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Originally Posted by CD5Passion
do you have a reference when you say they don't make money? because SMart is supposed to be a fairly popular company in europe. not to mention that SMart, which stands for Swatch-Mercedes Art, is the brain child of Swatch products and Mercedes-Benz. Needless to say Mercedes makes a damn good amount of flow.
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I dont have any documentation for this. However a friend of mine worls for mercedes was explaining their situation. They lose money in the making of the cars, they have such 'green' practices that for example there is no A/C in the building. So when it gets over 100f they either pay extra or shut the factory down.
He explained to me the lose about 15-20% on each car. They are attempting to correct the problem but it hasn't happen.
This is why for example in Canada there is only one version of the car available. They have decided not to roll the others out and focus on one vehicle.
This source has given me very good information prioviously so I deam it accurate. Side note VW is in major trouble in the US.