if you manage to back in time machine....lets buy a few amigo!! theyre priceless investments now!!

about 5 million dollars for a gullwing today. there is one rotting under a banana tree in cuba.

hahaha i bet it used to be under ownership of Batista!

Not to start a WAR..... But the second most beautiful. Close behind the 500SSK!! 💘😁😎

I must agree whole heartedoy

My experience working for GM leads me to believe that management was out of touch with reality. After WWII they were doing so well and had no competition because Europe and Japan were decimated. They were lulled into believing that this would go on forever and ignored or dismissed any indications that either European or Asian car companies would ever pose a challenge at any level. This went on until the big three faced complete collapse. The good news is that the management of these companies knows what the world market looks like. But there are still legacy issues like their luxury brands that still aren't seen as being as prestigious.

Hey there I've got to show you more about the Benz text me soon

it was an okay game, it only went back to 1955

Don't remember the reason. Had nothing to do with a desire to protect the Germans. An oversight.

so mercedes were making weapons of mass destruction as well eh amigo?

@@fidelcatsro6948 While they didn't create WMDs, Daimler-Benz was engaged in creating motors and transmissions for military purposes, particularly tanks and aircraft. And, as was the case with all major German industrial companies, they used massed amounts of slave labour to accomplish this.

@@thomaszinser8714 i see thank you for the info...bet their machines were also expensive endless money pits...

You spoke the truth

We like to make pretend those never happened. Like it was all a bad dream.

Hanomag 2 Kommissbrot with 10 HP...

or the TATA nano!!

time to bring back the ambassador electric in India!! any india trillionaires here?

Oiuda Tropen Le Monstre

WAS about quality, now it's all about maximizing shareholder value, and everything else can go fuck itself.

Where do they build the car is the question.... German made ones are still good but not many models are made in Germany... SUV i.e. are made in good ol' USA... Hence the quality...

Thats right. So you may buy an Audi or a BMW.

I’ll second the comment about German built MBs- they remain well built cars

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You mean Benz saved AMG? Company was on brink of bankruptcy before MB swooped in and acquired them.

Deixe de ser ignorante, idiota. Aprenda outras línguas sem ser a sua.

Boy, I don't think you've got this right at all. My time in the belly of the beast indicated to me that Detroit's woes largely stemmed from management's living in a fantasy bubble of disinformation. After the War (WWII), the US was the last man standing and our industries, including the auto sector, reigned supreme. In Detroit, it was said that as long as you could push it off the assembly line it would sell. And for years they were right. Unfortunately, they couldn't believe that companies like Mercedes or the Asian based companies like Honda and Toyota would ever be a real challenge. Instead of really competing on quality, reliability and durability they went merrily on their way ignoring all warning signs or misinterpreting reality. As sales, or market share, declined they had to cut costs, close plants and lay off hundreds of thousands of workers. Finally, bankruptcy for two out the three big three and near bankruptcy for Ford caused a psychic and generational shift to occur. The young executives at GM who were often sent to remote outposts like Brazil or Australia, when they had tried to point out the reckoning that was about to come, were brought back into the fold and the American car business is finally regaining its glory. But that won't bring back the jobs that were lost and repair the damage that was done to communities all over the country. If you're looking for a conspiracy I think it's in the Confederacy of Dunces who pranced along like the emperor without clothes.

Hmm, so why exactly did the Catholic church conspire to destroy the American motor industry?

Marten Trudeau: If Detroit was destroyed by regulation why were so many foreign manufacturers able to keep up with these onerous rules? Why did my early 70's Nova POS have a 2 speed transmission? Whoops! I just read the rest of your post and realize you are just anther nut job. Trump supporter are you? Looking for clean coal?

@@modfus I think Marten is referring to the Globalist "New World Order". A bit of an overreaction of his view on current times. The finally "awoke" older generation sees it that way. I certainly see it that way too.