Heard and read yesterday that 'Jerkin Shrimp' or Juergen Schremp, aka the current leader of D/B, has told the board that he will leave at year's end. He was asked by many at the last stockholders meeting to step down which he ignored and didn't see the light! Maybe with his exit Mercedes can get their quality control back where it used to be many years ago. They have lost many loyal customers over the years and their handling/lying scheme of the Chrysler takeover has left a sour note here in the states. Maybe a new direction of D/B will start in 2006 or at least hope so.

Would love to hear more opinions to this thread....

TobiasMB
190/5.8

Either way...

I could not afford a new Benz!

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2006 BMW M5 "Heidi" @ 109,000 miles
2005 MBZ C55 AMG "Lorelai" @ 165,000 miles
1991 MBZ 300E "Benzachino II" @ 165,000 miles
1990 MBZ 500SL "Shoshanna" @ 118,000 miles

(On the hunt for a good used M103 engine as of 6/10/23, PM me if you have one to sell!)

Theres already one about this, somewhere? on page 3, but nobody responded... Anyway, its good stuff. Eventually, i may buy a new car now..

Schremp doesn't design the cars, so I can't imagine any real difference in MB design/execution.

What does anybody really think will happen now that he's gone?

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'90 300SE 298k
-300K and it gets put into retirement.
'80 300D 255k Purchased new by family in 1980.

Had a:
1973 220 (gas)
1980 300SD
1992 400E

Things were good, then he came along, then things sucked.

Well I think it's a little more complicated than that. Enviromental concerns played a role (wiring harness, crappy paint, etc.) and Schremp had much stiffer competition than his predecessors (big BMWs, lexus, acura, infiniti, Audi). The digital age also forced MB to play the same gadget game that audi and BMW were playing.



Also, considering MB sold more cars under schremp than they previously did, some might consider Juergen's reign successful.

I think the next big obstacle for MB (and everyone else, including owners) will be OBDIII.

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'90 300SE 298k
-300K and it gets put into retirement.
'80 300D 255k Purchased new by family in 1980.

Had a:
1973 220 (gas)
1980 300SD
1992 400E

It just makes people feel better to have a place to point fingers

I do think that this Zeitsche guy is pretty good, he made chrysler better than Benz, and apparently hes taking over. We'll see... and according to the other post, the stock shot up something fierce, like 9 or 10 percent, just when this guy announced his resignation.

OBDIII... It's scary to think that will be the future of cars, but most people dont care. and probably support it because the onstar.