- SunshineJogger@feddit.orgEnglish1 year
Don’t. Just don’t.
Trump will say: “oh look how desperate they are to sell us their cars”
Have some spine and don’t, Mercedes
- BigShammy80@feddit.orgEnglish1 year
Yes. This is exactly what we SHOULD NOT do…buckle down and kiss his ass…but someone, somewhere will give a few million to support Mercedes to build a factory in America, and they will cheer themselves how effective their tariffs are…it’s just a sad world we live in…
- cronenthal@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish1 year
Let’s see, what do you need do a modern car factory? Robots! Huh, they’re extra expensive now, since there are tariffs on them. What else? Electronics! Huh, they’re from Asia, with extra high tariffs. Workers! Huh, they’ve been deported by ICE. Building parts for automobiles! Huh, they’re only manufactured in Europe and China, hence super-expensive. Guess we’ll have to build a factory for auto-parts first. Let’s see, what do you need for a modern auto-parts factory…
- Saleh@feddit.orgEnglish1 year
And this is how Trump could sell his tariffs as a win, because somewhere a few new jobs are generated in the US.
I wonder how the EU could react to this through export tariffs on parts/IP that then would be brought to the US.
- 1 year
They’ve been building them in USA for a long time. Things may have changed, but when they first started building overseas instead of Europe, the reports were that you could totally tell. Creaks, groans, and rattles. Personally, with my tiny sample sizes, this holds true.
The average buyer doesn’t really care as long as their leased Mercedes makes them look like they are successful.
- 1 year
I worked at a Mercedes dealer when the M-Class was coming out of Alabama. They were not great. Kind of on par with Chrysler minivan build quality.
- 1 year
That’s the car I was thinking of specifically. Wasn’t a good time overall for Mercedes though, to be fair.
- JaggedRobotPubes@lemmy.worldEnglish1 year
Not buying them and not considering them a desirable luxury item are extremely different. You think luxury brands don’t care about publicity??
- gigachad@sh.itjust.worksEnglish1 year
What I say is that people who buy luxury items usually do not engage in boycotts.
- BigShammy80@feddit.orgEnglish1 year
I mean if you really want a luxury car you probably buy RR or something like that… Mercedes is not what it used to be in build quality etc…
- 1 year
Boycotting German “premium” brands is a good idea if you value quality and reasonable pricing anyway.



