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Going by last year, they just didn't seem to have a handle on things.
The PU was poorly conceived, difficult to work on, many parts were badly designed (to an embarrassing extent), the mapping was miles out, it was heavy, needed complex cooling and all those things meant it integrated fussily with the car... and they didn't really know how to sort it. Certainly in the short term.
In complete contrast the Merc is excellent in all aspects and it's just no nonsense, no messing about.
It may seem clichéd to say French vs German engineering but it really does look like just that. But it's woth noting Merc did poach most of the best engineers from Viry in 2012-2013 to work on the new V6 hybrid.
Oh and the Merc PUs are made in Brixworth, UK.