Interesting you framed the question the way you did. In my case, I bought the Xfire because of my experience with Mercedes. If this car was not a SLK under the skin I would not have bought it. I learned a lesson many years ago. Looks are only skin deep. If you treat a mercedes well, it will run for many, many miles. The quality of the engineering is really very good but let me be the first to add that Mercedes has some problems but they do stand behind their products. The quality of their service is superb and your car is well treated. I can't say the same about my experience with Chrysler. I would say the opposite is true when it comes to Chrysler. I would NEVER buy another Chrysler based on my experience with them and my Xfire.

PS I would not give up my Xfire.