Does Mercedes' Mario Kart sponsorship go deeper?

"VonBelmont" (jvonbelmont) 12/02/2014 at 18:38 • Filed to: Mercedes, Mario Kart, DLC, W124, hidden, shill, strange

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Friend of mine pointed this out the other day, and I didn't believe him at first. Much has been made over the Mercedes GLA DLC in Mario Kart 8, where the gang can race about in flashy new entry-level luxury SUV's or a classic Mercedes racer, but I noticed something rather unusual on Toad's Turnpike:

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To be fair, those old Benzes are as plain as you could get. If it weren't for the GLA DLC, I'd've brushed it off as a coincidence.

Apologies (Oppologies?) for the shitpic, but the only other pic with that car in it was even blurrier

Kind of odd for Mercedes to subtly shill for a non-current Benz in the same game they're already shilling in, but also oddly fitting. The track is an update of one from Mario Kart 64 (1996), and Mercedes used that boxy design into the late 90s (2000 on the C/S Classes, if Wiki is correct).

Am I the only one to have noticed this?

RazoE > VonBelmont 12/02/2014 at 18:42

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looks like a Toyota Crown, which are VERY popular as taxis in Japan.

https://www.google.com/search?q=toyot…

VonBelmont > RazoE 12/02/2014 at 18:45

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True, but then again, both are as plain as you can get with a modernish car design.

The old E-classes were/are popular taxis in some countries as well.

718Rogue > RazoE 12/03/2014 at 01:10

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I agree, and I seem to remember older Mario Karts having what looked like Crowns on Toad's Turnpike as well.

VonBelmont > 718Rogue 12/03/2014 at 13:31

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I'd actually never payed attention to it before.

Flavien Vidal > VonBelmont 12/07/2014 at 20:58

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I see this one almost everyday...