[dd74]

One question I have involves why the foreign models made domestically are still more expensive than domestic models.

The ML-350 Mercedes Benz SUV is the same size as the Mercury Mountaineer. Both are upscale. Even with labor costs factored in, the Mercury is much less than the Mercedes, yet the Mercedes is made here. I have to figure that build quality of both vehicles is somewhat equal, and where they're built - the Mountaineer is built in St. Louis, the Mercedes in Alabama - is on American soil by American workers.

I'm not exactly suggesting the ML-350 should cost exactly the same as a Mountaineer, but shouldn't the ML be cheaper for the U.S. market than, for example, the Canadian market (I think they're roughly the same price in either country), simply because the ML is made domestically by American workers?