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Message: <blockquote data-quote="nautica1973" data-source="post: 198476" data-attributes="member: 4949">gshanmg: oh certainly, vast difference between a continental and an asian make. worlds apart. hey i like the cream interior, that's my all-time favourite. it just oozes class and atmosphere. the feel when one steps into the E39 cabin whispers "Welcome to the Real World".i recall an article i read of a malaysian trade delegate to stuttgart in the late 70's where they were taken to the Daimler-Benz plant. there in the foyer laid a 190 replesdent and the design was way ahead of its time. the wife of the author nudged the husband asking him to enquire about purchasing it and shipping it back here. at which time then, it was only the W123 as the latest design to come off the factory floor i believe. nonetheless the author enquired of the host and was told that it was still in the R&D phase. as the visit went on, they eventually came to the R&D department where they saw the 190 on simulated roadworthy test, automated hydraulic jacks were abusing the car from every which way in a random pattern. so it was posed to the host about the length of time the car is subjected to such test and he replied that it's been in there since its design phase and conception in the early 60's. it was informed to the author that the test model goes through years of R&D to simulate the daily condition regardless where in the world it ends up in so each time something breaks down, it would go back to the Design Engineers to ascertain what caused the damage. then it goes back on to be abused. when asked why does the German mindset operate in such a way the host replied nonchalantly "We make our cars to last 3 generations". Now, this is why we see in the Chrysler Daimler full page ad in Time, Newsweek etc a picture of 3 generation of Merc models behind a family. Wonderful technology ?? You bet !!!</blockquote>

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