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Detroit, 8:11 AM
Sun Nov 29
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i'm more partial to a Toyota Matrix-ishy styling thanks.
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We'll I say keep it the way it is. Let the Europeans drive it. I'm tired of being jealous of the offerings they have over there. Their super diesels, their multiple turbo offerings.
Now I won't be as jealous. When I talk to relatives and they tell me how wonderful a certain new car is, I'll just say: Yes, but what about the new Mercedes B-Class?
They will have no choice but to shut-up.
Thank you Mercedes, unless you plan on shipping it here- don't, please.
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Bring it Mercedes. I dare you.
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Sort of like Buick in China.
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The last 2% is balls. I think Mercedes has that little bit of balls left they need to crack into. Ew. Crack into balls. *Shudder*
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I disagree with this and think most manufacturers should run the gamut. Let's put an end to badge snobbery, because it's killing a lot of otherwise great cars. I'd love to see every major company be okay with selling cars from $15k to $100k instead of sub-segmenting it all out. The logical result of that is the GM badgineering clusterfark.
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I hate that I can't help with undermine all my own points with humor. This was almost a legitimate and coherent thought until the end. Damn it, Wrx. Keep it together.
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The current B-class is selling very well in Canada.
The R-class was a stupid knee-jerk reaction to their (and others') tired cliché that Americans hate small cars, and hatchbacks. It was ridiculously huge.
We were supposed to get the B-Class too, but it was cancelled for the US market in the end.
The B-class appeals to some of the same people who buy MINI Coopers, although not all (as it's too big, bulky, unsporty for many of them).
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I only remember seeing a single R-Class during that time. It wasn't a failure only in North America.
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Are you in Quebec, by chance? If so, all bets are off because the QC car market more closely resembles Europe. Less so with the rest of Canada, but it's markedly different than the US.
Another case in point: The Mazda 5, another nice vehicle, was the best-selling Mazda there last year...while it was in last place in the US (or maybe second from last). It's all silly.
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My parents, who live in the Balto/DC area, said they saw more in Birmingham in one day than in the past four years at home.
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It seems like I've seen more women driving the GL and almost every R class has been driven by a man. I'm so confused.
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I used to see a few R63 models around with manufacturer plates. Sadly, it's very rare these days with the plant cutbacks and the floundering sales of that model. I thought it had potential and was unjustly maligned. The funny thing is that now GM and Ford are offering mainstream versions of the same thing (Acadia, Flex, etc). M-B was just a few years ahead of its time.
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Like if Rolls Royce made a cheaper model based off of a parent company's large car architecture. Ha, wouldn't that be stupid to dilute the brand's imagine and not move it further upscale to sell to the rich that are still rich?