Originally Posted by ccmbduong

I am driving a '96 E320 so I am qualified, I think, to express my opinion. Is MB too troublesome? We are all consumers, just read problems associated the MB on several MB websites, then read problems associated with Lexus and Infinity on several websites, and we all can make a clear judgement call from there, it's very clear... then we understand why more people are jumping ships from MB to Lexus. For people who care more about quality , they don't care about MB names anymore, its engine is probably still good, but its electronic portion of the car is years behind the Japs. Since new cars are controlled so much by computers nowaday, your car does not run smoothly not because of the engine but the computer that controls it. The German are too proud to copy the Japs, but the Japs are not afraid of copying the German (as long as it's legal) and make it better. I traveled to Germany a lot in the past and I've learned one interesting thing about its culture: there are 3 ways of doing business: the Right way, the Wrong way and the German way. Unless I see major improvements in MB's electronic components, I don't think MB would get a second chance from me.
I guess the same applies to GM and it's clear , to me anyway, the reasons why GM is in a deep hole. IMO, GM management can't see pass the bottom line, they should have seen troubles coming in the 80s. They should make better quality cars, they are so greedy making huge SUVs because of higher profits margin, but those things bite them in the rear end... We American sure want to have the "buy American attitude", but not to the point where we are losing money due to poor quality cars and at the same time those GM CEO and upper managers pocket high salaries... I just feel sorry for people who work for GM and Delphi... Lesson to be learned.