Not only do the new MB's look like crap, they're rated lower than Chrysler's for reliability. I've been driving old MB's since 1966 and yeah I hankered pretty bad for a 71 280SEL when it came out. Still hankering for one. The new ones do nothing for me. Yeah, a tricked out AMG S500 still can get a boil on, but a 230, 240, 280 S320, hell most others, have nothing very distinctive. If they were at least the most reliable car on earth OK, but when a Huyndai can beat it on quality (at delivery time anyway), something is rotten in the old country. I am very saddened to see a marque like this go the way of Jaguar, Rolls, Volvo and Saab. Sick thing is that the Caddy is coming back as the real sports minded super car. I'd buy a new Caddy before an MB, how sad it that?