usually happens at speeds of about 70-80 km/h (45-50 mph) in the best cases. The test became widely known in 1997 when journalists from the Swedish motor magazine Teknikens Värld overturned the new Mercedes-Benz A-Class in the moose test, while a Trabant - a much older, and widely mocked car from the former German Democratic Republic - managed it perfectly [1]. The Dacia Logan appeared initially to fail the test, but a later investigation concluded that excessive testing had worn the car's tires to failure. The test was important in the popularization of Electronic Stability Control, which may soon become mandatory in the United States. The name 'Moose test' (German 'Elchtest') was invented by German journalists after this event, with regards to the scenario of an elk on the road, which is a likely occurrence in Sweden but not in Germany. The safety implications of stability under such conditions are, nonetheless, important. The term has since then become popular with German journalists in various meanings, for example for friendly matches (german:Freundschaftsspiel or Testspiel) of the football national team against Sweden The term Moose test is also used in a more general sense to refer to any stringent test of the quality of a product. Bob Rentfro '77 300D 168K '87 Acura Legend 182K Goodyear, AZ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Christopher McCann" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Mercedes Discussion List" <mercedes@okiebenz.com> Sent: Thursday, March 08, 2007 8:17 AM Subject: Re: [MBZ] Why no minivan > you mean like the Dodge Sprinter? > > CM > > > > Allan Streib <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: "Werner Fehlauer" writes: > >> The comment wasn't meant to imply that Vito vans were officially >> imported into Canada, just that the Canadian market is treated >> differently from the USA, and they do indeed have a few M-B models, >> including Smart cars, that so far have not been "authorized" by >> MBUSA. > > If they're worried about altering their "luxury" image here, they > should just invent a new name and rebadge some of the other vehicles. > Sort of the reverse of what Toyota did when they started making cars > under the "Lexus" marque. > > Allan > -- > 1983 300D > 1966 230 > > _______________________________________ > 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 > > > > Christopher McCann, happy customer of austerlitzshepherds.com > "Ohne Zucht keine Leistung, ohne Leistung keine Zucht!" > -2006 GSD, "Anke" (Yanke von der Burg Austerlitz) > -2006 GSD, "Sammy" (Zane von der Burg Austerlitz) > "Freude an der Arbeit: Hoechste Leistung - Mercedes-Benz." > -1985 300SD, 220K miles, "Wulf" > -1982 300Dt, 117K miles, "little blue klatter box" > > --------------------------------- > Now that's room service! Choose from over 150,000 hotels > in 45,000 destinations on Yahoo! Travel to find your fit. > _______________________________________ > 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
