High time. I ditched my Mercedes because, frankly, the quality was crap. I replaced it with a Toyota Prius, and the family, to my surprise, loves the car. (The wife picked the Mercedes, so she thought it was my turn and only reluctantly initially agreed to the Prius.)
Now, assuming Mercedes doesn’t learn quality control from its Asian competitors, at least they have one selling point in my book — saving the environment. Check this out over at Wired:
Zetsche: All Future Mercedes to Offer Hybrid Option
Mercedes-Benz is shifting gears and going with the hybrid flow,
reversing its current emphasis on diesel over hybrid-drive technology.
“We won’t develop any future models without a hybrid option,”Mercedes-Benz is shifting gears and going with the hybrid flow, reversing its current emphasis on diesel over hybrid-drive technology. “We won’t develop any future models without a hybrid option,”
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