It really is all about the badge - I agree.

In northern Toronto, there's a place where there is a Benz and VW dealership next door.

They were trying so hard to sell Phaetons that they had propped one up on each of the 3 glass walls of the VW building. That way any customer in the Benz building would see it.

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