yes Mike, the story on the street was that MB was trying to figure out how to market their SLK that was 10 or more higher than the Cross, and forwhatever reason the Cross was a better auto at the time, even using off the shelf old parts. Quandry. Plus the political infighting of the MB staff, pushing their own stuff over the integrated stuff and well, the Cross became the red headed child of the family and died a death that shouldn't have happened. There werealot of egos involved, and I think that was primarily the reason more than anything. So basically that story was right on. A real mess to begin with, made worse.