Think of it like Mercedes going against Bentley but with higher sales because of the E-class and S-class

Chrysler going up against (Altough may sound funny now but over a periods of 10 years can hapen e.g. Audi, Lexus) Audi with better more driver friendly and a lot better quality cars.

Dodge aginst Skoda. Standard cars built to run and look good.

Maybe buy another brand to go up against Mazda’s and Volswagen’s as the premium small brands. (e.g. Honda or even Volkwagen or Mazda themselves)

The end

p.s. GMrules – GM always has and always will be ****.

To fill the C-class market your can fill it with many of the other brands cars e.g. rear wheel drive chrysler.

Note to admins: this issue *really* needs to be fixed.

BMW’s most profitable car is the 3-Series….Audi doesn’t make that much money off the A8, Volkswagen didn’t make money on the Phaeton…the S-Class is right where it should be, it out sells the 7-Series and the S8…it ranges…i agree the C-Class is crap now…but companies like Bentley, RR, Lamborghini and Ferrari don’t make a whole lot of money…thats why they are all owned by Major companies…The AMG models will somewhat compete with the top-tier cars you mention…but MB jst wouldnt make money…theres a reason why Aston Martin finaly turned a profit a year ago…o, ya they made $7.36 which for them…was good…top tier companies just don’t make money

What I meant was take all the current models up a segment so it would be like-

Kill anything below the C-Class

C-class against 5 Series
E-class against Bentley Flying Spur
S-class against Bentley Arnage
Maybach against Rolls Royce

GLV….

CLS>CTS
E>STS
S>DTS
SL>XLR
ML>SRX
GLV

easy choice…

Actually the new Malibu will wipe the floor with this pile of ****, the Cadillac would stomp the hell out of it. Mercedes could only dream of being the Cadillac.

so i agree with GMRules…let’s all start building the S-Klasse on the same line as the PT Cruiser….reminiscent of the Suburban/Yukon/Escalade line in Irving, TX….thats smart

Mercedes should follow Cadillacs approach. Build the highest quality, best performing, highest luxury vehicles on the planet.

Uh-huh. right………… Dream on bud. Cadillacs approach has been rebadging or copying an existing car like a Buick or Chevy Tahoe and adding chrome, charging 30% markup and getting the NB and rap artists to back it up. As if those guys know what the hell a camshaft ot Differential is. Cadillac could rebadge a Yugo, slap some 22’s on it and a chrome dash and the rap world would eat the thing up. Too bad outside that world, Cadillac represents gussied up Tahoes and glorified Lucernes. Or grandpa sedans with wire wheels, carriage roofs and curb feelers.

Mercedes could only dream of being so successful. Eh, they should just pack it up and go home. Losers.

http://www.cwwcardesign.com/mercedes_oceandrive.html

CLS 2dr Coupé:
http://www.cwwcardesign.com/cars/mercedes_cls_coupe_1.html

CL Convertible:
http://www.cwwcardesign.com/cars/mercedes_cl600_convertible.html

Killing A,B,GLK,CLK,ML and any car in the pipe line.

Take all passengers cars up a level so -

C-CLASS off into Executive against 5 series.

E-CLASS, CLS, GL, SL into Large Executive against Bently Continental Flying Spur & GT, Effectively replacing the S-Class as Executive

S-CLASS, CL, SLR, G-Wagon handbuilt from the finest material to take on the Bentley Arnage and Aston Martin equivalant directly and taking the S-class to a new level.

Have one extendible platform for all the cars apart from C-class. Share C-class platform with Chrysler Imperial.