It is very intersting how some members can pinpoint an exact date of when quality started to go down the drain at Mercedes-Benz.

I say this because M.B. cars have long life cycles, which used to expand around ten years (+/-). Today, these cycles are shorter.

But the fact is: If you bought a Benz car in the 90's, it was for sure designed and thought out in the 80's.

In my opinion, it was in the very early 90's that M.B. decided to let costs run over engineering excellence. Hence, all the actual car lines are the ones who really are realiability nightmares and cheaply finished.

Now M.B. have realized its big mistake and its trying to solve the problem (just look at the W220 facelift).

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A. Rosich
CL 500, 1998
S 500 L, 1998
E 320 T, 1995 [Sadly sold ]