join the club

…or buy the club and change the rules

words chris waiton

THE MERCEDES-BENZ IS A DARING EXPERIMENT THAT RESULTS IN A PREMIUM VEHICLE THAT COULD CHANGE THE WAY PEOPLE EXAMINE THEIR NEEDS THIS IS A CASE of the smiths versus the Joneses. For the Joneses, the ideal vehicle carries a ton of groceries, hauls friends to the nearest mountain-bike trail, totes the kid and five of his teammates to weekly practice, and perhaps ushers the boss and his wife to dinner and a show. The Joneses need a modern minivan, the most reasoned, well-conceived, and best all-around family vehicle on the planet. The Smiths, on the other hand, are far more demanding—and better financed. They want the same convenience, plus the all-weather flexibility and confidence of all-wheel drive as well as a high-tech V-8 with over 300 horsepower nestled behind a grille emblem…

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MotorTrend (Digital) - 1 Issue, January 2006

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