Mercedes unveiles ‘Edition10’ M-Class

Mercedes-Benz today unveiled the “Edition10? M-Class, celebrating ten years in production at its Alabama plant. The special edition M-Class gets design changes with “Edition 10” badges on its fenders.

With a long list of features and an attractive exterior design elements, the model such as 20-inch wheels, bi-xenon headlights, taillights with a sporty, dark background, and special color highlights for the vehicle body. The SUV also includes a sporty interior with two-tone leather, sport instruments, and stainless steel pedals.

Since 2001 Mercedes has invested $600 million and has prepared the plant for production of the second-generation M-Class, the R-Class and the GL-Class. Almost half of the vehicles that rolled off the production line in last year were equipped with a V6 or V8 diesel engine manufactured at...
Read Article

SevorbeupstryIsBack - 7/12/2007 12:23:41 PM

+4 Boost

And yet not ONE Merc that ever came out of that factory had the typical Benz quality. Not one!

SevorbeupstryIsBack - 7/12/2007 1:33:44 PM

+4 Boost

I hope so.

EnnNorak - 7/13/2007 9:20:40 AM

+1 Boost

ErichHartmann, then please be a hero and instruct your superiors to return to body-on-frame construction for the M and to make it a little lower in height and give it an in-line 6-cylinder diesel instead of an inherently out-of-balance 90-degree V6.

Rupert - 7/12/2007 12:34:46 PM

+2 Boost

"Almost half of the vehicles that rolled off the production line in last year were equipped with a V6 or V8 diesel engine"
Half of all R class, GL and MLs built last year were diesel, and:
"In the M-Class, the worldwide share of diesel-powered vehicles rose in 2006 to the record level of over 50 percent for the first time."

quizz - 7/12/2007 3:51:48 PM

+1 Boost

The quality may be "improved" over the first generation ML, but even the most current generation ML has customer satisfaction issues compared to other luxury rivals. However, it is a good sign they are improving, but they still have a ways to go.

BobW - 7/12/2007 6:34:29 PM

+1 Boost

"Trust me, I work for M-B." Boy that sets off red flags. I sold M-B's for 15 years and was told to trust that M-B quality would be second to none this year--it got worse year after year until I couldn't stomach selling them any longer. The past three-and-a-half years in the software industry has been bliss by comparison.
My friends who remained tell me the quality has actually gotten better in the past few model years, but nothing to write home about.
BW

Agent63 - 7/12/2007 9:48:30 PM

+1 Boost

The M Class has definitely improved quality. They are up to the levels that are expected from a Mercedes Benz. Actually MB overall has improved. Even the luxurious S-Class and CL-Class that was superb is now even better. So much credit given to the company to turn things around after the years of doubt.

drannoc - 7/13/2007 5:48:29 PM

+1 Boost

M-B Quality? I just bought a new 2007 E550...after 187 total miles I'm already having transmission problems AND also ESP failures. The car has been at the dealer for 4 days so far. I'm just counting the days to invoke the Lemon Law.