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Originally Posted by spitfire6000
This is one thing that i never really understood.
Benz easily mass produces silky smooth cars like the CL55 and 65 which have over 500 horses and over 520 torque and over 700 torque on the 65 model and all of that coming from supercharged V8s.
With bmw, the best they can do with a V10 is a little over 500hp and torque numbers in the 300s.
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I hate to be rude, but this is a stupid observation. The CL55 starts at 121K and the CL65 @ approx. 180K. I suppose you are comparing these cars to the M6, which will probably have a base price around 90K. Gee... for 30 - 90K more I better get "better" numbers. BTW- Ferrari out performs BMW as well why not throw them in the mix too.
I think the real issue here is a business decision. MB feels they can profitably play in the 150K+ space and BMW chooses for the most part to stay south of 100K. MB may feel the cache associated with the exotic model drives sales of more mundane vehicles like the e class and the c class.