This won't appeal to some but here goes.
Time was when BMs were scarce and exclusive. I was lucky to own several.
I then started noticing more and more until they became one of the most common cars on the road. I had given them up by that stage c 1999. They then became more and more ugly every year.
Mercedes used to be pretty exclusive and apart from the late 90s I think when they had a bad patch they were pretty well made. They were also different and their virtues were in their build and comfort more than their handling. They also had the famous three pointed star on the bonnet.
Now look at Mercedes now. They have literally flooded the market with As Bs Cs Es Etc etc so that they are now one of most common cars out there. Give or take they all look much the same around the front with that huge star and no bonnet star. I really don't like the look at all. They still trail BMW in economy and driver appeal. So in effect in taking on BM and Audi and selling so many units they have lost for me their original appeal and have totally lost their exclusivity. I am really glad I got the last (and it probably almost was as built in late Feb 2013) of the pre facelift Eclass estates -avantgarde and with bonnet star. it may be mocked by some but you know it grows on you and is a darn sight more Merc looking than the model that succeeded it which like all the other starless clones I simply find totally unappealing. Seriously though looks apart which I acknowledge is a very subjective thing do people not think that Merc are losing the plot a bit with this mass marketing?
Time was when BMs were scarce and exclusive. I was lucky to own several.
I then started noticing more and more until they became one of the most common cars on the road. I had given them up by that stage c 1999. They then became more and more ugly every year.
Mercedes used to be pretty exclusive and apart from the late 90s I think when they had a bad patch they were pretty well made. They were also different and their virtues were in their build and comfort more than their handling. They also had the famous three pointed star on the bonnet.
Now look at Mercedes now. They have literally flooded the market with As Bs Cs Es Etc etc so that they are now one of most common cars out there. Give or take they all look much the same around the front with that huge star and no bonnet star. I really don't like the look at all. They still trail BMW in economy and driver appeal. So in effect in taking on BM and Audi and selling so many units they have lost for me their original appeal and have totally lost their exclusivity. I am really glad I got the last (and it probably almost was as built in late Feb 2013) of the pre facelift Eclass estates -avantgarde and with bonnet star. it may be mocked by some but you know it grows on you and is a darn sight more Merc looking than the model that succeeded it which like all the other starless clones I simply find totally unappealing. Seriously though looks apart which I acknowledge is a very subjective thing do people not think that Merc are losing the plot a bit with this mass marketing?
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