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Originally posted by Porsche-O-Phile
It's a response to a market demand, not a particular sort of product being forced onto them by a manufacturer.
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Most Mercedes buyers don't want W123's anymore. They want cupholders, integrated telephones, bluetooth and iPod adapters.
A metal grill will hardly impress someone these days.
They are built just like any other German car is today. Out of similar parts from the same vendors. New products are rushed to market by bean counters just like anything else and problems follow. The world is smaller these days, it's not so easy to have any product (cars or whatever) really stand out.
The doors do not vibrate like washing machine steel. They still make a solid 'thud' but not like an old W107 did years ago. Could you really imagine a car with a door that heavy today? There is still more sound absorbant material in there than most other cars.
MB's are still comfy, quiet and smooth, are some of the safest cars in the world and the company is still a technology leader. If there are pieces and underpinnings that are "low cost" compared to the rest of the auto industry today I'd like to know who's car has the sweet door hinges these days.