Source: Jalopnik

Wow... pretty lame marketing from MB. I'm a little dissapointed.

I'm not sure that's actually THE Rolling Stones' R-class from Mercedes.
Decals and rims aren't stock and there's also decal with something with motorsport.com on it.
Definately not Mercedes kind of style by modifying their cars.

look at the stand its on...the plasma TV has the stock r-class on it...thers a mercedes poster and SUV behind it...they could have got someone to do it for them...but it seems like it is for mercedes

I think it shows how intense the competition is in every market sector. In this case MB having identified a market sector which at least I myself would not have thought of when thinking about buying cars.
Since the Rolling Stones have managed to win a cross generational following unlike any other R&R band, it is still interesting that MB thinks that they could sell cars by linking one of their models to the band. I would have to think that if this works, the customers would be by and large from the original hard-core fanbase from the sixties. When attending their latest concert in Madison Square Garden, I did notice a huge gathering around aN R-class car at the arena.

beyond tacky!!

that is not the rolling stones R .. well it might have been before they destroyed it.. but it doesent come like that from MB.. no way..

Already ugly car even more ugly.

Come on guys, whey are talking about this? It was a promotional vehicles just like the bat-out-hell C-Class hatch that made the autoshow rounds a few years back. Mercedes doesn't sell a special edition R beside the Saks Fifth Avenue model, which is much more tame.

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Word!