i dunno, is brazil any better than mexico? as long as the c class is built outside of germany, im staying away from it…

I don’t mind that it is being built in brazil. in my opinion brazilian made products are nicer than mexico’s. but if the C class look like the rest of the MB line up, im staying away from it.

buy the new cts from cadillac it look great

brazil is the best country in the world if not its still much better than america for sho

brazil is not that great i lived there for 2 years when i was 7

Brazil has the greatest nude beaches in the world. IF you buy Brazil, you support the proliferation of nude beaches with hot chicks, all across the USA!

Hmm, C-class made in Brazil, 3-series made in Germany… well let’s hope that making the car in Brazil will reduce the prices at least!

Interesting that Merc decided to bring back the coupe when it didn’t sell all that well in this current generation of W203 C-class.

Too much models for MERC. They seem to have a coupe version of every model?

northeasterner, i sem to remember bmw was building some cars in china… dont remember prices going down… and i think chinese labor is cheaper…

And Merc dealers are worried about the Smart tarnishing the image? Thats pretty funny.
Oh yea, Brazil is so great because they have nude beaches…Now there is something to aspire to. Maybe you can petition to have naked folks on the beach put on your flag.

That’s for the units shipped to US. As for the rest of the world. We got MB and BMW factories in 3rd world countries supplying local buyers. They still buy them anyway…

It’s actually pretty nice. Too bad I cant put the link of the picture up. You can find a pretty good picture in Automobile magazine’s August issue.

It’s built in Brazil because of the government cut a deal with DaimlerChrysler and put forth a package of tax incentives in order to generate jobs. It doesn’t have anything to do with quality- the quality control crew in that factory are all German employees working in Brazil. Now, that being said, the Mercedes quality and reliability has never been great anyways, in fact one of the poorests on the luxury segment, so does it even matter where it’s built?

#9: I agree! All this “xyz-class” talk is incredibly confusing IMO, and adding more models in those classes does *not* help. :-/

14, the explaination of the lower standards for quality and reliability lies in MB’s decision, beginning with the bugeyed benz, to turn out new lines of cars faster. with the new tech included as well as design, MB cut down on R&D time and figured they could get the same results with repair/recall campaigns. in addition, try sticking to *actual facts* if you’re going to try to tarnish the three-pointed star.

That’s a sweet ride. Biff’s mercedes is a convertible. In my family Mercedes were frowned upon because of the Nazi connection. But then Biff told me that was ridiculous and absurd so I went along when he told me I should be driving one. But now there is this new “Dr. Z” and his commercials and all i can think of is Hitler when I see that “mean” Dr. Z. Is it me or is this just really sick advertising on the part of Mercedes?

kill it