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Originally Posted by tvpierce
The only thing a VW and an MB have in common is that they both happen to be made in Germany.
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My ML is made in Alabama, my Golf in Mexico. They're very different cars. The "feel" of the VW is not on par with the Merc, and the Golf has the worst cheapo carpeting I've seen outside a domestic car. On the plus side, it's fun to drive, and stick shift (which is important to me and like five other people it seems). They share much of the same technology (electric coolant pump, filter element with no can, some others if I think longer). VW brakes and cooling systems are way overengineered. Generally VW engines and transmissions (the stick shifts anyway) last a very long time, no comparison to domestic or Japanese, but the rest of the car, especially electrics, will not last as long.
BTW Autoweek did a comparison test Phaeton vs S-class, with interesting results. The S was sportier and more economical, but the Phaeton was more luxurious, and still ran at the end of the test. The S had to be towed.