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Originally Posted by Mpower

Why is it then the Mercedes makes an SUV, the excitement level and the acceptance for the product is zero to lukewarm at best.

Which is surprising and a pointer to the Indian psyche, because in US in August 2009, Mercedes sold more M Class SUVs than BMW's X5.

While for the first eight months of 2009 the M Class sales lagged the X5 by 14,855 to 17,257 in US.....it outsold the X5 for the same period in 2008.