I saw the following today at Edmunds.com and thought it might be of interest to you. What do you think of adding an awd section to mercedesshop.com to feature support and enhancement issues for the enthusiast AWD MB owner? I don't know if you guys sell such things as trailer hitches, mud flaps, bug guards, brush guards, wheel flares, GPS systems and on and on. But there's clearly a growing interest and you might as well. Since I bought my ML I've spent around $3K on accessories so far.. The only web based source of for this stuff I know of is clairparts.com and they are several steps shy of what I'd call good at it...

Just a thought.


DAIMLERCHRYSLER AG said on Monday it will invest $600 million in its Alabama vehicle assembly plant to double production of the next-generation M-Class sport utility vehicle. The plant expansion is expected to create up to 2,000 new jobs and could double production capacity to roughly 160,000 units from 80,000 M-Class SUVs currently, the German-American automaker said. The plant currently employs about 1,900 workers. The plant expansion could add an additional 1.5 million square feet to the existing 1.2 million square foot plant. U.S. sales of the M-Class during the first seven months this year are up 24.3 percent to 28,976 vehicles from 23,312 last year. The SUVs are also exported to more than 135 countries.
DaimlerChrysler also builds up to 25,000 M-Class SUVs at its Steyr-Daimler-Puch factory in Graz, Austria plant to meet growing demand in Europe.

Regards


...tracy