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Hm, seems like a way to put people off owning a Mercedes at all...
by nwiswell 3y ago
Hm, seems like a way to put people off owning a Mercedes at all...
- hnbad 3y agoYou'd think that but some people really like being able to claim persecution while in a position of power and wealth.
- WalterBright 3y agoThe Mercedes wagons from the 60s were not luxury cars. They were used as taxis in Europe.
- distances 3y agoMercedes is still very common as a taxi in Europe. Taxis in general are often much nicer and more expensive cars than what people buy privately.
- anjel 3y agoThe iconic Checker cab Company took the opposite marketing approach, selling overly sturdy sedans to private owners. They died on that hill.
- barrkel 3y agoRegulated taxis across most of Europe are generally upmarket cars. Things like luggage space have regulated minimums that prevent using smaller cars.
- WalterBright 3y agoUpmarket doesn't mean "wealthy and powerful". Have you ever seen a 180D?
- barrkel 3y agoWe seem to be talking at cross-purposes. You seemed to use the fact that a car was used as a taxi in Europe as evidence that the car is not luxurious. My point is that cars used as taxis in Europe are often from upmarket segments, so it's not good evidence that a car is not luxurious (relatively - we're talking MB/BMW class here). This does not mean I'm saying that a specific Mercedes from the 1960s was or was not luxurious. I find it hard to imagine any car from the 1960s would be luxurious by modern standards, my experience of older cars is they were very much metal tins on wheels.
- WalterBright 3y agoLet me put it another way. If you want to build a giant company, selling only to the wealthy and powerful isn't going to do it. You're going to have to sell deep into the middle class. Which is what Mercedes-Benz did.
- barrkel 3y agoWell sure, and funnily enough the top hits for Merc 180d is the modern A series, very much not luxury.
- ta8903 3y agoCool it with the antisemitic remarks.
- hnbad 3y agoI was thinking of Evangelical Christians actually. Jews generally aren't in a position of power. What other remarks have I made that you think were antisemitic?