Audi makes elegant cars. When my parents lived in England they had a Passat Turbo Diesel. It would peg you into the seat until well over 100 mph and rode like a dream. When I lived in Wolfsburg working at VW one of the VPs had his license suspended for going 140mph in a not 140mph zone on the autobahn. It was a Phaeton W12. Actually stepped on Audi's toes because it crossed the line into luxury cars which is supposed to be Audi territory.

But.... Would you really buy a new Mercedes and hope for it to go over 100k miles? I wouldn't... That's not the focus of modern automobiles.