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I continue to think that the W/S214 E-Class cars are very attractive. And I continue think that they constitute the most attractive M-B "non-SUV" model line currently. And I continue to suspect that M-B may have more of a "brand cred" problem than a problem explicitly pertaining to the vehicles per se. In Germany, Mercedes-Benz has long ceased being what it used to be. And it's brand cred was unassailable. That began to slowly but surely erode. I suppose that began as of the mid-1990s. The malaise partially self-inflicted, but much of it also due to simply increasingly competent, compelling competition. Both BMW and Audi started smashing a number of balls out of the park. Sure, M-B had their "comebacks"...but somehow managed to fumble one thing or another afterwards.
