MB Engineers careless in units?
 

Most cars get it right on Tachometer labeling.

Correct labeling.
Type(1): Numbers 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 on the dial with unit reading x1000 RPM.

Type(2): Numbers 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 on the dial with unit reading x1000R/M.

Wrong labeling.
MB-VDO: Numbers 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 on the dial with unit reading x100 1/min.

MB-VDO could admit to their poor mathematic skills and correct the mistake as follows:
MB-VDO: Numbers 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 on the dial with unit reading x100/min.

I don't know how many years MB & VDO have been making that mistake boldly.

...Are they still making that mistake on the newer models? Mine is 1999.

RE: MB Engineers careless in units?
 

Your suggestion is mathematically correct, but not any more valid than the way MB expresses it...It's just a shorter version...Have you ever thought how many people out there may not know that when you're multiplying a fraction by an integer you should multiply an integer by the numerator with denominator remaining the same??? Maybe that's why MB left it in its simplest form?!

RE: MB Engineers careless in units?
 

dxm8693 is your nose bleeding??? :)

RE: MB Engineers careless in units?
 

Haven't the foggiest. But, bet those Germans have some rational.