@ Tycoon: And the 7er/6er Bangle-butt has been stolen from the Maybach Concept (BMW Z9 is 1999)...

And Mercedes-Benz created (often with the help of Bosch) the Adaptative Cruise control, the Keyless Go, the ABS, ESP, Airbag, adaptative seats...

Mercedes invented the safety cell, the safety-steering, the safety door-lockers...

The first two real cars in the world are 1886 Benz and 1886 Daimler, the first diesel is a Mercedes-Benz..

Don't you think it is quite ridiculous? Fanboy fight like Rob said.

I only thought it was worth mentionning, especially because a lot of Beemer fans kept saying the S-Class is only a copy of the 7er, which is not true.n Some elements are inspired, of course, but that's all. And some elements of Mercedes inspired the Beemer.

Don't begin a war about that and who copied who. I only said Mercedes DID NOT copy the iDrive from BMW. Period.
If you want to speak about who invented what you'd better be from the Mercedes side, that's fact. But that is not the point here.