Why did they do it?
>>28983329Top one has more presence thus superior street cred. Business associates would could not take you seriously driving an ancient techless brick
>>28983329drag reduction
>>28983358You made this up
>>28983358Warren Buffet drives a Buick and he is taken extremely seriously.
>>28983514He doesn't drive a Buick from the 70s.
>>28983329bottom looks so goddamn fucking comfy i feel like i'm in front of a lit fireplace wrapped up in quilts on a cold winter's night
>>28983524It doesn't matter. No one's judging him by his car or his clothes or his looks, because he's taken seriously.
>>28983536because he's rich enough that his bank statement speaks for him.
>>28983329W126 was primarily made with German/European customers in mind. NuMerc is Chinese/Arab focused.
>>28983329buck broken by lexus
>>28983585don't forget the people who made the old Mercs were born in the 1930s.new models are made by some faggots born in the late 1970s and 1980s
>>28983329Bruno Sacco retired in 1999. It took a few years before Mercedes-Benz lost its way.
>>28983598New mercs are made by turkish diaspora, shittgart is filled ober the brim with
>>28983358>Business associates would could not take you seriously driving an ancient techless brickThe guy who drives the bottom owns the bank you make payments to.
wtf are even your options if you want nice, comfy, elegant sedan now? I was thinking of prefacelift G11, the sniffers are relatively tame by modern standardsLexuses look like gaming PCsAudis have a front goatse + exploding engineVolvos are chinky 4 cylinders
>>28983608Toyota Century
>>28983608the cattle has moved on to SUVsthat's where the money is now for car manufacturers
>>28983608
>>28983620Ew
>>28983329W116 is better anyways
>>28983329Do what? A new generation of a car?
>>28983645A new degeneration
>>28983682no longer 6L+ V12 biturbos is a letdown for sure
>>28983358a soapbar doesn't intimidate anyone there's a reason Mercedes still makes the g klasse as their highest tier vehicle
>>28983358>Buying a vehicle around how you imagine others to perceive you.I shiggy-diggy doo.
>>28983620>Italian reliability
>>28983709>fruity nigga in a dressLMAO
>>28983514Warren Buffet could drive a fucking Reliant Robin and still be taken extremely seriously.
>>28983358Which third world hellhole did you migrate from?
>>28983358Brownest most faggiest comment ever
>>28983329The west moves forward. The east looks back.
>>28983358The top one literally looks like a G6 FalconI assume a lot of the shitty design decisions are mandated by the EU's emission laws. That 3 box style and square front on the bottom are bad for aero and the bonnet has to be really high because of pedestrian collision laws
>>28984920That is a lazy excuse for shitty designers. If they can build G-wagens, they can build boxy sedans.
>>28983682Yes yes, new bad old good
>>28983329Demonic possession. Same reason most modern cars are ugly as fuck.
>>28983329SOULLESSSOUL
>>28983329the first thing the communists did when they took over west germany was destroying the car industry.
>>28983329> bottom one: Class and Prestige. Presence for the more sophisticated taste.> top one: "it has colorful lights and a big screen hyuk!"motherfuckers ruined it.
>>28983329Its not bad at all
