

That’s just what they want you to believe. Cars have to be 25 years old before they can be imported, because Mercedes dealerships where butthurt about ⅕ beamers being imports four decades ago.
Technology connections on YouTube touched on it in a video, if I recall right domestic sales went up a couple percent for Mercedes dealerships, no where remotely close to +20%.

Just get one of those sun hats where things like ‘stylish’ were the very last thing the designers paid attention to, if they did at all. Either firm brim all around, or with the extra sun protecting floppy back, but somewhat excessive in the north: https://www.sundayafternoons.com/cdn/shop/files/adventure-hat-rivers-edge-front-SS26-DTC-2500px-Exclusive.jpg No one will think you’re an attention seeker, although some might think you are a bit of a dufus; most people might think you’ve had skin cancer. But whatcha gonna do, function over form!