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Old 06-05-2008, 12:24 PM   #11 (permalink)
 
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or making a smaller model would be nice =]

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My understanding is that MB makes a broad spectrum of cars but in the US they only sell selected high-end models. True? Why?
One explanation:

Because it costs the same to ship the high zoot (read: high profit) models to the US as it does to ship the low end models.

Mercedes has to maintain an image here in the USA.

In Europe they are like Chevys!

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