> The idea that a carmaker would purposely engineer flaws into core engine components in order to drive future sales doesn’t make much sense. There is a legend

> The idea that a carmaker would purposely engineer flaws into core engine components in order to drive future sales doesn’t make much sense. There is a legend that Mercedes 190D was built like a tank and this caused customers to not buy the next iteration. Mercedes solved this, making cars a bit unreliable.