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      07-18-2019, 02:27 PM   #135
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Originally Posted by Viffermike View Post
Exactly ... though by some measures, the gap is not that wide:

Mercedes' parent company: Daimler AG
BMW's parent company: BMW Group
Daimler AG 2018 gross revenue, worldwide: 167B Euro
BMW AG 2018 gross revenue, worldwide: 98.5B Euro


Laki021 : Move away from the keyboard and learn about economies of scale and the automotive industry in general before posting such an ignorant statement. It'll save you some grief.
you dont think 68.5 billion euros is not that big of a gap? i would be happy to have 0.1% of that in my bank account. The larger market cap would allow mercedes to get more funding for R&D, manufacturing and other costs. Keep in mind, cars costs billions to develop and take 5yr or more years to see a return on investment. Thats a lot of money to float for 5yrs.

Both companies are small but mercedes probably had access to more resources to execute some their current successes versus BMW with a smaller pool of funds.

This also means BMW has a lot less room for mistakes.
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