That article I believe was way humoring of our affinity to categorize things. It was an excellent jab in the ribs. The Mercedes name on the Mercedes Benz could mean that the automobile mfgr is not truly German, but, a hybrid of a sort because the name Mercedes is a spanish derivative!
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Ergo according to the owner of the quote's ideas:
Newsome - made by hand, of true tartan, to the wearer's measurements.. this is a garment.
Tewksbury - made by hand, of true tartan, to the wearer's measurements.. this is a garment.


As to the cars just because a Rolls has hand formed aluminum panels and burled walnut dash does not mean higher quality*. Having owned VW's it was a dependable car that required little maintenance and was cheap to run. The highest recorded mileage was 1,000,000 kms on the original engine. One could buy how many Beetles for the price of one RR? Price alone, country of manufacturer should ever be an indication of quality. Likewise by country of origin, Germany (Karl Benz) not England was regarded as the birth place of the petrol-engined automoble. And where was today's kilt invented? How many report that the modern kilt was actually invented in England, by n Englishman. Imagine the fallout if any kilt not made in England is not considered a kilt?
*With respect to Rollerboy 1975.
http://www.cyberparent.com/wheels/mercedes.htm

Gottlieb Daimler and Carl Benz were born only 60 miles apart in southern Germany. Daimler was born March 17, 1834. A decade later, on November 25, Carl Benz was born.

Although they grew up with little in common, both boys were fascinated by machines from an early age. Because their approach to building cars was quite different, it is doubtful, though, that they met or even knew what the other was doing.

In 1886, Carl Benz built a motorized tricycle. His first four-wheeler, the Victoria, was built in 1893. The first production car was the 1894 Benz Velo which participated in the first recorded car race, the Paris-Rouen race. In 1895, Benz built his first truck.

In 1886, Gottlieb Daimler literally built a horseless carriage. In 1888 Daimler made a business deal with William Steinway (of piano fame) to produce Daimler's products in the US. From 1904 until a fire in 1907, Steinway produced Mercedes passenger cars, Daimler's light trucks, and his engines on Long Island.

Ironically, history says Daimler, generally considered to be the father of modern automobiles never liked to drive, if, indeed he ever learned to drive. On March 6, 1990, Daimler died, leaving control of his company to his chief engineer Wilhelm Mayback.

By November 22 of that year, Daimler-Motoren-Gesellschat had produced a special car for Emil Jellinek. Jellinek named the car after his ten-year-old daughter Mercedes. Lighter and smaller, the new Mercedes had 35 hp and a top speed of 55 mph!