Talk:Grosser Mercedes

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The term Grosser Mercedes', more correctly Großer Mercedes" is in Germany always meant to be in comparison. Generally it has been in use since the sort of late 1960's or erarly 1970s, when there appeared the "small" Mercedes series compared to the "big" ones.

Generally the expression was used top compare somebody who drives a Mercedes, of the "upper middle class" ("Obere Mittelklasse" / UK expression maybe something like "family saloon") offerings, today's Mercedes E-Class, to somebody who drove a "big" Mercedes, meaning a driver of the "Upper Class" (Oberklasse / Luxury Saloon), ie. what is today the Mercedes S-Class

Here is a list in official Daimler-Benz nomenclature:

Origin of "Grosser" = "600"
Jeremy clarkson from Top Gear, who at some stage was pretty good and funny, but who these days rather is merely decadent and verging on a rhyming slang equivalent of his pronunciation of "Grosser" (correct would be "Grohhhsser", not "Grosssser") explaining his 600 in a comparison with May's Roller Corniche as a Mercedes 600 Grosser. His use of Grosser can also be gleaned from his Times article. It is simply wrong and clueless. The XL bodied 600s of Mercedes were never called the "grosse Mercedes", but rather referred to as the state limo (Staatskarosse).

This "disambiguation" is simply trying to legitimize a totally incorrect "Clarksonism" and it simply should be removed.

BTW, this disambig dating from April 2008 gives ity away - else it might have been done years ago, when the big 600s were still somewhat fresher in memory.

Oalexander-En (talk) 12:38, 25 December 2008 (UTC)