Buy back program
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1953 300 Adenauer, 1971 300 SEL 6.3, 1975 600, 1978 450 6.9
Once a car is "lemoned", the manufacturer can no longer sell the car. They can try to fix it and clearly label it as a lemon and sell it at auction.
Since "lemoning" a car essentially destroys the value and doesn't look good for the manufacturer, many manufacturers will "buy back" the car well before the lemon process begins, so that they can fix it and sell it as a used (but not certified) car.
All manufacturers insist on confidentiality clauses so that the consumer can't talk about the details of the final outcome.
