A Day in the Life of Guy Kawasaki: At Mercedes in Germany

18 Apr 2015 · 2 min

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Short video transcript of Guy Kawasaki touring a Mercedes delivery center in Germany, narrating the European-delivery pickup experience. Kawasaki and other speakers describe checking in, being called into a delivery room, and the process of driving a newly delivered Mercedes (noting the practice of Americans driving for a few weeks before shipping the car home). The clip is informal and conversational, capturing sights and reactions during the visit.

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Okay. This guy, Kawasaki. Feeling too dark. And I'm at the place where some crazy German kids are gonna run through the water. Germans just want to have fun. So this is where you come get your car. Hello. So let's say you ordered European delivery. So you come to this place.
And.
You walk in here, and you see.
All this stuff over here. It's like an Apple store on steroids. And then you check in with this guy over here, give them your name, your credit card. This is. Is this the original? It's close to the original. It's a model of the original Mercedes. Okay. So you check in over here.
And then.
You walk down here.
And at.
Some point, somebody calls out your name. And this is like the delivery room in the hospital. So they call your name, and you.
Go in there.
And you get your new Mercedes. Just like that.
How did that happen? The door just opened. Maybe you're gonna give me one. So this is what it's like. And how many cars do they deliver today?
200.
They deliver 200 cars a day this way. So people, they drive them for a few, and then they.
Usually it's Germans.
Oh, usually it's Germans. But if you're American, you come here, you drive it for a few weeks, you bring it back, you guys put it on a boat, catch some ktanza, go home, wait a few weeks, and boom, your Mercedes is there. How cool is that? Somebody asking me if I'm getting one. The answer is no. Not yet, anyway. Oh, so people are up there eating. So, anyway, a day in the life of Mercedes Benz. Bye.