Onehots2k

http://www.motorauthority.com/gallery/2010...e-official.html


Remember the G-wagen? Msrp is now $100,250. Okay, I recall them being in the the high 70's.

How about the SL? Msrp is now $98,500. You can buy about 3 C class Mercedes for that kind've jack.

How about the base S-class? She comes in at $89,350. Wow.

Even their bread and butter E starts off at 53k.


http://www.mbusa.com/mercedes/#/vehiclesMenu/


Not everyone agrees on the styling or whether they're worth that much. But, I think weight behind the BENZ name will carry on for decades to come. It still screams old money. Its also interesting that the shell of these cars are used as taxis across the world.

airgate

Isn't this about the US dollar?? I've heard bad times for VW because of this and the cost of importing.

Spec_Ops2087

^^ Just read a news article saying that honda was having the the same problem, the dollar is too weak compared to the rest of the world.

sam_spider

All based on exchange rates across the world.

Saki GT

I thought the "bread and butter" was the C - it starts in the low $30s. When you look at the competition, they are all pretty much priced in line, but the prices have definitely increased.

I just read an article today about the quickly slowing sales of European cars - they made money hand over fist when Americans and Arabs were making money even two years ago, so they have big cash reserves, but now they have no more buyers or lessors - BMW leased 60% of its new-vehicle sales in 2007!

Yellow_S

Um, not quite so! Against the Yen, the dollar is weaker, but against the Euro and British pound, it's actually been stronger.

Nowadays, $1 = .8 Euro = .7 pounds. Used to be much lower.

Jimmies

Truth. The dollar has been rallying quite a bit.

btstone84

the dollar hasnt been rallying....its just the EURO market sucks just like ours, so their money is getting weaker

Yellow_S

In the end, the dollar has been at its strongest against the Euro and BP in years, and weakest against the Yen in like a decade. Also, remember not too long ago that $1 = $1 Canadian? Now, $1 = 1.25 CAD. It's also up against the Australian too, as well as most of the world's.

So, it's false to say that the dollar is weaker around the world when it's actually the opposite. It's actually stronger against most of the world's currencies, save for a few.

Jimmies

Call it what you want, the end result is the same. Until our hyperinflation sets in.