Mercedes Rule: Yukon Find Politics Anywhere
March 19, 2006 at 7:04 pm
Political junkies will love the ending to auto columnist Warren Brown’s comparison of the 2007 Mercedes Benz GL-Class SUV to the GMC Yukon:
“They are red state vs. blue state, certainly in attitude, if not location. They are hoot-and-holler good old boys versus preppy bluebloods from the right side of the tracks. One drinks beer. The other sips wine. The GMC Yukon is for the former. The 335-horsepower, all-wheel-drive GL-Class with its standard stitched pleather (vinyl “leather”) instrument panel and optional off-road package is for the latter. Together, the two vehicles are motorized proof of class warfare in the United States.”
Talk about your rack-and-opinion steering …
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