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Mercedes-Benz GLK and Audi A6 / S6 / RS6 Lemon Odds and Nada Odds for the Year Ending June 30, 2018
An asterisk (*) marks results based on small sample sizes.
| Year | Make/Model | Nada Odds per 100 Cars | Lemon Odds per 100 Cars | ||
| 36 vehicles, 11.6 months per vehicle, 23800 miles driven2016 | Audi A6 / S6 | [?] | see reported repairs | ||
| 36 vehicles, 11.6 months per vehicle, 23800 miles driven | |||||
| 40 vehicles, 11.7 months per vehicle, 63600 miles driven First year of the C7 A6. Includes A7. Has required more repairs recently.2012 |
Audi A6 | [?] | see reported repairs | ||
| 40 vehicles, 11.7 months per vehicle, 63600 miles driven First year of the C7 A6. Includes A7. Has required more repairs recently. |
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| 28 vehicles, 11.6 months per vehicle, 46200 miles driven2014 | Audi A6 / S6 | Join or sign in to view | see reported repairs | ||
| 28 vehicles, 11.6 months per vehicle, 46200 miles driven | |||||
| 28 vehicles, 11.6 months per vehicle, 57100 miles driven Includes A7 / S7.2013 |
Audi A6 / S6 | Join or sign in to view | see reported repairs | ||
| 28 vehicles, 11.6 months per vehicle, 57100 miles driven Includes A7 / S7. |
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TrueDelta Reviews the Brand Reputation of the Mercedes-Benz GLK
| Mercedes-Benz GLK Brand Reputation: Pros | ||
| Year | Comment | |
| 2013 | The smaller the Mercedes, the more heavily it tends to trade on the three-pointed star. So the #1 reason to consider a GLK250 carries over from the GLK350 review (text from the previous review in italics): I don't personally put much stock in brands, with cars or anything else. But each time I have a Mercedes-Benz for a week the continuing power of the marque has been unavoidable. Audi and BMW now command similar prices, but haven't yet acquired the same mystique. They probably never will for people born before 1980. Until the final years of the twentieth century, Audis were largely ignored as troublesome, modestly upgraded VWs and BMW was mostly known for the compact, still semi-affordable 3-Series. Neither could hold a candle to the company that invented the mass-produced automobile and that has been strongly associated with large, top-shelf automobiles ever since. Gayla (the site's programmer, my wife) is not a car person. Her take on the GLK: "Of course it's a good car, it's a Mercedes." Some of my friends who are more into cars--and who own competing makes--similarly employ a different tone when asking about "the Mercedes." They could afford one, so why don't they own one? Partly because the brand's mystique cuts both ways. They're not interested in making such a strong status statement. Can even a compact crossover make a strong status statement? Mercedes-Benz has done its best to make this so--check out the size of the three-pointed star on the GLK's grille. see full Mercedes-Benz GLK review | |
What Our Members Are Saying about the Brand Reputation of the Mercedes-Benz GLK
| Mercedes-Benz GLK Brand Reputation: Pros | ||
| Year | Body/Powertrain | Comment |
| 2010 | 4dr SUV 268-horsepower 3.5L V6 7-speed shiftable automatic AWD |
Trickle-down reputation from the more expensive M-Bs. see full Mercedes-Benz GLK review |
What Our Members Are Saying about the Brand Reputation of the Audi A6 / S6 / RS6
| Audi A6 / S6 / RS6 Brand Reputation: Pros | ||
| Year | Body/Powertrain | Comment |
| 2011 | 4dr Sedan supercharged 300hp 3.0L V6 6-speed shiftable automatic AWD |
Best styling/design in the car business. Looks much better than M-B & BMW, and performs on par (or better) than their equivalent models. see full Audi A6 / S6 / RS6 review |
| 2005 | 4dr Sedan 255-horsepower 3.1L V6 6-speed shiftable automatic AWD |
The Audi brand is perceived as being cool and understated beauty, and most importantly it is different enough to not be classified as an aggressive driver that cuts people off. ie. BMW see full Audi A6 / S6 / RS6 review |
