Daimler Accused Of Wrecking Rented Tesla Model X During Tear-Down

Daimler rented a privately-owned Model X and then subjected it to a barrage of punishing tests and tear-downs, apparently leaving it a ruin of what it used to be
Daimler Accused Of Wrecking Rented Tesla Model X During Tear-Down

Manufacturers always get hold of rival brands’ cars, with a view to taking them apart and learning their secrets. It’s a normal thing; manufacturers buy the car they want to dismember, and crack out the power tools. But in this case Mercedes has reportedly wrecked a rented Tesla Model X.

That’s right, they subjected a rented Model X to a full-scale tear-down. Rented for seven weeks through Sixt, who themselves had rented it from private owners Monika Kindlein and Manfred van Rinsum, Mercedes apparently returned the car in more or less totally wrecked condition.

Daimler Accused Of Wrecking Rented Tesla Model X During Tear-Down

The car’s tracker showed that it had been thrashed on two different race circuits – prohibited in the rental agreement – and has suffered huge damage throughout. An appraiser has set the damage value at €15,684, but the owners make it closer to €100,000.

The couple are said to be suing Daimler for €99,392.79, but don’t have the legal resources of the car-making giant and have resigned themselves to getting less than that.

Absolutely not a render. Nope.
Absolutely not a render. Nope.

Daimler, meanwhile, has refused to offer specific comment, calling the process ‘normal’ and saying that if a vehicle is damaged during their time with it, the insurance should cover it. Seems a bit cold, to us.

Source: Der Spiegel

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Comments

DL🏁

Elon Musk should totally gift a new Model X to these people
(Then rent someone’s Merc and demolish it)

12/05/2017 - 20:48 |
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Anonymous

Because rental car.

12/05/2017 - 23:33 |
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12/06/2017 - 01:02 |
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DJ N

Kinda reminds me when Honda and the lads bought a 458, dissected it, then left it in bits afterwards.

12/06/2017 - 06:16 |
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mike issa bmw

Tesla are shit

12/06/2017 - 06:55 |
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It would be fair for them to sue this guy too

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Is this what they did with the Nissan Navara and Renault kangoo as well?

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