>>15403 Because there are some cars which are made to just move around. Not to acceletate fast, not to have high top speed, not to pul stuff, but just go forward. From point A to B, all while carrying no more than 4 passengers, maybe 5 if none on them are fat.

>>15409 43,000 and it barely does that. In fact, it makes carrying passengers difficult.

>>15409 A base model dodge caravan, at 20,000$ less, is a better "no frills" people carrier than that benz, mainly because while the dodge is a passenger van that sacrifices the frills, the benz is a bare bones cargo van that has seats installed in the back, it's built to be an empty white box that has barely enough creature comforts to get an employee and tools/materials between jobs. Adding seats to it doesn't make it a good passenger van, just like a chevy express isn't a good passenger van, even if it can seat 15 people.

>cuckbox >fuckhueg van Pick one. I know you guys have a little bit of difficulty when it comes to identifying a "small" pickup truck over the course of these past 20 or so years, but that's no excuse. And to answer your question, it's because economy cars are an important piece of the motor industry, whether you like it or not. Shun them when they're not needed and you'll pay dearly for when they are. It's why America suffered the worst during the fuel crisis. Because they had literally no affordable cars when it hit, and the only import brands to have gained any form of a foothold were Volkswagen, and to a lesser extent Honda through their motorcycles and N/Z600. You occasionally saw shit like the Vauxhall Viva being sold as a "Buick Opel" but brand unification/co-operation was rare in those days when it really shouldn't have been. Ford could have, but more importantly would have made a killing with the Escort and Fiesta found out they did but it was imported from Germany instead of built in-house had they bothered to adapt them to US regulations and marketed them properly, or even a "bigger" car like the Taunus/Cortina, which was already being sold in South America. Instead, they made the Pinto, Chrysler made AMC's deathbed instead of importing the Avenger (and even when they did get a hold of Renault they sabotaged the whole operation) and Chevrolet made the dire Chevette which Vauxhall were able to turn into a competent hatchback. Then you had brands like Oldsmobile who built "diesel" cars with engines not designed for it. In the meantime, Jap imports like the Civic, Accord and Camry were being sold in record numbers because they soldiered on in any condition, lasted a physical age and drove forever on a single tank. Only the power of reignited post-WW2 xenophobia was able to stem the tides, destroying perfectly functional automobiles simply because they posed a threat to the home industry, whether by hammer or by sea haar. Then you had sanctions which extended to the UK because the almighty turd that was BL felt threatened. It took 20 whole years for muscle cars to pick up where they forced to leave off back in 1972, when the ZR1 Corvette and the SVT Cobra came out. All because the Big Three had nothing else going for them at the time and decided upon castrating emissions regulations instead of downplaying those cars' roles.

>>15525 Nothing of what you said has anything to do with mercedes putting seats in the back of a bare work van and trying to sell an under equipped, under performing, large passenger van devoid of comforts and with no fuel economy benefits at exorbitant prices.

>>15526 At this point you are just complaining. Will see you in 20 years, when all the fancy electronic equipment in whatever it was compared to will be broken and rendered the van useless. Mercedes knows their target audience, and they are all small businesses. That Merc makes a great fleet vehicle with no exotic or hard to replace parts, and in the long run, it's all that matters. Those vans are not for the same target audience. One is for very well-situated families, other is for practical puposes. Would i buy that minivan in europe of i had the choice? No, i would get VW Caddy, which can seat the same amout of people AND carry more stuff around.

>>15527 >That Merc makes a great fleet vehicle with no exotic or hard to replace parts, and in the long run, it's all that matters. Have you ever worked on a Sprinter van? They're built with nothing but exotic and hard to replace parts. Between the merc, dodge and freightliner variants it's a veritable pain in the ass to get anything sorted on those pieces of shit, your order shit for your model and year and get shit back that is nowhere near fitting on the van. Fuck I replaced the turbo on an OM642 TWO DAYS AGO, it was a horrible experience both sourcing the parts and doing the job. We had to get some shit from Napa, some from merc, some from dodge and some shit was discontinued. Great job idiots. A fully loaded toyota or honda with power everything stands a much higher chance of still working in 20 years than a merc. The metris won't have the cross-badge problems of the sprinter, but it doesn't stand a chance at being more reliable.

>>15525 >being this ass annihilated

>>15528 >that painfull repair process I guess you are far from the land where they use European Rupees.

>>15530 Still in the Commonwealth though.

>>15409 That's what your legs are for,you lazy fag.

>>15525 >America suffered the worst during the fuel crisis >cannot dip into own fuel reserves because of (((them))) >must rely on fuel from foreigners they consider enemies because of (((them))) >the cars they drive are at fault

Some cars are designed for a leisurely cruise around your tax haven, while other cars are designed for niggers to run in to lamp posts

>>15584 >>cannot dip into own fuel reserves because of (((them))) We did dip into the strategic reserve during the Bush years. The fuck are you talking about?

>>15594 I believe he is referring to the 1973 oil crisis.

>>15584 >Car manufacturers aren't at fault for throwing bitchfit when the emission laws changed >Car manufacturers aren't at fault for not even trying to update their engines

>>15619 He would still be wrong. It's true that they have priority as part of the negotiated peace in the Sinai, but we can use our reserves and have done so several times in the past.

>>15403 That was one of cuck's worst videos yet. He reviewed a cargo van that has an option to add seats for increased utility and then he had the audacity to call it a minivan to harvest comments and clicks. You can almost hear him snicker while he says the word minivan.

>>16111 I could not agree more.