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Old 2nd February 2008, 19:15   #7 (permalink)
ajmat
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Originally Posted by GTO - Touring View Post
That's a pretty lame act by Mercedes. If this is the old car, why make it look like the new generation? .
I asked myself this question and searched around

1: They had decided not to make a replacement on the w204 platform. Costs did not justify it.
2: 40% of people who bought a sport coupe as it was called earlier went on to buy a bigger merc

Hence the cost effective way to keep a "cheap" proper merc was to revamp the w203 based version.

I hope it works
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