Bill Gates Once Wanted To Buy a Mercedes-Benz, but Had a Special Request. Mercedes Said No

Bill Gates once went into a Mercedes-Benz dealership with a very special request. However, the automaker told him his request was impossible to fulfil. So, he went next door and bought a Volvo instead. Terry Haigh, former Sales Manager at Mercedes-Benz of Bellevue, remembers that, in 1989, before he was hired by Mercedes-Benz, he worked for a dealership that sold Jaguars, Porsches, and Audis in Bellevue, Washington. The city was becoming... (continue reading...)