Something to enjoy when you are broken down by the side of the road and waiting for the tow truck to arrive.

Quality control, durability and reliability *NOT*
what they were 20-25 years ago when the engineeers held sway to create cost-no-object gems, now it is the marketers in charge, "You TOO, can drive a (leased) brand new Mercedes Benz for $299 a month", (Walmart "pile 'em high and sell 'em cheap" mentality now holds sway in the company)

The brand equity from Karl Benz and Gottlieb Daimler's original vision, and motto "The Best, or nothing at all" -------> ("die beste oder nicht") is being squandered, in search of short term mass profits, so the new Mercedes Benz cars evoke sadness and regret, and disdain and disgust, not desire, to me....


I'd take a mint low mileage 1977 240 Diesel *ANY* day, over some *new* CLS...

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1991 560 SEC AMG, 199k <---- 300 hp 10:1 ECE euro HV ...

1995 E 420, 170k "The Red Plum" (sold)

2015 BMW 535i xdrive awd Stage 1 DINAN, 6k, <----364 hp

1967 Mercury Cougar, 49k

2013 Jaguar XF, 20k <----340 hp Supercharged, All Wheel Drive (sold)