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Mercedes surpasses BMW in 2010

For the first time since 2000 Mercedes has sold more units then BMW in Canada

When i saw the title, i thought it was talking about quality, not quantity lol...

in the year 2000... in the year two thousaaaaaaaaaaaaannd

I went to Cypress today, but it was raining and really foggy. Still had fun in the soft snow though! I didn't drive a Mercedes or BMW up though, Blizzaks on the Odyssey baby!

^

werd. snow tires on an awd sienna fucking rapes shit.

Saw a C63 stuck in the middle of the Cypress road the last time I was up there.

Cruised past in the Sienna on winters awww yeeaaaahhh

Actually I heard the same thing from my sales guy @ MB a couple of months ago (chatting with him while waiting for my SA). He mentioned the E-coupe and (to a lesser degree) the C in particular for stealing market share from BMW. Apparently the wait time is now 6+ months instead of the usual 3-4.

Anybody work in sales @ MB or BMW? It's probably an internally published document. Not everything is on the internet ya know. ;)

Quote:

Mercedes chief executive officer Marcus Breitschwerdt said Thursday the company has gradually increased its business here by adopting a strategy of shifting away from a model lineup that suited Americans to one that was more European.

“In Canada, the social structure is like many European countries – middle class, hard working and skilled people,” he said in an interview. “They also care more about fuel economy and the environment.”

This is probably a big one. I knew several people who wanted to get mid-size cars but did not want a huge 5L engine (CLK500 for example) and therefore backed away. Now if only they'll bring in more lower end Diesels, and the A-class instead of Smart..

so it took Mercedes 10 years to do this??

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Originally Posted by FerrariEnzo (Post 7254755)

so it took Mercedes 10 years to do this??

lets see.
bmw line up in NA
1,3,5,6,7 series in sedan, coupe, wagon, convert
x3,x5,x6 cross overs/ SUV
z4 roadster
total of 9 variants in its family

owns Mini
subsidiary brand includes Rolls-Royce

MB line up in NA
B,C,E,S class in sedan, wagon, convert
CL,CLS,SL,SLk,SLS, SLR in coupe and roadster
GLK, ML, G, R, GL in cross over/ SUV
total of 15 variants in its family

owns Smart and Maybach
subsidiary brands include Mitsubishi-Fuso trucks- 85%, Freightliner trucks , and McLaren 40%

MB nearly doubles the size of Bmw in production lineup and brand names

but it took 10 years and double the amount of vehicles to do this...

you think those numbers are good?

actually this is just for Mercedes vehicles, not including smart and sprinter

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Originally Posted by Iron Chef (Post 7255993)

actually this is just for Mercedes vehicles, not including smart and sprinter

Actually, you still haven't posted anything even resembling a source, so this is nothing but a rumor.

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........ and 80% of those purchases were in Richmond.

Overall though, Mercedes is a much larger company worldwide.

But overall - on the whole - man is much hairier than woman.

Yet on the whole, well at least for most of us on RS, the floor you stand on is hard.