Frankfurt Motor Show - Mercedes

[SAC1]

Hamilton's new company car?

[Johnsmith]

Don't understand the point of Mercedes now. Massively discounted cars with iPads stuck on a dashboard . The w124 is a distant dream,

[Wing Commander]

Love both the Maybach Concept and the Project One!

Both look like cartoon cars, but very much concepts, rather than anything remotely due to hit the roads anytime soon!

Project One won't be much different when it gets to production

Just Googled it. $2.8m hypercar, F1-inspired, 217mph with a 1.6 engine that goes up to 11,000rpm, with electric motors too. Blimey!

[goron59]

Yep

[Virage11]

Don't understand the point of Mercedes now. Massively discounted cars with iPads stuck on a dashboard . The w124 is a distant dream,

To be frank that's a massive generalisation. Yes they have tablets stuck on but then so do Audi for example. Mainstream models are discounted - so are Audi, BMW, Jaguar etc. Project One won't be discounted! GT R is not discounted. Can't think of any Audi that isn't discounted. I can get a discount off most Porsches - does that make them bad??

[Johnsmith]

Mercs are massively discounted these days - just look at drive the deal specials - it's all merc and 25#.

Build quality on some are far from premium , but that's no surprise when selling them for less than you were 25 years ago .

[Wing Commander]

Do you have long to wait for your GT R, Virage...?

[Virage11]

Mercs are massively discounted these days - just look at drive the deal specials - it's all merc and 25#.

Build quality on some are far from premium , but that's no surprise when selling them for less than you were 25 years ago .

From a mainstream (ish) perspective, I have only had two Mercs to date, vs many Porsches and BMW and some 5 Audis so if anything that would say I was more anti-Merc than anything else...but I can't stand uneducated comments like this. A C class is no more discounted than a Jaguar XF or BMW 3 series; a GLE no more discounted than an X5, an S class no more so than an A8...Yes Mercedes are now a producer of a massive range, as are BMW and Audi and Toyota...that is a product of manufacturing techniques, the trends for more niche products, the fact that the market for Germen cars particularly is way more global than it was 25 years ago...that's not a failing of Mercedes...that's economics. I think you would also find Mercedes current range is better put together than JLR for example.

I agree there is nothing wrong and nothing like some of the old Mercs. We have a 1998 SL320 (an R129) with only 30k odd miles on the clock and, part from the odd electrical gremlin, it is a great cruiser...but it is all from a different era for which we have well passed.

[Virage11]

Do you have long to wait for your GT R, Virage...?

Build next week or the week after I think - so about 4 or 5 weeks to delivery

[SAC1]

Mercs are massively discounted these days - just look at drive the deal specials - it's all merc and 25#.

Build quality on some are far from premium , but that's no surprise when selling them for less than you were 25 years ago .

Prior to the Macan I had four Mercedes. Kept each for 3 years / 30000 miles and also in tandem had an SLK as a second car that we kept for 6 years / 45000 miles. Had ZERO defects and no reliability issues with any of them.