[Mike Tee]

Derek you are up late!

I used to think that I would not want a B-Class, but would want an A-Class.

Then I saw the B in person in Paris back in late summer 2005....looked good....got an English language brochure from the showroom on the Champs Elysées.....and the documents I posted here about a month ago, so I was keeping my options open.

And then I have come to respect the additional room inside, being particularly useful for my family of 5. We would have been a tighter squeeze in an A-Class, though we'd have fit in there. The A-Class is a bit lighter and so should get slightly better fuel economy (strangely the European tests show that it is thirstier in the city than the B 200!), but I think that we'd have bought a B even if the A 200 was sold alongside it here.

Still it would be cool to see the A sold here. And I believe that they have sold well over 1.7 million since 1997! You're right about the new model having sold 500K, which is pretty good too.