I doubt that there is any truth to this at all. Probably someone just made up a fictitious story.

They would not have bought the rights to produce an old Mercedes V6, the M112 was the first V6 by MB and is slated for at least another 2 years of production before the new generation of V6s is introduced in the SLK in 2005.

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Ali Al-Chalabi

2001 CLK55
1999 Dodge Ram 2500 Cummins Diesel
2002 Harley-Davidson Fatboy
Merlin Extralight w/ Campy Record