[Noah930]

Most cars have rack and pinion steering. But as a kid, my family had a couple Benz's from the 70s and 80s, and they came with recirculating ball steering. Recently I looked into it and heard/read that recirc ball is a steering system mainly used by trucks. Why is that? I understand the mechanical differences between recirculating ball vs rack and pinion steering. But why would one be preferable to another? The recirc ball system seems more complicated and Rube Goldbergish. Why would Mercedes put that into their cars whereas every other passenger car manufacturer used rack and pinion?