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Re:Mercedes Readies First Tesla Rival in $12B Attack by jacquesm on Tuesday September 04, 2018 @02:41PM (#17911646)
They mostly offer those long warranties because they severely damaged their brands with the quality of the products they rolled out initially. So now they have to give huge warranties to offset the meme that Hyundai and Kia will not survive even a few years out of warranty without major work.
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Re:Mercedes Readies First Tesla Rival in $12B Attack by kbenson on Tuesday September 04, 2018 @02:59PM (#17911795)
It apparently is a viable path for a company to enter the auto market though, as I think they've transitioned well over the last couple decades into respectable auto-makers with standard quality. That probably makes them a good purchase since you can still get those warranties for the time being. Honestly, I thought they would be phasing them out a decade ago.
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Re:Mercedes Readies First Tesla Rival in $12B Attack by jacquesm on Tuesday September 04, 2018 @03:07PM (#17911874)
I think the brands that did this best are Audi and Skoda, they went from pariah status to nearly best in their class. Both were classic examples of turnaround management by VW.
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Re:Mercedes Readies First Tesla Rival in $12B Attack by rjsw on Tuesday September 04, 2018 @03:59PM (#17912288)
... and back to pariah.
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Re:Mercedes Readies First Tesla Rival in $12B Attack by jacquesm on Tuesday September 04, 2018 @05:05PM (#17912800)
Not judging by the sales numbers:

https://www.motor1.com/news/238839/vw-sales-record-q1-2018/

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Re:Mercedes Readies First Tesla Rival in $12B Attack by emptyfile on Wednesday September 05, 2018 @03:55AM (#17915920)
No, not really. More popular than ever if anything.
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Re:Mercedes Readies First Tesla Rival in $12B Attack by mongol on Wednesday September 05, 2018 @01:17AM (#17915189)
I was not aware that Audi had pariah status..?
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Re:Mercedes Readies First Tesla Rival in $12B Attack by jacquesm on Wednesday September 05, 2018 @01:21AM (#17915208)
Before the VW take-over they had what was probably the worst rust issues in the industry with the exception of Fiat.
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Re:Mercedes Readies First Tesla Rival in $12B Attack by inferiorhuman on Wednesday September 05, 2018 @03:31AM (#17915786)
Unintended acceleration…
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