M-B must be raking it in

Kinja'd!!! "valsidalv, reminding you that infiniti is an option" (valsidalv)
04/04/2017 at 23:01 • Filed to: None

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I swear, I am seeing C43's everywhere I look now. Today I came across more of them than I did C300's. I imagine it’s a relatively easy upsell at the dealership too - “want something quicker, want to stand out more, want to make a bigger statement?”


DISCUSSION (14)


Kinja'd!!! Carbon Fiber Sasquatch > valsidalv, reminding you that infiniti is an option
04/04/2017 at 23:10

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“well, I would never buy a luxury car with less than six cylinders!” - the owners probably


Kinja'd!!! Galileo Humpkins (aka MC Clap Yo Handz) > valsidalv, reminding you that infiniti is an option
04/04/2017 at 23:23

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This is one of the most brilliant sales tactics I’ve seen from a car manufacturer in a long time. There are already a fuck-ton of their cars aimed at certain people on the road being driven by people who just want to say they drive a MB. Now they’ve drawn in a crowd who still have just enough money to pay a little more for the status symbol of having an AMG (without having a true AMG). Fucking brilliant.


Kinja'd!!! Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo > valsidalv, reminding you that infiniti is an option
04/04/2017 at 23:24

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So does this have an actual AMG engine (H A N D B U I L T or something), or is this the start of that thing everyone was mad about with the AMG badging and packaging on non-AMG powered models?


Kinja'd!!! WilliamsSW > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo
04/04/2017 at 23:30

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The second one, unfortunately.


Kinja'd!!! WilliamsSW > Galileo Humpkins (aka MC Clap Yo Handz)
04/04/2017 at 23:31

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It is, but I’d feel a little dirty driving one.


Kinja'd!!! valsidalv, reminding you that infiniti is an option > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo
04/04/2017 at 23:31

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According to Wikipedia:

All AMG engines - with the exception of the “43" M276 3.0 L V6 Bi-Turbo engine - are hand built using a “one man, one engine” philosophy at the current AMG plant in Affalterbach, Germany

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercedes-AMG#.2243.22_M276_3.0_L_V6_Bi-Turbo


Kinja'd!!! Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo > valsidalv, reminding you that infiniti is an option
04/04/2017 at 23:34

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Mercedes knew what they were doing.


Kinja'd!!! victor > Galileo Humpkins (aka MC Clap Yo Handz)
04/04/2017 at 23:51

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Still decently fast cars though. I wouldn’t turn one down.


Kinja'd!!! Rico > WilliamsSW
04/05/2017 at 08:29

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You shouldn’t, it’s the only way to get a 6 cylinder engine instead of a turbo 4 in almost every MB model.


Kinja'd!!! Rico > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo
04/05/2017 at 08:30

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Think BMW M Sport but with an engine upgrade over the standard model instead of suspension only.


Kinja'd!!! WilliamsSW > Rico
04/05/2017 at 09:10

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Yes, and with MB/BMW/Audi, the 6 is the one I want in the small/mid-sized segment. It’s just the AMG badge that turns me off. I’d take an E43 and remove all of the AMG badging, then I’d be happy—


Kinja'd!!! Rico > WilliamsSW
04/05/2017 at 09:23

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They are so dumb they should have kept the “AMG Sport” moniker for these baby AMGs.


Kinja'd!!! Galileo Humpkins (aka MC Clap Yo Handz) > victor
04/05/2017 at 10:07

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I can’t say I’d turn one down, but I would have real reservations about it.


Kinja'd!!! WilliamsSW > Rico
04/05/2017 at 10:11

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Yeah, I think I’m numb to that now, with the M Sport, S line, R line, F sport garbage everyone else is doing.

Hell, I daily an F sport, so who am I to judge?