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Originally Posted by Elfwreck
That's a matter of trademark contract between the author & the product owner; they'll want to control how the product is displayed in the book...It'd have to be a top-line bestseller for Mercedes to think it'll reach enough readers to bother with the contract negotiations.
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Elfwreck, are you sure that the manufacturer has any say? Raymond Chandler routinely had his wealthy characters driving Packards. I doubt that Packard had any say in the matter.
Times change, and maybe you are right, but that is news to me.