I doubt in the long run that very many MB's will die from this program....the ones that do are generally probably a "Cheap" MB and are way beyond reasonable $$ to get into good shape. All the same, lots of wasted good parts though. Statistics say that over 86% of the vehicles traded in so far have been domestic SUV's and Trucks....and I bet another several percent are older domestic V8 and V6 sedans.....
I'm sure very very few 107's will die, some W124's will, and probably a fair number of older W126 gassers....along with a handful of W140's....which are extreme maintenance/$$ hogs....
Your average MB-caring owner would not crush their car unless it was totally used up....and even less so because no new MB qualifies to be bought under the program.
Our 300E qualifies, but not in a million years would I trade it in for some piece of new non-mb plastic + a car payment. On the far reaches of the galaxy.....if it blew its motor or something, I'd consider a smart car....but that's it. You can get one for $99 a month with a clunker trade in.
I highly doubt my driven 80 miles a week low miles M103 is going to die any time soon though.
It's probably got a good 150-200k left in it.
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