It seems the rejuvenation of the (Mercedes-Benz) product lineup has been quite successful, which means financials at Mercedes-Benz this year should be subject to drastic improvement. I guess these guys will be good for at least one or two earnings surprises.

Both manufacturers are profiting from strongly rejuvenated product lines. Demand in the overall car market is rather restrained.

The Mercedes-Benz brand is doing very well, but we knew what to expect from these numbers as we were given a good of idea of what to expect at the eight-month stage.

The other suspects jumped into a white Mercedes Benz, which was parked nearby.

My most memorable moment was seeing a Mercedes Benz trash truck. They had Mercedes Benz' over there for everything -- taxi-drivers -- it was just a normal car over there. That was crazy to me; to see the trash men pull up in a Benz. I never would have expected that.

A black Mercedes Benz 450 SL pulled up. It was your classic hood auto beloved of terrorists, pimps and African dictators.