>2015
The C class is for the middle class.
The E class is for the upper middle class.
The S class is for the upper class.
But they are all well made, reasonably priced cars.
>2025
The C class is for the upper middle class.
The E class is for the upper class.
The S class is for the high end class.
But they are all overpriced pieces of shit with cheap interior.
What happened?

I've only seen poor people try to flex with C-classes.

What Mercedes-Benzes still hold their value on the auction blocks? Or are they all throw aways?

Even the AMG GT dropped like a sack of shit price wise, on par with a fucking Audi. What happened Germany?

>>28446588
You're American. Mercedes is a normal car everywhere except here and Albania.

Trying to appeal to china and influencer crowds.
But also most likely some management changes, eu policies, financial struggle or mix of some if not all of the above.
Tbh I was actually opting for 6cyl diesel glc. I even tried one on a test drive. And I even would’ve live with cracking interior, but the motherfucker lost the ability to brake! It just shown a fucking error message and fuck you brake pedal was stiff and I couldn’t brake with my foot. Thank god emergency brake was working and it wasn’t on a highway.
Sales rep was sweating and he had to call a towing truck.
E-class is as shit as c-class.
S on the other hand still keeps up, but - it’s as blingy as all other mercs and I’m not surprised that it’s the worst selling luxury sedan
Fuck new mercs.

>>28446588
the e class used to be the car for rich people pretending to be middle class. but prices have become so disgusting even a class is a flex. assuming its new. normies dont give a fuck aout how shit the cars have actually become its just design and the brand logo. i live in germany so i cant speak for your country i guess
>>28446592
only special edition models

>C class is for the upper middle class.
haha ok. my sister is a loser lash tech who spends a large chunk of her income a basic c class

>>28446592
>Or are they all throw aways?
this.
bimmers and audis too.

the only german cars worth actually buying and keeping long term are the special 911s and caymans
and those are only worth it because its pretty certain they will increase in value
you could MAYBE make the same argument for some M cars, the manuals in particular, non-hybrid ones. but its much more risky.
oh, and the r8 audi, which im pretty sure is discontinued now.

everything else is lease and throw away when the lease is done.

>>28446715
from the most sold german car brands, vw opel bmw mercedes audi and porsche
vw mercedes and audi have fallen off HARD
bmw and opel are still okay
porsche is still good

>>28446592
>What happened Germany?
several things
-they tried to go all in on tech (scared of how much people liked their teslas) and failed miserably. which, ofc they did, because competent sw devs are not staying in germany so they can make 60k/year, they go to the us and make 250+k.
-they tried to appeal to chinks, which means more tech, more chintz, more flash. bmw and merc mostly, audi still has the reserved luxury thing.
-they got raped by eu emissions faggotry. everything has to be hybrid, v8s are only on 100+k cars, engines must sound like hand vacuums on the lowest setting, etc etc etc. those companies know very well how much we all want another NA v8 m3/c63, but its just not feasible anymore.

>>28446720
>bmw
nigga please.
i'll grant you that they still have the decency to offer a few manual m cars. but aside from that, hell no.
fuck the huge ugly grills, fuck whatever the shit the 7series/x7 front end is supposed to be, fuck the giant tablet they stick in all their cars, fuck touchscreen/capacitative everything.
bmw knew how to make the ultimate driving machines. they knew how to make cars that were classy and cool. they threw it all away.

>opel
dunno, been years since i've even seen a review of their cars. don't see many on the road neither.

>>28446715
>caymens
lol gt4 RS was a meme

>2025
Mercedes is trash and so is anyone who drives one. Convince me otherwise.

>>28446732
its not like i have personal experience of it, but every reviewer says otherwise. spyder too.
and anyway, i was just saying its worth buying because it will likely appreciate in value, not that its a good car necessarily. tho it almost certainly is.

>>28446737
I was saying it’s a depreciation bomb. They were hyped up with turbo s but have since tanked in value.
I’m sure it’s a fine car but most people that i swim with that want a high end track Porsche aren’t interested in a Caymen for that price bc the 911 is the one they’re willing finance

>>28446723
best reponse.

>>28446753
>swim with
>can't even spell the name right
Death to zoomer mystery meat

if I had forty billion US dollars, I still under no circumstances would ever buy a mercedes

just get a goddamn gen 1 AMG GT already goddamnit

>>28447253
is it me or the v12 biturbos are back?

Mercedes Benz saw that most growth potential is in China and developing world where new upper classes have a louder style than in Europe.

Ironically Volvo under the Chinese has been going for what you want.

>>28447322
Volvo under chinks is the most underwhelming yet overpromised cars I’ve ever had a chance to drive.
XC90? Huge modern SUV… yet shitty engines and tiny interiors. Built quality doesn’t correspond to the price and interiors feel tiny and crap for the money. Have I mentioned eerything has to go through shitty android infotainment? Basically this applies to the entirety of their lineup

Idk but Turks seem to like that brand

>>28446584 (OP)
It lost it's sophisticated, over engineered status after the 90s. They were still well made into the early 2000s, Now they are bloated, castrated versions of their former selves, and marketed for sand niggers and welfare queens

>>28446584 (OP)
>But they are all overpriced pieces of shit with cheap interior.
>What happened?
Rather than selling cars based off of engineering prowess and the perception of longevity, modern Mercedes are now built with planned obsolescence and tech gadgets in mind. Rather than marketing cars to buyers by showcasing the advancements in engineering compared to other brands, modern Mercedes now just swathes the interiors of their cars with enough screens and LEDs to where their luxury cars now look like a gay disco on the inside. Modern buyers seem to like that shit, however.
Just look at the old ads for Mercedes, they'd give you a leftist meme-tier wall of text basically explaining why their cars are engineered better and why a Mercedes is an intelligent investment because of that. Modern MB ads will just show off some fancy light up grille or huge screen and maybe give you a witty, single sentence caption instead. I think that also speaks to buyers, if not society as a whole becoming less intelligent as time goes on.

>>28448077
to be fair, history shows that nobody keeps their cars for that long. especially not well off people.
somebody who was rich enough to buy a high end merc 30 years ago is driving a modern car today(or they're dead, i guess), regardless of whether their old merc is still driveable. maybe they've kept it as an investment or for sentimental reasons, but they're definitely dailying something more modern.

>>28446753
Theres a gt4 rs up for auction on cars and bids right now over $200k. Thats what, 14k off? Real depreciation bomb bro

Imagine going into debt to pretend you're "upper class" when everyone knows leases and loans exist.

>>28446588

lmao so true. when i used to work at mercedes dealership years ago as a service tech we used to call the "C-class" the "CHEAP class". when ever i did a new car prep on a sold car some customers would have me replace the "C300" emblem with "C63" along with "AMG" emblems to go with it.

those older w204 class V6 engines were great motors though. i hear the new I4 turbo engines are trash.

>>28448966
The upper class aren't going into debt for these things but they're not purchasing them with cash either, you'd be foolish to. Leases and loans is the smart move.

>2015
>The C class is for the middle class.
>2025
>The C class is for the upper middle class.

Funnily enough the W205 actually had air suspension available which I don't think has ever been offered before or since in that segment. Naturally nobody fucking bought it and they give up on it for the W206. Trying to find high trim 3 series/C-Class/A4 which ISN'T the sport model (M, AMG, S) is virtually impossible. These cars attract buyers who are only obsessed with status, it can be just as well equipped and rattly as a 15 year old nissan they won't care.

>>28449063
>those older w204 class V6 engines were great motors though
other than the balance shaft gears eating themselves of course

>>28446720
>Opel still okay
AHAHAHAHAHAH

>wanting a sedan
The coupes was always where the magic was

>>28452319
>fixed roof
Where's the magic

>>28452439
>fixed roof sans b-pillar
There. There is the magic.

>>28452460
That's what I meant: it's useless with fixed roof.

Same make-believe as pic btw

>>28452319
the CL is such a god tier car, especially the CL63. coupe is much better then sedan.