stanley000:
It's even an insult to compare lexus or those Japanese nonsense to Benz. It's every obvious that many don't own one. In terms or speed, reliability, driver friendly, AC and other stuffs man Benz is the best and they have successfully maintained that reputation for more than 3 decades. Which day Toyota and lexus even came on board. Look if yahooboys are driving Benz and u don't like it then say that you don't. But for say u come dey downgrade a standard built from a company that even goes as far as jailing their employees for trying to compromise quality, e be like u done dey mad!!!!

rapper12:

Dude the bolded are the problem of most Mercedes cars. They are built to be complicated not sophisticated at the end of the day end up having a lot of reliability issues.

Should I tell you that Toyota introduced reverse camera, electric hybrid, 6 CD loaders and so many other tech. Toyota introduced the 4runner a whole two years before the first ever four wheel drive Mercedes and gave it a marketing name called 4matic. Toyota is

In terms of complexity and innovation, give it to Toyota and Tesla. Mercedes, as hyped as they are, are not as half as innovative as ordinary Nissan. They just like making fancy cars and copying BMW, thats all. You can use your Google to find out things yourself.

antagonist:
lol, it is funny how all Benz or nothing gang have owned 100 different Benz models

over engineered piece of crap living on past overrated glory

RZArecta2:
For op to still mention Sienna shows he’s not even a regular on these streets (topic is supposed to be in car talk section), that’s aside. In SS1 economics, we were taught about scale of preference in layman’s terms, using your money to buy what’s important to you at any given time. If anyone decides to buy a Benz, that’s their business not yours, they didn’t steal your money to buy it, they know what they saw in it, our parents/grandparents were tripped by 504’s and Volkswagen Beetle, the world is turning, in the West it’s Tesla and other electric vehicles. Let people enjoy this their one life, it’s not your business biko

Neoteny:
Yes they're

Especially modern ones

Check any authority on cars and you'll see Mercs plummeting on the reliability index.

BMW is still the preferred German car, Audi is rising rapidly despite some faltering steps with their penchant for overengineering.

They've confused their product lines now from the clean classes where you know what segment the S, E, C, A, G and their AMG variants fit, to a frankly colossal mess with cars in classes looking or functioning like cars in other classes.

What the hell, I don't even like Mercs.....so why am i even here?

rapper12:

Landcruiser and Mercedes G55 (Gwagon)
Hilux and Mercedes X or whatever they call that their female truck.

rapper12:
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Exactly what is expected of Benz or nothing kids.

I hope you know, the owner of that blog Somtoo Okoye bought a 3m car and gave to his mother 2 years ago when you haven't bought your first iTel to browse nairaland? https://www.nairaland.com/4264674/somtoo-okoye-buys-n3m-lexus

And you think he cannot not afford to import an accidented 1.5m Mercedes C300 from Canada that every small boy out there drives?

Don't worry, when you're 18 years old and earned enough money to buy your first car, you will see why people buy and drive Toyota Corolla.

laptopsale:
Coming from an uninformed blogger, Mercedes-Benz has a competitor for every category including a match for Rolls Royce.
Presently Benz owned the record of the fastest car as they broke the previously set record, and Volkswagen is presently the highest selling car not Toyota.

LiveByNight:


See poor hungry Corolla uber drivers talking about Benz?

Better go and pray for deliverance

antagonist:


i suggest you stand in the middle of 3rd mainland bridge and ask your Benz people to drive full speed at you

I can suggest it with full confidence because I know they will all break down before they reach and hit you

hahaha

DesChyko:
I was hoping to see a factual analysis of the subject matter but the emotion behind the delivery of this piece muddled up the subject matter.

It's a little incomprehensible how one harbours this much distaste for a car brand like a rival salesman with a morbid sense of competitive spirit

rapper12:

Hey little kid, I bet you don't know that while Mercedes was busy copying BMW dashboard, Nissan Leaf became the best-selling electric car in some countries and won so many innovative awards.

But who am I to advise a Benz or nothing kid, the other one said that Landcruiser Prado is escorting Mercedes S class. He didn't know PA to the owner of that Sclass(Buhari) was backing it up with a Toyota just in case it breaks down on the road

Under his very own eyes he didn't even realize that for one VIP that accidentally buys a refurbished Mercedes CLA called the Sclass, 1000 more use Landcruiser and Lexus. He even admitted mistakenly that you must own a Prado even if you unfortunately buy an S class just to make sure you have a real car to drive once the German matchbox starts misbehaving.

rapper12:
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Shut up let me educate you.

Which Mercedes is a match for Rolls Royce in prestige? Is it the overpriced Mercedes S550 Maybach. What? My brother don't let yahoo boys confuse you o. Don't tell me you think having a similar-shaped car in the same price category means the two of them are match. Please don't.

Which Mercedes is a match for Toyota Landcuiser, Hilux and Lexus LX570?

UN convoys, USA Army and most government VIPs will not touch a Mercedes Benz even if its the only car in the market. These elite do not play with Toyota Landcruiser and Hilux. Even Boko Haram and ISIS use Hilux and Landcruiser for their battle.


Talking about speed, the only speed record Mercedes broke is the speed that they use in copying BMW cars. Or is it the speed that their new cars use in getting electrical issues that you're talking about?

If you are talking about Formular One, those things are not street legal cars. Those heavily-modified racing machines are not recognized as cars neither do they determine the company that has the fastest cars.

When we are talking about fastest cars, Nurburgring lap times are officially used to measure the fastest street-legal unmodified cars not revved up cyborgs used by racers. Mercedes is not even close to top 10.

Also shut up. Toyota is the highest selling and most popular brand in the world both in number of sales and revenue for over a decade and currently. No contest. Volkswagen is the parent company with the biggest sales (if you add up their Audi, Volkswagen, Porsche, Bentley, Lambo and other sales).

And your Benz is not in top 10.

soul95:


Don't confuse reliability with cheapness. Mercedes cars are extremely durable. We still have G wagons from the late 70s and Mercedes 200s from the early 80s. I know someone who owns a 1992 Benz 190, that car rarely breaks down, its all due to regular service checks.
That car has a warranty clause that of it Eve capsizes without direct impact, the company will send a replacement! Now beat that!
I have driven an infinity fx35, Camry pencil light, Honda EOD and a Benz 190, trust me the most stable o. The road was the fx (due to one of its special shape, but the car felt so light), then you talk about the Benz, (super balance, raw feel). Then talk about the interior, the durability of the finishing, the ambience, luxury is not about fancy blinking gadgets. You can drive a 1970s Mercedes gull wing and still feel real Luxury.

Mercedes Benz knows how to engineer their cars well. Toyota cars are produced for the masses and they are cheaper that is why they will always have higher sales (of recent in 2017 and 2018, Mercedes have become the highest selling brand) but don't ever compare it to a Benz. The OP is uniformed, the Benz "hype" is not a Nigerian thing,all over the world starting from the late 60s with the introduction of the Mercedes "gull wing" and the then SEL class, Benz has always been a status symbol representing success and power. The "Benz boys " in Nigeria are even late to the party.

Which car brand has provided more presidential vehicles than Benz?

See Mercedes is an amazing car. You just need money to regularly maintain it and you will have no issues.

And please don't mention Toyota and Mercedes on one sentence again

Hustlersdiary:


Pick one Mercedes model and a Toyota/Lexus model of same year let's compare. No time for long talks.

ejihand:


@rapper12, has raised many issues bordering on Benz. Why are you masturbating on "reliability" alone?

The op has raised alot of strong, genuine and compelling points. I'm yet to see anyone engage him constructively.

Most of these guys claiming to have owned "Benz" car only had in dreams. At Best, they might have driven their uncle Benz for errands. For them, all about Benz is the it's logo and white color.

I strongly believe that op knows it's onions. Peace!!

rapper12:
Source, more pictures: https://somto.com/are-mercedes-benz-cars-over-hyped-and-overrated-in-nigeria/

Linsigne:
If only you know toyota achievement, you won't even talk about benz. World leading brand is Toyota. Why do u think terrorists make use of it. The world's best suv is lexus. Especially lx570 . Simple arithmetic pour water in ur Mercedes Benz engine and Toyota engine let's see the survivor

Benwallt:
you are definitely one of the kalahare ppl. Volkswagen? It is Toyota(Lexus)

adanny01:


The problem is that it is beaten at every important category by other brands