Articles such as this one from Bloomberg have been popping up this summer. The August sales results again confirm this trend. A $70,000 Dollar premium trim level pickup is twice the price of an entry level Mercedes. It doesn't seem to bother American consumers that a premium pickup has a mundane work truck cousin, out performing menial tasks for the highway department. Mercedes has worked hard to keep from Americans a secret that many of their cars in Europe are lowly taxicabs clattering away in some major European cities.
Link: Terms of Service Violation (at https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-09-04/premium-pickups-are-intruding-on-luxury-car-brand-turf-in-u-s )
Link: Terms of Service Violation (at https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-09-04/premium-pickups-are-intruding-on-luxury-car-brand-turf-in-u-s )
