So you justify your comments by the even worse comments of others? Yes, there can plenty of swearing and rudeness in these car newsgroups but that doesn't mean you have to add to it.
Your piffle below does not merit any detailed reply (a shame, since you started the thread quite interestingly). I have to remind (inform) you that the Merc C-Class is a top-selling vehicle in Germany (no. 2 or 3) and therefore driven by a cross-section of the car-driving population. Similar applies to BMW 3. These cars are all a dime a dozen where I live in London. Even Saab (GM) tried the 'exclusivity in the company car park' angle but where I live the 'rare' cabrios are often seen. Probably because they are cheaper than the nearest BMW and Merc equivalents.
At one stage the average age of the BMW driver was a bit lower than than of the Merc driver but I suggest that had more to do with the higher prices of the Merc entry models. This changed with the 190 / C-Class and now the A-Class.
BMW was very clever in marketing the two-door cars as something special and charging more for them, something that others have copied.
Neither Merc nor BMW have any exclusivity whatsoever unless one has the very big engines or the big bodies. However, as you may know, big cars (and big-engined) ones depreciate much more rapidly that smaller ones, so it is possible to buy a used E-Class or BMW 5 for a reasonable price. Just a decision on insurance and running costs has to be made.
Audi has managed to acquire a great image in the UK a long time ago whereas in Germany it was for years still just a jumped-up Volkswagen. However, product quality has apparently risen so far that Audi deserves to be spoken of in the same breath as Merc and BMW. Personally I find the shape boring, even if the A8 is imposing, but that is just a personal opinion.
Maybe you buy the ads. Ultimate Driving Machine. Vorsprung durch Technik (Audi). Fine. Buy a subscription for the house publications.
DAS
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