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Old 02-11-2008, 01:28 PM   #15 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by SaleenS7 View Post
Anyone heard of bargain basement Mercedes? Sad but true.
Mercedes-Benzes worldwide is different than what's expected of US Mercedes-Benzes. Where we see it as a luxury brand, worldwide, Mercedes-Benz encompasses everything from the luxury segment, the trucking segment, they're like what GM is to us. MB makes cars, trucks, buses, they even have cars smaller than the CLC, A and B classes. It's not sad when you think about that way, it's just they way they make their money. Of course, it wouldn't work here where we expect every MB to be fully loaded and have a V8.
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