Mercedes Weighs Moving Some Car Production to US Over Tariffs
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Boycott Mercedes anyone??
People who buy Mercedes don't care about this
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People who buy Mercedes don't care about this
Not buying them and not considering them a desirable luxury item are extremely different. You think luxury brands don't care about publicity??
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Not buying them and not considering them a desirable luxury item are extremely different. You think luxury brands don't care about publicity??
What I say is that people who buy luxury items usually do not engage in boycotts.
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What I say is that people who buy luxury items usually do not engage in boycotts.
I mean if you really want a luxury car you probably buy RR or something like that... Mercedes is not what it used to be in build quality etc...
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I mean if you really want a luxury car you probably buy RR or something like that... Mercedes is not what it used to be in build quality etc...
I did not bring up the part of luxury items though
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Boycott Mercedes anyone??
Boycotting German "premium" brands is a good idea if you value quality and reasonable pricing anyway.
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They’ve been building them in USA for a long time.
Things may have changed, but when they first started building overseas instead of Europe, the reports were that you could totally tell. Creaks, groans, and rattles.
Personally, with my tiny sample sizes, this holds true.The average buyer doesn’t really care as long as their leased Mercedes makes them look like they are successful.
I worked at a Mercedes dealer when the M-Class was coming out of Alabama. They were not great. Kind of on par with Chrysler minivan build quality.
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I worked at a Mercedes dealer when the M-Class was coming out of Alabama. They were not great. Kind of on par with Chrysler minivan build quality.
That’s the car I was thinking of specifically. Wasn’t a good time overall for Mercedes though, to be fair.
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Mercedes Benz Group AG is considering shifting the production of another vehicle model to the US in response to Donald Trump’s 25% auto tariffs.
The move may be necessary to deal with the cost of the duties, Mercedes’ production chief Jörg Burzer said Thursday, declining to comment on which model may be moved to its factory in Tuscaloosa, Alabama.
And this is how Trump could sell his tariffs as a win, because somewhere a few new jobs are generated in the US.
I wonder how the EU could react to this through export tariffs on parts/IP that then would be brought to the US.
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Been doing that my whole life.
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