I don't think we're far apart at all. I find that sometimes it's harder to get a point across clearly online versus face to face. I'll keep an eye on the place issue on my car, when my wife gives it back to me
... guess I never noticed it hanging low, my memory swears it's centered vertically on the bumper. Guess I'd better look again. Today my Mrs goes to DMV to apply for our vanity plates, I'll let ya know what we wind up with
.. NH Vanity plates are only $25 a year, which explains why we see so many in our little state!
They'd be foolish to kill off the PT Cruiser, considering it's one of their top selling models. Daimler can't promote their way out of a paper bag, though, they have no conception of how the American market works; if they advertised the car more it'd sell more, they can't depend on buzz anymore. I read one reviewer who stated that the PT needed to compete among "regular" cars now, not just as a retro craze car. I think it competes very well against "regular" cars - that's why I bought it. But DC doesn't seem to realize that.
How can you go from a company that sells what's essentially a niche car for high income individuals to an entire line that sells at least 10 times what MB does and have a clue how to market to that market? They sometimes don't even seem to realize (or have forgotten) that the Japanese luxury marques have already eaten up a lot of their MB market share. Or if they did, did they think it would be different in lower priced markets where the margin is thinner per vehicle? Duh. This ain't Europe, folks.