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> legacy car company Let's drop the BS, please. Mercedes is a car company. They are not legacy anything. They're the inventor of the car and a myriad other in
by oblio 4y ago
> legacy car company
Let's drop the BS, please.
Mercedes is a car company. They are not legacy anything. They're the inventor of the car and a myriad other innovations.
They're making a ton of EVs and will sell a ton more next year and the year after that.
They have AR navigation and now are close to L3 self driving.
- bookofjoe 4y agoAlso, unlike the well-publicized issues re: Tesla repair difficulties, you can take a Mercedes in anywhere and get it fixed by authorized mechanics.
- jmole 4y ago“Legacy” is not a pejorative term, it’s descriptive. They have a dealer network. They have a parts counter. Their operations are the result of a 120 year legacy. Their valuation is based on longstanding economics of the automobile industry. I’m saying all this to draw a comparison against Tesla. Tesla doesn’t want a dealer network, or a parts counter, or a typical car company valuation. Buying a legacy car company is not in Tesla’s interest, because they don’t want to play by the rules (unwritten or written) that every other auto manufacturer plays by.
- oblio 4y ago> “Legacy” is not a pejorative term, it’s descriptive. 99% of the time I see "legacy" used for established car companies is when it's an article or comment about Tesla. And it is meant as a pejorative. Maybe you're the exception:-)