Interesting. Most of the worst are the preppy status symbol manufacturers. Expensive to buy and expensive to own.
Ah, I am just a working class fool so what would I know?
I have to laugh, decades ago the Audi was ridiculed for being the quintessential “lose half it’s value when leaving the lot car.
Still a POS it appears.
BNW does not surprise, see newer one being flat-bedded to the local dealer all the time.
No, you are correct.
The life cycle goes from someone happy to part with lots of money, then realizing they have a car that is extremely difficult to get fixed and needs intensive maintenance, finding the dealership network is very limited, then selling at a loss.
Then someone snaps up a cool European car at bargain rates, then realizes the same thing as did the first owner.
Finally some young guy buys the car for a song thinking he’ll fix it up and have a cool ride. He sets it under a tarp until he can earn the gobs of money needed to get it running right.
Then it either sits and rusts or goes to the scrapyard.
The ONLY European vehicle maker that has a good dealer network doesn’t sell cars. They make motorcycles and their name is KTM.