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Mercedes R-Class -- Official Car of the Rolling Stones Tour
It seems like a demographic match made in heaven — the Mercedes-Benz R-Class and the Rolling Stones. Heck, their names even both start with R, and don't think the marketing folks over at MB would pass on this opportunity for a clever play-on-words - with its sponsorship of the Rolling Stones "A Bigger Bang" tour, MB's also launched a sweepstake dubbed "RocktheR" (nice!). The grand prize is tickets to go see the Stones in Europe via a first-class flight, and a premium hotel stay for two… with Mick Jagger. OK, just kidding about the Jagger part.
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Mal Fuller 11:16PM (12/18/2005)
Makes sense to me. "Rolling stones" are a Mercedes Benz tradition after all!
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xkred27 11:16PM (12/18/2005)
doesn't it seem like you should be able to win the, um, car/van/suv thing in the sweepstakes? Too expensive a give away?
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Joseph Willemssen 11:16PM (12/18/2005)
A fitting symbol of the Sellout Generation.
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James 11:16PM (12/18/2005)
A grocery-getter, soccer mom tour. My, how old they've gotten.
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Kyle 11:16PM (12/18/2005)
This is the poorest fit for an add campaign in recent history. There is nothing rock-n-roll about this wagon.
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tbyron 11:16PM (12/18/2005)
pathetic shills
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cardudeATL 11:16PM (12/18/2005)
It's a shame that's such an ugly vehicle...
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Don 11:16PM (12/18/2005)
At least this fits comparing to those ridiculous Ameriquest mortgage adverts the 'Stones (supposedly?) were in.
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Paul949 11:16PM (12/18/2005)
http://www.whnet.com/4x4/pix/w251_frt.jpg
in front of a R Class
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010111 11:16PM (12/18/2005)
are these things out yet? i was on a 3000 mile roadtrip (AK->Reno where i am now...) and i saw *2* of these near Banff in Canada.
first a beige one... and i was like 'wtf... was that one of those new Mercedes? sorta looked like it...' and i asked my brother if he got it on film... then a few seconds later a black one rolled by that he thinks he got on film.
i didn't think they were out yet. and seeing 2 in a row makes me think it was a manufacturer run similar to what i see every winter in Alaska for cold weather testing.
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iQuack 11:16PM (12/18/2005)
Well, the Mercedes looks better than Keith Richards:
http://www.iorr.org/pix/kr-msg.jpg
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Dm 11:16PM (12/18/2005)
Forget the car, I want to see more pics of Hillary Swank!
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