Daimler to begin dating BMW for a potential partnership?

ID BE IN HEAVEN!!

The greetes car companies on earth teaming up! There wil leave no competetion! Bye bye Audi, Infinti, Lexus, Volov, Acura, Toyota, Honda, VW, Asto Martin Jagar, GM, Ford.

— BenzW124 (View Profile)

Posted on 8/27/2007 6:05:29 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: -1   

LOL you'd be in Heave Benz W124...HAHAHAHAHAHAH

BMW combining forces with Chrysler......... now your going to see rebadging and even more crap interiors from BMW just like you see in the Mercedes C-class.

Talk about not being a stable company to take on the likes of the VW Auto Group, and the former DaimlerChrysler.

What a joke BMW is turning into...combining with Chrysler. Oh well for the independence and not having to rely on other companies.

— GermanNut (View Profile)

Posted on 8/27/2007 6:24:46 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: -1   

I can see BMW gaining better reliability and better quality materials, but what would Mercedes have to gain out of the relationship? And certainly they would never platform-share on their primary vehicles? I don't know how I'd feel about a 7-Series being rebadged as an S-Class. Part of the allure of these two brands is the dedicated teams of engineers who live and breathe automobiles. Combining forces and specializing labor isn't bad don't get me wrong, but I don't think it's particularly good for such prestigious and highly-lauded automobile companies.

— Will_ (View Profile)

Posted on 8/27/2007 6:35:26 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 4   

At this point, nobody even knows what sort of partnership they are talking about.

Reliability? i wont even go there, i might go on for days. I think research and dev is something that both companies can share and benefit from. Lets face it, there is nothing found on a BMW/BENZ that either manufacturer isnt capable of doing themselves but combining it might make it perfect.

— E39Sleeper (View Profile)

Posted on 8/27/2007 6:42:43 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: -1   

oh, and as far a build quality. I think BMW offers a very high Build quality. If alot of people actually spend the time to research what goes into some of the cars they talk about so much as apposed to just looking at a picture and making an assumption, they would know that both companies uses very high build quality. Its not just about a million buttons, fancy lights and switches.

— E39Sleeper (View Profile)

Posted on 8/27/2007 6:46:55 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 0   

"the"

— mikeydred20 (View Profile)

Posted on 8/27/2007 7:58:51 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 2   

Please GOD NO!!! Don't let MB ruin BMW!!! - Wait...I'm sure they'd do just as great a job with BMW as they did with Chrysler...

— BMW740Z4 (View Profile)

Posted on 8/27/2007 8:13:23 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 0   

I can think of a LOT of reasons to improve a Mercedes to be more like a BMW than vice versa.

So this would be great for Mercedes, but why would this be good for BMW?

— indoctrin8ed (View Profile)

Posted on 8/27/2007 8:16:20 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 0   

thank for the month old news.

— Larry (View Profile)

Posted on 8/27/2007 11:05:09 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 1   

I agree. The possibilities are endless!

— Mercedes (View Profile)

Posted on 8/28/2007 7:46:21 AM | reply to this comment | Votes: 1   

I certainly think its possible, we'll just see if the heads of state can agree and most importantly, can they put thier egos aside.

— E39Sleeper (View Profile)

Posted on 8/28/2007 10:29:34 AM | reply to this comment | Votes: 1   

The only partnership I want between these two companies is one that would see Mercedes adopt the BMW in-line six engine for the C- and E-Class and BMW adopt the unique seats of the S-Class across the entire BMW product line.

— EnnNorak (View Profile)

Posted on 8/28/2007 9:02:07 AM | reply to this comment | Votes: 1   

We might see the new 2015 BMW-BENZ S750-Li sedan. We wont call them bimmers anymore they will be benzers.

— BentleyGT (View Profile)

Posted on 8/28/2007 7:56:45 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 1