[QUOTE=85 DSEL;3580327]The way I see it, the problem with these is that Daimler Benz joined up with Chrysler in those years and there were problems on many Mercedes models that otherwise would likely not happened if the union hasn't taken place. [emoji4]

It's a commonly voiced excuse, but no. W210 was designed long before the merger, and the E320 wagons came off the line in Stuttgart. If there was a car company ruined in that merger, it was Chrysler.