Gen V - Pushrod Engines for the Future

[smk4565]

How many of that 1.4 million are Sprinter Vans or A-classes or Benz work trucks or cabs?

You'd lose your $h! if Cadillac started marketing a Sprinter Van competitor.

And actually Mercedes is 7th in customer loyalty... behind Hyundai, Toyota, Subaru, Ford, Saab, and BMW.

Well GM makes trucks, vans and fleet, etc. If GM got rid of Chevy, GMC, Cadillac, and Buick, and just put a GM logo on every car, then they would be doing what Mercedes does. Mercedes brand has to build tons of stuff, Cadillac brand does not.

Mercedes is #1 in JD Power Customer Loyalty at 67%. http://usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/cars-trucks/daily-news/091211-JD-Power-Survey-Mercedes-Buyers-Most-Loyal/

[Robert Hall]

Well GM makes trucks, vans and fleet, etc. If GM got rid of Chevy, GMC, Cadillac, and Buick, and just put a GM logo on every car, then they would be doing what Mercedes does. Mercedes brand has to build tons of stuff, Cadillac brand does not.

Mercedes is #1 in JD Power Customer Loyalty at 67%. http://usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/cars-trucks/daily-news/091211-JD-Power-Survey-Mercedes-Buyers-Most-Loyal/

Daimler AG does have many brands, though... only 3 for cars (Smart, MB, Maybach), but several truck/bus brands incl. Freightliner, Western Star, Mitsubishi Fuso, Setra, Thomas school buses, etc.

[smk4565]

Unreliable junk, sexy lawn ornaments?

The 1949 XK120 was the fastest car in the world at the time, Enzo Ferrari called the E-type Jaguar the best looking car ever made. So if they can get back to that, added to them being near the top in JD Power quality and dependability over the past 3 years they will be in good shape. And they have a DOHC V8 and DOHC turbo diesel engines that are sweet.

[Lamar]

The 1949 XK120 was the fastest car in the world at the time, Enzo Ferrari called the E-type Jaguar the best looking car ever made. So if they can get back to that, added to them being near the top in JD Power quality and dependability over the past 3 years they will be in good shape. And they have a DOHC V8 and DOHC turbo diesel engines that are sweet.

So then you condemn Ford for building the X-Type, then you implicitly commend Ford for raising Jaguar's dependability.

[balthazar]

g-wagon, the sprinter, the minivan, and the upcoming FWD models should not wear the mercedes caltrop- put the trucks under freightliner and the puddlejumpers under smart or create another brand. it's a steady downslope of downmarketing, all because mercedes is ravenously hungry for volume... at the expense of image.