[Greg Burr]

It's cool they are doing this, but I was already tired of the 300c a decade ago.... They left this one on the vine to long, even with the refreshes.

I think it was a prior generation, hand-me-down E class platform from the Daimler Benz days. Not that it was a bad thing

 

[Greg Burr]

I have read that LX platform had some Mercedes components but was primarily a Chrysler developed platform and not the prior generation E class platform.
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You are correct, but they did raid the MB parts bin big time