{"version":"1.0.0","episode":{"title":"Vintage Mercedes Benz: Are Younger Enthusiasts Buying them?","url":"http://getcarcurious.com/episodes/vintage-mercedes-benz-are-younger-enthusiasts-buying-them","audioUrl":"https://anchor.fm/s/eec4f574/podcast/play/108973486/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2025-8-29%2F408351708-44100-2-69d34f4c12f29.m4a","description":"We are recording from Analog & Grit’s Sunday Grit. Mercedes Benz owners Christopher and Shelby join the show along with Mainstay Dylan to discuss what the brand means to them. Is a younger generation of car enthusiasts buying classic Mercedes’? What makes the Mercedes l-Benz brand so special and what is its impact on the automotive industry? \n"},"annotations":[{"startTime":60.0,"endTime":79.0,"type":"car","title":"Mercedes-Benz Sclass","url":"/cars/mercedes-benz/s-class","image":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2d/MERCEDES-BENZ_S-CLASS_%28V221%29_China.jpg","quote":"Let's send why you own them, so we'll start with Mr. Christopher. I have a 1986-560 SEC. That was my uncle's originally special ordered back in 85. It's been in the family since new. I have a 93-192 E and an 88-300 E. The 190 E is very special to me. I grew up around it my whole life. My grandma had one from new that was supposed to be mine, but unfortunately I got an accident and got totaled. So I was on the search for about 10 years. You said the SEC, so one you have here today, right? That's the two-door, pretty much S-class. It's the S-class of the 80s, correct? Nice. I like that car a lot. You keep it clean, too. Do my best. You're a big fan of keeping the car original and unrestored. Correct, as much as possible. Yeah, so shed some light on that. Why is that? I just see it as, I mean, that's how the car was supposed to be back in the 80s, 90s, whenever it was produced and sold. I just feel like that's how it should stay, quite honestly. Yes, my 190 does have a bit of modifications, but nothing that's too crazy.","canonicalId":"car:mercedes-benz:s-class","priority":0.7,"confidence":1.0,"source":"fuzzy","data":{"imageAttribution":"Dinkun Chen (CC BY-SA 4.0)"}},{"startTime":271.0,"endTime":279.0,"type":"car","title":"Nissan Maxima","url":"/cars/nissan/maxima","image":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fd/NISSAN_MAXIMA_China.jpg","quote":"... girls, right? And then I got my grandpa's Nissan Maxima. And I had that up until a while. And then I was ...","canonicalId":"car:nissan:maxima","priority":0.5,"confidence":1.0,"source":"fuzzy","data":{"imageAttribution":"Dinkun Chen (CC BY-SA 4.0)"}},{"startTime":542.0,"endTime":554.0,"type":"car","title":"G-Class G Wagon","url":"/cars/mercedes-benz/g-class","image":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/14/MERCEDES-BENZ_G-CLASS_%28W463%29_China.jpg","quote":"...hat the second most produced body style after the G wagon. And they look generally the same with the except...","canonicalId":"car:g-class:","priority":0.5,"confidence":1.0,"source":"fuzzy","data":{"imageAttribution":"Dinkun Chen (CC BY-SA 4.0)"}},{"startTime":700.0,"endTime":715.0,"type":"car","title":"BMW M5","url":"/cars/bmw/m5","image":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/31/2018_BMW_M5_Automatic_4.4.jpg","quote":"...ant like speaking of BMW. Jace showed me that his M5 has 199 on the dot right so he's about to turn ov...","canonicalId":"car:bmw:m5","priority":0.7,"confidence":1.0,"source":"fuzzy","data":{"imageAttribution":"Vauxford (CC BY-SA 4.0)"}},{"startTime":927.0,"endTime":933.0,"type":"car","title":"BMW E39","url":"/cars/bmw/5-series","image":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a4/BMW_5_SERIES_LWB_SEDAN_%28BMW_G38%29_China.jpg","quote":"... E46 generation you know three series and the E38 E39. Like all those sedans were pretty much like well...","canonicalId":"car:bmw:5 series","priority":0.5,"confidence":1.0,"source":"fuzzy","data":{"imageAttribution":"Dinkun Chen (CC BY-SA 4.0)"}},{"startTime":927.0,"endTime":933.0,"type":"car","title":"BMW E38","url":"/cars/bmw/7-series","image":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e0/BMW%2C_IAA_2017_%281Y7A2712%29.jpg","quote":"...like E46 generation you know three series and the E38 E39. Like all those sedans were pretty much like ...","canonicalId":"car:bmw:7 series","priority":0.5,"confidence":1.0,"source":"fuzzy","data":{"imageAttribution":"MB-one (CC BY-SA 4.0)"}},{"startTime":927.0,"endTime":933.0,"type":"car","title":"BMW E46","url":"/cars/bmw/3-series","image":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/47/BMW_3_SERIES_E90_China.jpg","quote":"... the late 90s early 2000s. Turn it a century like E46 generation you know three series and the E38 E39....","canonicalId":"car:bmw:3 series","priority":0.7,"confidence":1.0,"source":"fuzzy","data":{"imageAttribution":"Dinkun Chen (CC BY-SA 4.0)"}},{"startTime":1295.0,"endTime":1303.0,"type":"car","title":"Mercedes-Benz Eclass","url":"/cars/mercedes-benz/e-class","image":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/54/Mercedes-Benz_Concept_CLA_Class%2C_IAA%2C_M%C3%BAnich%2C_Alemania%2C_2023-09-10%2C_DD_05.jpg","quote":"So maybe they'll drag something out for a little bit longer, a technology out for longer than another car company would. But if we're comparing like a e-class to like a five series or what not. I think you're going to see that like if we look at cars from the same year that the Mercedes is not going to have those same problems.","canonicalId":"car:mercedes-benz:e-class","priority":0.7,"confidence":1.0,"source":"fuzzy","data":{"imageAttribution":"Diego Delso (CC BY-SA 4.0)"}},{"startTime":1560.0,"endTime":1564.0,"type":"car","title":"Mercedes-Benz Cclass","url":"/cars/mercedes-benz/c-class","image":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ed/2016_Mercedes-Benz_C-Class%2C_Windsor%2C_Ontario%2C_2025-07-01.jpg","quote":"Because people kept them 10, 15 years, you know. So like today, oh, I'll just, the new C-class just came out. Oh, I want that one.","canonicalId":"car:mercedes-benz:c-class","priority":0.7,"confidence":1.0,"source":"fuzzy","data":{"imageAttribution":"Crisco 1492 (CC BY-SA 4.0)"}},{"startTime":1856.0,"endTime":1863.0,"type":"car","title":"Fiat 126","url":"/cars/fiat/126","image":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/89/1973_Fiat_126.jpg","quote":"...lopment. I mean, for 123s, for the R107s, for the 126s, all of those cars, Mercedes spent an insane amou...","canonicalId":"car:fiat:126","priority":0.5,"confidence":1.0,"source":"fuzzy","data":{"imageAttribution":"Calreyn88 (CC BY-SA 4.0)"}},{"startTime":2230.0,"endTime":2238.0,"type":"car","title":"Mercedes-Benz E55 AMG","url":"/cars/mercedes-benz/e55-amg","image":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/75/2004_Mercedes_E55_AMG_Auto_1.jpg","quote":"...he, also the early AMGs from the early 2000s, the E55, the C55, all of those cars. So I think maybe, yo...","canonicalId":"car:mercedes-benz:e55 amg","priority":0.5,"confidence":1.0,"source":"fuzzy","data":{"imageAttribution":"Calreyn88 (CC0)"}},{"startTime":2620.0,"endTime":2625.0,"type":"car","title":"Porsche 911","url":"/cars/porsche/911","image":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c6/2013_Porsche_911_Carrera_4S_%28991%29_%289626546987%29.jpg","quote":"...PCA. So he taught dentists how not to crash their 911s, basically. So spent a lot of time track side, an...","canonicalId":"car:porsche:911","priority":0.7,"confidence":1.0,"source":"fuzzy","data":{"imageAttribution":"David Villarreal Fernández (CC BY-SA 2.0)"}},{"startTime":2668.0,"endTime":2671.0,"type":"car","title":"Ford Mustang","url":"/cars/ford/mustang","image":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/13/1966_Ford_Mustang_coupe_white_001.jpg","quote":"...h, that was it. I just loved going fast in his 96 Mustang. 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Like, you know, there's a lot out there.","canonicalId":"car:honda:civic","priority":0.7,"confidence":1.0,"source":"fuzzy","data":{"imageAttribution":"MercurySable99 (CC BY-SA 4.0)"}},{"startTime":2792.0,"endTime":2793.0,"type":"car","title":"Holden Caprice","url":"/cars/holden/caprice","image":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e5/1991_Holden_Caprice_Armoured_Vehicle_%40_National_Motor_Museum%2C_Birdwood_20250109-120230.jpg","quote":"Wait till you see what you got. I have an 87 Caprice wagon. That was my grandpa.","canonicalId":"car:holden:caprice","priority":0.5,"confidence":1.0,"source":"fuzzy","data":{"imageAttribution":"RegionVisitor90 (CC0)"}},{"startTime":2987.0,"endTime":2988.0,"type":"car","title":"Mazda MX-5 / Miata","url":"/cars/mazda/mx-5-miata","image":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/03/1990_Mazda_MX-5_Miata%2C_front_left%2C_06-08-2024.jpg","quote":"Yeah, it is. And then lastly, Mazda Miata. Hopefully that thing might be sold.","canonicalId":"car:mazda:mx-5 / miata","priority":0.7,"confidence":1.0,"source":"fuzzy","data":{"imageAttribution":"MercurySable99 (CC BY-SA 4.0)"}}],"speakers":[{"id":"s1","name":"Victor Troia","role":"host"}],"transcripts":[{"url":"http://getcarcurious.com/episodes/vintage-mercedes-benz-are-younger-enthusiasts-buying-them/transcript.vtt","type":"text/vtt"}]}