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>>28860782

>>28860801
This doesnt make sense because everyone knows MB has fallen off in supplying parts for their older vehicles. They used to be best in the business for OEM parts. Now most parts for 15+ YO cars are NLA.

>>28860782
consumers stopped buying cool cars. they just want wrinkly eggs

>>28860782
The new Mercedes SL AMG is cool but no one is buying them

>>28860801
>several hundred percent margins
that's not how profit margins work. It will be always under 100% because it's a fraction of sale price, not a proportion of cost of making that good.

>>28860960
they're too expensive for white folk

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>>28860866
I walk into my local MB dealer and have picked up parts for my 40+ year old W126 numerous times, and the parts are in stock even. I can even order entire patch panels for common corrosion spots directly from the dealer, too.
Mercedes even prides themselves on their "Classic" program where you can send them your antique Mercedes and they'll restore it for you to OEM-spec. Everyone that actually owns an older MB "knows" they do this.

>>28860972
stop being pedantic you little faggot
merc makes part for $20 and sells it for $220
that's $200 profit or 10x the expense or a 1,000% """profit margin""" or whatever. don't be a faggot.

>>28860782
1: Aerodynamics. That cool classic car shape probably costs you 5 additional MPG at highway speeds, less at city.
2: Handling. Modern cars are designed to create downward force and hug the road instead of riding above it so that they remain more controllable at speeds above 50 mph.
3. Fashion. Nobody likes chrome-heavy front ends that clash with the color of the body.
4. Cost. A machine like that might cost Mercedes 100k euro to build today. A modern S-class only costs them 50k euro because it's based off their common chassis. It's not special except for the interior finish and that is cheap.

>>28861555
That's a 90,9% profit margin, not 1000%. Very different things.

>>28861555
Words have meanings, jackass. If the poster meant "profits" then he should have said "profits" instead of "profit margin".

>>28861168
Used ones going to zero fast

>>28860782
serious question
why can't they just remake this style of car with modern technology
it couldn't compete with the efficiency of newer cars and they wouldn't sell, right?

>>28860782
Their best customer killed himself in '45.

>>28861193
Meanwhile, Porsche is very vocal about still supporting all their old models, but every single time I've tried to get an OEM part for mine, I get told they no longer make it and I end up needing to get lucky at swap meets.

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>>28862079
>why can't they just remake this style of car with modern technology

they do but anything beyond this is retarded

>>28861193
K. Try to buy an om617 vacuum pump.

>>28860866
yes because they don't want you to drive a 15 year old car. They want you to drive a new one that falls apart so you can pay 10x in parts than you did before

>>28862296
I will, after I try to find headlight doors for my USDM, pre-facelift W126 (they don't exist). As I can buy an aftermarket vacuum pump for $200, and aftermarket euro-spec headlights (I have a stash of headlight doors anyway), it's not really an issue.
It's still a hell of a lot better parts support for old cars than some other brands, that treat anything older than 25 years old as if it never even existed and don't even recognize old part numbers.
I wouldn't be daily driving one if it was actually difficult to find any important parts.

>>28860782
The War.

>>28862347
True the parts supply is better than many other brands I own. But I have heard repeatedly that Mercedes has gotten worse supporting older cars, they used to be the best. I can name many NLA parts on my W123, W140 and R129 and those are all pretty popular cars. Third party suppliers aren't the best solution and end up being cheap sweatshop parts. You can't get most of the OEM german lemforder suspension rubber and if you can find anything its usually third world sourced and much shorter lived. And the argument that Mercedes is making most of their money from parts is not compatible with parts being made by a third-party.
I thought MB Classic center is almost Singer-level service for the crazy rich.