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Originally Posted by gatorfast
Exactly. The vast majority of people can either not afford a car like a 911 or don't have a place in their life for a small and somewhat impractical sports car like a 718 or 911. People want SUVs which can be driven every day in all environments and haul and people/stuff they require. It's great that Porsche has been so successful with their SUV line which has allowed them to continue to create incredible sports cars.
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Yes, agree. I like the way Porsche has entered the SUV and EV segments, compared with the way MB has done it. The Macan and Cayenne in my opinion carry the Porsche DNA well.
With MB, the GLE does an adequate job, and possibly the GLS. MB owners debate the credibility of the GLS as the "S-Class of SUVs". It's not.
The GLC is so-so.
The GLA and GLB are horribly cheap, share a platform with another brand (GLA) and do not carry the MB brand DNA. It's another example of MB's downward spiral into model proliferation and and starving their core models of investment because resources are being siphoned into EVs. MB's reliability was never what people thought it was, and today is it worse and headed in an unfavorable direction.
MB is harvesting the cash cow which is their brand, by hollowing out formerly very good models and introducing entry level models that are simply the least bad offerings in their segments. Porsche on the other hand seems to be navigating their product portfolio fairly well.