AS IF.

it’ll never happen

Well, look at this way….. they both have same interior design in 7-series and S-series and same trunk style, too! THEY’LL SAVE MONEY AND JUST USE DIFFERENT BADGES FOR THEIR NEXT GENERATION MODELS!!

That’s gross. Is DaimlerBenz seeking to partner and ruin every single automakers in the world and ruin them so they are no longer competition?

German Automotive Riddle:
one poor reliability rating + another poor reliability rating= a great reliability rating?!?

why the hell would they do that? NEVER happen

That makes no sense. Too much product overlap, and Mercedes-Benz would be gaining much more from a partnership like that than BMW would.

the only thing that raises the bar is their rivalry, so whats that means for us is……..buy an audi.

This just in: Ford and GM were spotted today holding hands and skipping thru a green meadow. This just weeks after Toyota and Honda held a show of unity rally at woodstock where board members joined in song and dance and smoked Thai bud.

“Only if we could do to our arch-rival what we did to Chrysler. Hmm . . . “

both are highly profitable companies, why the hell would they do that.

Why would they do that? Are you kidding? They all do that, its not enough to do it on your own anymore. You must partner up with other companies to share in R&D costs. Toyota/Subaru, VW/BMW/MB, GM/Toyota, i could go on. This is not a MERGER, it sounds like an alliance, in which both companies can partner up on high tech components to test and release to market. Its a fine idea.

Seriously, do you guys understand what your saying?

I don’t believe they’re talking about a merger, but an alliance, as in a sharing of technologies. It would benefit the both of them, but as rivals it will push their technologies further.

I like to think of them as rivals, none the less. Competing for the same market, both with cutting edge technologies and innovative designs.

What a great way of… Cutting costs!! Maybe consumers will benefit: Lower R&D costs, more tech gadgets, lower price tag, more competitive against other “Premium” brands…

They’re scared of the future. They realize that in 10 or 15 years, the world might be demanding hybrids and xxxx like that. They want to make sure no stone is unturned, that no one like Toyota creeps up behind them and xxxxx them

It’ll never happen unless one of the companies’ target markets change drastically.

spoiler alert!! the GLK is just a rebadged X3! o boy!

and toyota will never be creeping up on mercedes and BMW
the people that buy these cars have much better taste than any uneducated buyer that runs out and buys a toyota because they think theyre any good for something more than an appliance.
People who buy a BMW value the driving experience, value sportiness and aggressiveness. Toyota has nothing in common with that whatsoever. What toyota has is an overobtrusive stability control system with underpowered cars and undertightened suspensions.

and mercedes has learned from their mistakes with stability control which can now be fully shut off on the new C63 AMG, and im sure on all following models.

great…. that’s just what BMW needs… cruddy MB parts mucking up the works. I have a feeling the assclowns from stuttgart would want this much more than the bavarian boys…

A4, of course you’re comparing a luxury brand to a mass produced common folks’ appliance. Actually Lexus is much closer to MB than BMW. Bimmers are much closer to Audi in terms of intended design goals. The majority of MB buyers get them because of the prestige and ego boost, not how well they handle.

It makes sense, no one can do it alone, I’ve read the the Japanese companies design together and work together, and that the Japanese govenment want’s this. And haven’t/didn’t BMW/MB/VW work together on BlueTEC? so this isn’t really a bad thing.

AMGoff do your research. BMW executive are the ones who were more interested in this then Mercedes. Plus a Mercedes exec has already said that they don’t want it to happen.

AMGoff you just jealous that BMW want to partner Mercedes where the best chrysler can do is partner with the Chinese.

PLUS FOR THE RECORD TO EVERYONE, DAIMLER-BENZ AND BMW WERE DURING THE 60′S (I THINK) OWNED BY THE SAME FAMILY (THE ONE THAT OWNS BMW NOW) BUT THEY SOLD DAIMLER WHICH WAS IN BETTER SHAPE TO REVIVE BMW.

Likely / unlikey its still means less competition (ie effort for the manufacturers) and bad news for the consumer. Imagine if McLaren & Ferrari decided to join forces for the rest of the F1 season, they could both relax and stop working so hard but the spectators would lose out on a thrilling close to the season.

We want competition!! if they share technology, then they would all become boring cars with the same pro and cons. Competition is what makes choosing cars fun

Less likely than the reported Chrysler/GM merge that was posted here several months ago.

This last ditch effort to stay alive or what? Cadillac and Buick have got their numbers.

welcome back gm_sales

1. They did it already, albeit 60-70 years ago: both companies were building tanks and aircraft engines for Fuhrer.
2. Total break-up of Axis alliance: they both are being consumed by Lexus, Infinity & Acura.
3. Both companies are smelling either flowers or decaying - if marketing talks alliance you know they can’t offer products to break the mold and market. They do not see future market for either one of them. Aufiderzein.

I seriously can’t unerstand how stupid people really are. THEY ARE NOT TALKING ABOUT TECHNOLOGY SHARING OR A MERGER. They are looking to cut cost by buying together in more bulk meaning cheaper cost for the same material as they buying together.

They will look to share factories (like the daimlerchrysler/mitsu/hyandai world engines alliance factories) to keep the factories running at full capacity.

They can share platforms like the Mini/A-class platforms which are both aimed at the same market. Just look at the difference between Volvo c30/Mazda 3/Ford focus. They can have the same chassis and different engine.

PERSONALLY i believe the 3-series/C-Class are so similiar that the whole range should actally be designed on the same platform but with their own engines. This would include the C-class, GLK, CLK, SLK, 3-series sedan, 3-series-coupe, X3, Z4 and any V-series. That would easily be around a $1 - $1.5 billion dollar saving on cost.

People don’t forget that most outsourced part like the staring motor, altinator etc are actually bought from comapanies like bosch, siemens etc.. Most of these parts are identical in their equivilabd rival cars so they could also be brought together as even more bulk to save even more money.

From a business perspective this is one of the best things that could happen to both companies. May not be the best from a enthusiasts point of view but then i am confident the way Daimler didn’t allow chrysler to be associated will mercedes will stop BMW from being to associated with BMW in the public eye.

With out this BMW and Mercedes will have berely any chance to keep their lead in the market. The only reason Audi can gain market share is strictly because they can spend more money on their cars because they are doing exactly what Merc/BMW want to do and shareing cost (and in their case technology) with the VW group meaning less money to design the car and more profit. This same scenario goes for Lexus and Toyota

oh Stuart… you pasty, panty-waist, limey, bastard…. How could I forget… MB is the greatest car company ever to exist, they can do no wrong, and everyone and their mother would love to dance with them.

I wouldn’t buy one but BMW actually turns out a decent product, and their reliability has consistently ranked higher than the industry average… can’t say the same for your beloved MB. Oh wait… I forgot.. according to you an organization such as JD Power is completely biased. Have you renewed your subscription to Consumer Reports yet?

You can spout off all day long… and guess what?? No one cares! If you hadn’t noticed you’re the only one on here who goes on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on AND ON. Sure there are some other people who might like them and might think their nice but I don’t know very many who would ever consider them to be “the pinnacle” as you do. A lot of people (who don’t constantly have their head up their ass) on the other hand see them to be a little too unreliable for the price they are asking at best, while others seem them as overrated, overpriced, and unreliable P’sOS for people with severe self confidence problems and far too much money than they know what to do with. I don’t care if your 15 year old nazi-mobile is the rare gem that is actually on the road more than it’s in the shop. AND FOR THE LOVE OF GOD do not attempt to tell us for the umpteenth time that you are some how in touch with the American car buying public, you british twit.

Good lord man… isn’t there some MB or child pornography forum that you can go spew this **** on… sheesh… I need an aspirin.

AND…. unless this page somehow displays differently across the Atlantic… what I read is…

“After DaimlerChrysler’s separation from the Chrysler brand, it appears the German company could be looking to partner with another automaker, this time from its home country. New reports suggest that Mercedes is exploring the possibility of partnering with in-country rival, BMW”

It looks to me like MB is the one interested in this thing…. JUST LIKE they were the ones who approached Chrysler back in the late 90s. God damn it… you’re lucky there’s a very large ocean between us.

Is Stuart really British? From the spelling, grammar, confused logic and bizarre capitalization of his witterings you’d have to guess that English is his second-language.
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p.s. AMGoff, what does “panty-waist” mean, and I think you might need more than an aspirin - get out to some friendly bars, you’ll find a good-hearted cow-hand to give you sphincter the loosening its crying out for

— BMW’s sales and marketing head, Michael Ganal, suggested early last month in an interview with German business magazine WirtschaftsWoche expanding its current cooperation with Mercedes, which develops hybrid powertrains, into other fields as well.

“He was speaking generally about possible further partnerships,” a BMW spokesperson said.

Ganal’s opposite number, Mercedes sales chief Klaus Maier, denied days later there were “any plans at present” to expand the partnership any further.

A spokesman for Mercedes said the brand remained open to cooperation where it makes sense but reaffirmed Maier’s comments that there were no current plans to expand its hybrid partnership with BMW into other areas.—

http://www.reuters.com/article/ousiv/idUSL0437356220070704

And before you begin about how Leftlanenews.com has more accurate information, just look who supplies the information. Im just surprised you don’t get tied of always being wrong.

Now back you the ****ing retarded, uneducated, cross dressing, yank the a wank, bumholes licking, sister and mother shagging, pizza face mother****er they call AMGOFF. I bet you must still find its hard to sit down after the way Daimler screwed u up the ASS hard over and over and over again. Actually pritty much every hole they could find then tossed your prostitute ass out of the bed. You got ****ED HARD dickface.

Plus who give a **** about what dumb ****s like you think about mercedes cos you can put all your pocket money together and still never be able to afford even a A-class you little gypsy. Still with your crappy american car which is a rust bucket ,can’t stop for anything and can only go straight. The only descent american cars are designed worldwide hell even the Pontaic G8 is made in australia. Ford is your only descent car maker and i hope the only one that actally survives. Plus if mercedes are so **** then either stupid people buy them/ want to own one or they are good cars. Now what is it - Are american stupid or mercedes good cars.

p.s. - I know Im lucky otherwise if the ocean wasn’t there I would be in prison for killing your stupid muppet yanky panky pussy yhou little sheep shagging tart. Anytime you even think about coming here you deformed assface just give me a call and i will be happy to knock some sense into your stupid ass you call a face using my fist.

Hey got handling? I have better thing to do then proof reading what I have written over and over. There is no law about how you have to be punctual. By the way English is my first language.

Plus if I ever wrote is proper english then this idiotic sheep shagger by the name of AMGOFF would not understand what I am saying seeing as he find it difficult to even spell his own name at the moment. The guy doesn’t even know the alphabet and can just about count to 12.

ooohh… got handling? trying to come on here and play with the big boys… I think the only thing you “got” a handle on is the three hundred pound puerto rican transvestites **** you paid for last night. And just for your clarification:
A panty-waist is - a sissy male, one who’s manlihood is in question, a bitch, a Sally.

And you, my scone eating, stout drinking, sheep ****ing, queen-loving, panty-waist friend… there aren’t enough words in any language to describe what a complete waste of human flesh you represent. You are so diluted you fail to grasp anything outside of your own little world, let alone your tiny little island. just because your country likes to play lap dog to us does not automatically mean you have to be a little bitch. You have single handedly made me ashamed to have any British heritage. If you’re representative of the British population, then England is in a far worse position than I even thought America was. The only thing you could possibly do now to redeem the joke you call yourself is to drown yourself in the Thames… thereby sparing all those around you from the abysmal horror that is Stuart.

Don’t feel slighted if I don’t check back on this thread Nancy… as usual I’m bored with this same old routine.

Funny, but irrelevant, not British you see. But always amusing when a US citizen accuses someone else of having an insular outlook.
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If you do check back here then please do be so kind as to explain how drowning myself in the Thames would spare those around me from the illiterate moronity that is Stuart.

Hey Got handling, don’t think you a smart ass because you can do spell check. It not very hard to do and to be frank it quiet boring to even discuss about.

Back to the sheep shagger they call AMGoff. Swear as much as you want but at the end of the day you have yet to make a valid poin, you ass face. You are the biggest joke in tehe history of mankind. You get your dumb smelly, sewage bath taking, on the street living, sheeping shagging, dog dick sucking, yanky hated ass back to the kindergarden you mother****er before is stick you back up your mums anul, the way you comeout before.

P.s. Talk about britain being hated, america is hated by the canadian and they are your neighbours. Include to that the europeans, all muslim nations and pritty much the world and that would equal to pritty much just the one friend (you guessed it the british) you ****ing loanners.

Plus if i ever went missing people would at least notice and miss me. Frankly I should throw your ass off niagra falls before running it over with a tank and all i would hear it cheering. The way the American government would see it is that I am clearing rubbish from the streets and doing them a favour.

this all from a (supposed) man who can’t even come up with his own original insults… you and got handling can handle yourselves whilst playing a rousing game of nasty fat man patty-cake. Just be sure to save the first shot to properly lube each other up then you can start shootiing for various hole.

Ohhhh! And I just saw that… you my friend have never, ever actually responded to one of my points on this or any other thread… whenever you see my arguments you always turn around and run in the other direction.. wait… are you French.. you must be.

I really had no intention of coming back to this thread… but I would just hate leaving you the last word… you twippy bitch.

Look here you son of a prostitute. The only time me a got handling would share a room is when we both are kicking the crap out of you dickface. Then he can lubricate your ass and do whatever he wants. Ain’t like it gonna hurt you much since you pimp your ass out just like your mother.

Talking about making point, you talk out your ass and you keep coming back (even though you supposedly walk away) and talk even more ****. Read this link you retard and cry like the “someone little tasty thing you are” biatch.

P.s. rather be from france then America anyday. Least they have some self respect you anal faced prick

i’ve got serious beef with whoever let your little island have the internet, you sad, soft, middle-aged, angry ****. i’m not even going to waste typing anymore than that… yup.. that about covers it… I also really hope, for your sake that you have rss enabled on this page and don’t actually keep coming back to check it, cause that would make you an even sadder ****, though just as soft and angry.

You dumb **** you finally worked out you were wrong and trying to save face but at the end of the day we all know ou full of **** and that you have more **** coming out your mouth then your ass.

For the reord i only angry at your mum for giving birth to a dickhead like you If i could then i would go back in time and introduce her to condom before you were concieved so there would less retard in the planet by the name of AMG0ff. Go back to kindergarden you ginger minge

blah blah blah… you ignorant twit… You and only you are the only one to have concluded that I’m wrong. Don’t ever really see too many people coming to your defense, most just tolerate you by ignoring you. I really don’t care if you disagree with me, I argue with your fat, pasty ass because I get a kick out of it. It amuses me to no end how seriously you take yourself and how even more seriously you take MB. Do you own shares or something? I’m going to laugh my ass of the day they get bought out by someone and get screwed the same way they did Chrysler. I haven’t worked out ****.. I just don’t feel like wasting my time going through the same old argument with your pathetic ass for the umpteenth time.. if you really feel like reliving it go back through months of posts to find our previous quarrels. Now, are you going to insist on replying yet again or can I finally take this stupid page off my rss feed list?

You ****ing retard you think I’m getting wounded up LMFAO. Im been laughing at dimwitted pathetic poor excuse for a dog like you since the day Mercedes took over Chrysler. REMEMBER WHEN THEY MARCHED IN DETROIT AND RAPED CHRYSLER OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER. Mother****er that alone is enough to make me a happy man till i die knowing YOU GOT SCREWED BY THE GERMANS LMFAO.

Now you piece of **** i suggest that you go back to watching your disney channel and come back when you are 15 or 16 years old so you could actually make a valid point rather then just talk all the **** that comes out your mouth all day. Till then be my guess to jump under a passing car hopefully doing 100mph and clean the world up of retards like you.

RUN BMW RUN!