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Originally Posted by Sapper_M3
Interesting.
Now I'll preface this by saying I'm no "BMW Fanboy." In fact, unless something changes over the next 3-4 years, I'm almost certainly on the way out with my next vehicle purchase. With that said, you go out of your way to make the point that Mercedez-Benz is the most powerful luxury car brand in the world (over BMW, as Number 2). Just out of curiosity, what are you basing this on...?
As of November 2013, the Forbes ongoing "World's Most Valuable Brands" list ranks BMW as #11 to Mercedes-Benz at #16.
Additionally, as of July (can't find figures more recent than 4 months ago), BMW had a commanding lead in both numbers of vehicles sold and in sales revenue: http://europe.autonews.com/article/2...#axzz2lalo9fmd
In fact, the only way in which I can find Mercedes-Benz "ahead" of BMW in any significant metric of being a "powerful luxury car brand" is if we look only at United States sales... |
Mercedes-Benz is at #11.
BMW is #12.
That is what I was referring to.
And these are "world" rankings.
http://www.businessinsider.com/these...rcedes-benz-10
You must've missed the 2013 Business Insider rankings.