Crazy, impossible future project idea?

[Nick M3]

Originally Posted by robg

Interesting- what were some of the changes that were made in the interest of "value engineering"? I supposed by the late 90s (with the introduction of the W210), MB was well on their way to cost cutting. But I hadn't really considered how/if it affected some of their older over-engineered models still in production

IN reading the article, it reminded me that some high end German cars from this era had a power rear view mirror. I dont think any current vehicles have this feature anymore. I think the e34 540 also had it iirc.

They cut the price dramatically for, I think, '99. They cut it so dramatically that they they gave my Mom a $15,000 "store credit" for her next Mercedes. The most noticeably change was that they went from a noticeably nicer 4 valve V8 to a 3 valve and eliminated the 6 cylinder. I don't know when the suspension got softened up, but I wouldn't be surprised if that happened at the same time.

The VE doesn't matter so much for the V12, which traded at a gigantic premium.