I Found It Interesting...

[Pawel66]

Just to be more aware of certain Daimler practices, sometimes we have discussions on these topics. If it is a well known practice - sorry:

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10220160833558303&set=gm.10158729743450752&type=3&theater

[ja17]

Interesting History, but the fact is the 3.5 Euro engine had more horse power anyway since it had higher compression and optimal ignition timing over the USA Version 4.5

[MikeSimon]

Wonder why they did that. The engine was actually a 4.5, just the trunk emblem said 3.5. Looks like they were behind in getting the 4.5
And as the customer always could delete the emblem, why not leave it off?

[Norm]

It looks like the factory just wanted to avoid a "mine is bigger than yours" discussion with potentially obsessed European customers.

I would also guess that remounting the designation would be easier than creating a one-off delete option that would require more work to add the designation by the dealer at a later date.

Norm