BMW vs Mercedes Reliability! (Surprise Winner)

It's Mercedes vs BMW reliability, and you might not expect who I'm picking as the more reliable luxury car brand. One of these car brands aren't going to last as long as far as I'm concerned! So if you're asking yourself if Mercedes is worth it or if BMW is worth it, this video will get you squared away.

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[backtoshallabal]

At the end of the day, Scotty Kilmer would say "These are both endless money pits"!!!

[BK-oclb]

Looked at several Mercedes SUV models recently and wasn’t impressed: Hollow sounding doors, weak AC and the salesperson tried (and failed) to do voice control commands. BMW (for me) was much more impressive and that’s the direction we took.
Fun fact about the B58: In Comfort Mode, I’m running high 20’s around town and low 30’s on hywy- Given the power/smoothness, I think that’s simply amazing

[keensee]

As one who owns and services both Honda and BMW, I'm impressed with BMWs build quality and agree with CR's latest rankings for putting BMW ahead of Honda. Take Scotty Kilmer's word with a GIANT grain of salt, what he spoke about BMW might be true 10 years ago but CR knows way better about data and the latest trends.

[azmike]

Snow in early July? And no new leaves on the trees?

[YYZ-SRQ]

There are NO French built 2.0L Turbo engines in ANY Mercedes car in North America. The only French built engines are the 1.6L and smaller (1.3L 1.5L) namely the OM626, M282 and OM 608 and 607

[raphaelfrancis]

I have only seen 1 rusted BMW... It was a 3 series from the 1980's .

[anthonynjoroge]

Had a bmw once and never again.. amazing driving machine but lots of niggling electronic issues. 2months in and the window wouldn't close. Drove in heavy rain and the thing was never the same. My pal bought a w212 and has never looked back..

[martinmarinov]

I would say just buy what you like but low miliage. If you dont have the money for low miliage BMW or Mercedes you dont have the money to maintain and fix them. Change the oil every 6k miles/ 10k km and learn about the cars weak points and watch out for them or even change parts before they break if they can cause a big issue if they fail. usualy at 80kmiles/ 150k km there are alot of things that need changing on both cars. And at 60kmiles/ 100k km just a few. BMW is the far more fun to drive and looks sporty. Mercedes looks more expensive. If you want a fun car you need a BMW or AMG if its going to be a Mercedes.

[drstevej]

BMW has surpassed Honda in reliability in Consumer Reports rankings. It’s far ahead of Audi or Merc. Only Porsche is more reliable.
Also please don’t compare high performance cars with a Lexus, Acura or Infinity. BMW makes high performance cars in every category of vehicle so yes it’s going to cost more to fix if something goes wrong.

[greghill]

B48 all the way. Gave my daughter a 320 and my 430i is over 126k and still solid

[MyMusic]

Also, depends on the average driver on each brand, nobody talks about that. But its not the same type of driver in a BMW than a Toyota, Merc, etc. Bimmers are usually driven harder than others for bad or good. I currently have a b48 tuned for about 20k km and has proven its reliability.

[stevenbenton]

Great review/brand comparison. Guessing it’s a bit dated as “Consumer Reports” on its Most Reliable List in 2023 and in the April 2024 magazine, has BMW at #1 (based on customer reviews, fit & finish, track performance & “green” issues). This year, C.R. also said they could not recommend any Mercedes model. Oh-oh!!!

[supersurfer]

From experience I totally agree. I’ve had my fair share of both the brands but BMW takes the win for sure.

[corradodeluca]

BMW have tons of problems.
I have owned a Benz S450 with Km 302, 000 now. It’s still a tank. 👍

[Mike_]

Unfortunately, those are just out side look to fool most people!!!
A Master Tech. at a major MB dealership said : " too much engineering, too much money, too many failures...."
Regarding maintenance and repair costs, it will break your bank
Sorry, 😢.

[charletfoster]

After a lot complaints, BMW has turned a corner n now, there are my Dream autos

[JJacobs]

Bmw drives like a sport car
Mercedez drives like a dream on a cloud 😂 fast but drived like water

[kirkclearidge]

BMW currently has 5 main engines now from smallest to biggest 1.5 Litre 3 Cylinder B38, 2 Litre 4 Cylinder B48, 3 Litre 6 Cylinder B58, 4.4 Litre V8 N63 and the 4.4 Litre V8 S85 😊

[xxzmk]

If you really want the Merc quality you need to grab E-Class or above. I don't know much about the SUVs, because they are trash for me from any brand but the W212 is an undestructable bone especially the Diesel OM642 or OM651 Engines. BMW did alot of mistakes in their quality of manufacturing. But anything after 2015 is actually totally fine. Its just the fact that BMWs manufactured before 2020 all feel very outdated and like its from the last 2 centuries compared to anything that came from Merc Starting 2016 from E-Class and above.

[GWatts]

BMW is now one of the most reliable car brands people just live in he past and the majority of youtube comments are people that owned used or older bmws and not the new ones with the b58 and s58 engines. Best performance cars on the market are coming from BMW.