[chassis]

Mercedes is inching closer and closer to rubbish.

The X/V167 launch was/is a flop. The 48V system across several platforms is a flop. The W223 S-Class is still in its early days, but the 48V system could be its 800 lb gorilla.

All MB V8s have fatal flaws that commonly occur at fewer than 100k miles.

One of the more recent 4 cylinder engines is developing a reputation for cracking pistons in fewer than 100k miles, a fatal flaw.

Hard to believe, really, that MB could be as bad as it is from a reliability point of view.