• @[email protected]
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    101 year ago

    If it weren’t for America, BMW and Mercedes wouldn’t be selling a single manual transmission vehicle anymore.

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      31 year ago

      What manual Mercedes is for sale in the USA? I’ve never seen one, that could be a whole lot of fun!

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        111 year ago

        Instead of laughing, perhaps you’d like to see how many manual transmission models are sold under those two brands in Europe. Now do the same for the US.

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          1 year ago

          It’s because only the rich in Europe buy new cars, buying a new car is a very rare thing.

          In addition to that BMW and Mercedes are known as luxury brands and by far not common in Europe.

          • @Parellius
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            81 year ago

            You’re joking right? I’m in the UK and every bugger going has a Merc or a BMW.

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            41 year ago

            Totally made up claim, the average passenger car age is 12.2 years in the US, and 12 years in Europe. BMW market share is 2.4% in the U.S., 6.7% in Europe. Similar figures for Mercedes are 2.5% U.S. vs. 5% Europe.