This is a very NA centric take. You think Mercedes in Europe has the same quality as NA. German cars in NA are made in America or Mexico with shit build quality, while in Europe, they are obviously built in Europe. Whevever you device to take a vacation abroad, you notice alot of used bmw's and mercedes being driven around Europe and the middle east cause they are fucking tanks.

The reason why parts for german cars are expensive here is cause they manufacture the parts in Europe and ship them over to NA.