WSJ - CEO Joe Eberhardt's Mission: Shift Chrysler Out of Reverse

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<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR> The company even started putting cup holders in its cars, a feature long-disdained by German engineers. Mercedes tripled its sales in the U.S. during the 1988-99 period. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

Believe it or not, that was one of the hidden reasons why I left Mercedes after 20 years of MB ownership, they were so arrogant they refused to add a cup holder in their cars. When they finally added the cup holder around 91-92, they were so poorly designed which rendered them totally useless.

BTW, Hummer cup holders are okay, not that easy to use. They are located on the opposit side of the shifter, sometimes very hard to pull the cup out, and they do not hold JUMBO size Icee cup which I love. Driving on highway 5 at 1AM while my wife was sleeping, I spent a minute trying to get that Coke cup out of the cup holder, ended up splashed Coke droplets all over the cockpit. A minor point not worth mentioning before but one I certainly use very often and cannot give high marks to.