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Originally Posted by crayzayjay
I disagree. Merc's products are all highly competent. They just need to produce them better, it's not an impossible task. Volume = Economies of scale. Maybe Merc should be using joint ventures & partnerships in a better way  |
Errr... economies of scale is meant to create profitability, but the drawback is that it compromises quality control.
Ronin005 is absolutely right. Mercedes's main draw
WAS their perceived quality, not the amount of products they had on offer. Trying to find a niche and fill it in with a product in order to reap financial benefits is the sort of strategy that a volume-based manufacturer would do. You cannot control quality with that many products as well as you can with just a few, which is Porsche's approach.
Mercedes has lost a lot of class because of the products they have on offer. Vaneo? Vanio? A-class? B-class? R-class? All
unclassy milk-van vehicles, and Mercedes is supposes to be classy.
If anything, Mercedes should only have a C, E, S, SLK, CLK, and SL... maybe a CL. Then all the volume vehicles (Vaneo, etc.) should be produced under a different brand, in order to prevent erosion to the Mercedes marque, especially since those vehicle's level of quality is so far below the expected standard.
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