Yaz

I was surprised to see a B-Class roaming the streets of New York City today. At first I thought it was a Scion! I squinted at the back when the car passed me from behind and realize it was an MB when I saw the MB star on the back. There was no badge on the back.

I remember there was a shot of a B-Class and the R-Class in Alabama in the old GCF forum. But it might have been there for further tests or maybe it was used by the Alabama factory.


Now, do you guys think MBUSA will introduce it to the US market? Which car will this thing compete against? Will it damage MB’s image in the US? Any thoughts will be appreciated.

Merc1

I doubt the B-Class will ever come to the U.S. at least I hope it doesn't. I don't know what it would compete with. I think they'd like too, but Mercedes needs to concentrate on premium products, not trying to set the sales charts afire with cheapo models like the B-Class, IMO.

M

Osnabrueck

No B-Klasse in the States. Aint happenin'.

cawimmer430

Might have been a Canadian enjoying NYC.

The B-Class wasn't very convincing to me from a driving POV. The A-Class beats it by a wide margin. Anyway, there's no way MB will bring the B-Class to the US. It just doesn't fit into the US market. That's what the bigger and more powerful R-Class is there for I suppose.

Yaz

Guess what Chris, I saw another one today, it was a B200. This time I followed it and made sure I snapped at least one pic with my cell
But this one had an ontario license plate. I am 100% sure that the first one I saw had a manufacturer license plate though.
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BMW_Dude

I would be surprised if the B class went on sale, mainly because you can't get V6 engines in it, correct me if I'm wrong but I believed that you couldn't get anything smaller than a V6 in a merc in America!

Mr. Mercedes

I hope NOT!

The B would only dilute and damage MB's reputation in the US. Americans seem to have a different take on prestige/luxury compared to most other world markets. The B would never be accepted as a true Mercedes, and in many many ways rightfully so.

siko

They sell them up here in Canada... nothing to get excited about if you ask me.

warot

I don't have a problem with Benz selling the B-class.... I think that that would work better than introducing Smart actually.

MB_AD

Whats wrong with B-class i think it's a higher class of cheap cars and i will take it over any small japanese car.