Isibini esikwi-vacouver sibhenele kwinkundla, sityhola i-Automaketise kwi-Mercedes yabo entsha-ye-Bez ye-senz yayiyingozi ebomini.
Kwiminyaka emithathu eyadlulayo, uDatong omncinci kunye ne-geifean ho uthenge i-Mercedes entsha-benz ye-160,000 yeedola. Emva kwexesha elifutshane, ivili lokuqhuba latsiba izihlandlo ezininzi ngaphambi kokuba imoto ibe unyaka. Kwi-S550, esi sibini siqhuba malunga ne-6 500 km kuyo ngaphambi kokuba kuvezwe ingxaki kuqala. Ukusukela ngo-Epreli ngo-2018, iSedan imele kwindawo yokupaka.
Ngaphantsi konyaka emva kokuthengwa kwevili lokuqhuba litshatile ngelixa beqhuba, kodwa umthengisi waseMerdedes-Benz Benz Benz Benz Benz Benz Benz Benz Benz waseMez Cestmond akafumananga ukuphambuka kwezobugcisa. Amaxwebhu ezomthetho, ngokuchaseneyo, kuphikisana ukuba umthengisi akakhange alungiselele imoto ngokufanelekileyo.
Nangona imoto ingakhange yenziwe nakuphi na ukuphononongwa eCanada, uMercedes Dowdrew inani leemoto eUnited States ngenxa yeengxaki ezinamatyala, kubandakanya imodeli ye-S-1 ukuya ku-2019. Kwinkcazo yocingo, i-torisela itshitshiwe kwinkqubo yokuqhuba kunye nokubakho okukhoyo kokugcuma, okuya kukhokelela ekuphulukaneni nevili lokuqhuba le-hydraulic. Ingxelo yatsho ukuba iMercedes-Benz USA kufuneka azise abanini, bahlola izinto zobumbeke kwaye "zibeke endaweni yoko, mahala."
Nangona kunjalo, uJan wathi kwi-ofisi yaseMercedes yaseMercedes eRichmond ibonelela ngesibini okanye iqhubeke ukuqhuba imoto okanye ithengise. Kodwa uJan wathi akayi kuqhuba le sedan, kuba yayisoyika ukuba ukuqhwaba kunokwabuya, kodwa uziva ngathi akanakukwazi ukuyithengisa ngokungathi kunjalo kubanini abathile.
Emva koko wagqiba kwelokuba aqhakamshele kwikomkhulu laseMercedes eJamani, apho waxelelwa ukuba imoto irhoxisiwe kwaye ilungiswe.
Ekuqaleni kuka-2019, esi sibini sifaka isimangalo kwiNkundla ePhakamileyo yeBritish Columbia kuMerdes-Benz Canada yomonakalo, kubandakanya nelahleko yokukwazi ukusebenzisa imoto. Ityala alikadluli enkundleni, kodwa uJan wathi kubalulekile kuye ukuba ingxaki iqinisekisiwe kwaye ayiyisuswanga kuphela kukhuseleko losapho lwayo, kodwa nokukhuseleka kwabanini.