I remember that the top of Mercedes was complaining that there cars where always used by bad guys in the movies, it didn't help there image.

And there is a "recent" James Bond where 007 is driving the "new" BMW 750 while blowing up some Mercedes cars!

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1979 Black on Black, 300CD (sold), 1990 Black 300SE, Silver 1989 Volvo 780, 1988 300CE (vanished by the hands of a girlfriend), 1992 300CE (Rescue).