For a long time I thought the same about the 140 chassis cars until I started reading about the build quality. Perhaps I read a bunch of %($)$&*#$& somewhere. That's why Im asking. While they might be a bit more expensive to maintain the resale values indicate they are not a nightmarish like the BMW 7 series cars.

Its really a shame that Mercedes could not have actually fixed the 3.5 engine. It seems as though they are not very good at admitting their mistakes and fixing them