Best Car Brand on Earth!!!!

[Matt]

By the way, speaking of brands. What do you guys think of this ad as car enthusiasts.. good? bad? not so good?

I like it .. but at the same time i think its really corny:

YouTube - BMW Joy advert (in HD)

 

[Human]

BMW for me, though it is difficult question when it comes to THE best...BMW has THE best in Rolls-Royce, VW Group has Bentley,Lamborghini and Porsche. Mercedes-Benz is one of the world's greatest brands....

THUS....The Germans RULE overall!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Sovereign]

Autonomous

Mercedes-Benz is the brand with most innovations in the automobile industry and therefore it is the best.

 

[HighestOfHigh]

^Welcome to GCF! Nice to see another Mercedes-Benz Loyalist!

 

[ALI]

1. Mercedes Benz
2. Porsche
3. BMW (Audi is very close so they better do something about that)

 

[ALI]

BMW would be number one if they had more sportscars, like M3 CSL, M version based on 1er and a R8 competitior.

no way on earth would it stand a chance against benz's history, let alone the rest ...

 

[Zafiro]

no way on earth would it stand a chance against benz's history, let alone the rest ...

Who cares about history. I care what sort of cars the carmakers are selling.

 

[coolraoul]

20 years ago I would've said: Mercedes-Benz, no contest. Easy win.

The quality and finish were without rival, safety was not even being considered by the other carmakers, the design among the purest ever with the brilliant Bracq then Sacco, the brand recognition didn't suffer any serious competition whatsoever, the engines were nothing short of brilliant.

Now it's considerably less obvious. I do not think any carmaker is able to truly distantiate itself from the others.

I'll vote Mercedes-Benz because they're close from my values, and because their latest models are promising in terms of quality. And they're still at the very top of the automotive world... but not really alone there any more.

The S-Class and crazy 65AMG do the job of keeping BMW, Audi and BMW at a distance, so I think MB is still ruling. Competition's getting close though.

Rolls, Bentley, Ferrari and co are too exclusive.

 

[Osnabrueck]

What?! No Shuanghuan?

 

[coolraoul]

^ I hesitated between Geely and Ssangyong, but couldn't find them in the list either...

 

[siko]

Based on the criteria mentioned... I would say Porsche for me. Ferrari a close second (even if I don't like their design that much, other criteria makes up for that).


EDIT: MB leading poll... BMW second... c'mon!? Smells like fanboys galore

 

[Shining Star]

Wow...I expected the margin between MB and BMW to be closer...

 

[Merc1]

20 years ago I would've said: Mercedes-Benz, no contest. Easy win.

The quality and finish were without rival, safety was not even being considered by the other carmakers, the design among the purest ever with the brilliant Bracq then Sacco, the brand recognition didn't suffer any serious competition whatsoever, the engines were nothing short of brilliant.

Now it's considerably less obvious. I do not think any carmaker is able to truly distantiate itself from the others.

I'll vote Mercedes-Benz because they're close from my values, and because their latest models are promising in terms of quality. And they're still at the very top of the automotive world... but not really alone there any more.

The S-Class and crazy 65AMG do the job of keeping BMW, Audi and BMW at a distance, so I think MB is still ruling. Competition's getting close though.

Rolls, Bentley, Ferrari and co are too exclusive.

I agree completely with every word. I'm in the process of moving and I was going through old magazines/brochure and I have every Mercedes brochures from 1989 onwards. The 80's Mercedes are so iconic, so clean in design and detail that it makes nearly everything they make today look messy. I was looking through some old press releases and in 1990 Mercedes-Benz was #1 in the JD Powers Dependability study, and unlike today where they look back only 3 years, they used to look back 5 and 7 years back then. That means Mercedes from 1983 and 1985 were more the most reliable cars in the U.S. More than Toyota or Honda. No other luxury brand even came close. Thats some pretty amazing stuff. That is why I don't really knock JD Powers as much as I do Consumer Reports, because JDP put Mercedes on top for years and years. We all know full well that Mercedes was and has been forever changed when they shifted strategies in the 90's. The only car they build truly like the old days is the unloved Maybach.


M

 

[genbatata]

how on earth alfa romeo is not on that list

 

[Merc1]

Alfa-Romeo has little to no presence in the U.S. outside of a recent 300K sports car. Prior to that the last Alfa was sold here in 1995. The Poll was created with the U.S. market in mind.

M

 

[CarGuy]

Porsche

 

[go0gle]

Mercedes-Benz makes the most sense with the given criteria.

 

[Bartek S.]

1. Porsche
2. Rolls Royce
3. BMW
4. Aston Martin
5. Mercedes
6. Audi
7. Maserati
8. Bugatti
9. Ferrari
10. Lamborghini

 

[HighestOfHigh]

Based on the criteria mentioned... I would say Porsche for me. Ferrari a close second (even if I don't like their design that much, other criteria makes up for that).


EDIT: MB leading poll... BMW second... c'mon!? Smells like fanboys galore

Yea, it's a lot of good brands that have no votes.

 

[HighestOfHigh]

Looks like Benz takes the crown yet again!