Mercedes-Benz halts German investments as plant closures loom

zaphirplane

People on the cusp of rich always regret buying a Benz, unreliable and expensive to repair. I have no idea how so many phd working over there can’t make a good car at a reasonable price.

epolanski

Worst mismanaged brand in the car making world if you ask me. Mercedes was the aspirational brand for professionals: 50+ years old doctors and lawyers looking for a solid and reliable premium car for grown ups. Then the disaster of a CEO that looked at it and said: we want to bring the average age of the Mercedes Benz buyer 10 years down to early 40s. Mercedes became younger and sportier, needlessly cornering itself in the same niche of Audi and BMW at home alone. Car interiors became tacky as entering a sauna or something. Reliability, what it was known for went down. It's like Mercedes Benz completely does not understand its own brand. And the SL Mercedes is s clear sign of it. 200k of a car that screams "this guy is clueless why didn't he got a 911 instead". And of course Porsche sells tons more in that gran turismo price range, you see tons of them, I swear I saw like a handful of those SLs.

nxm

High energy input costs and excessive government regulations don’t help