Richard991

Our new 2016 S550 finished yesterday and per the dealer is at the port in Germany. How long for it to normally get on a ship to either Brunswick Ga or Jacksonville Fl?
Thank you and for those in the US a very happy 4th of July

hyperion667

my guess, from the 4 cars I've had configured, it would be between 6-10 weeks, you may have the first one here on the forums

dingmah

It takes about 17 days to get from Germany to Georgia. It can sit at the port for a some time before being loaded onto the ship.
Ask your sales guy for the VIN so you can track it on the Wallenius Wilhelmsen Website under Cargo ID.

For reference, below is a screenshot of my S550 that I took delivery 2 weeks ago. It arrived at the Bremerhaven port on May 10, before being loaded on to the ship on May 20. For this particular ship, it took 17 days to go from Bremerhaven to Brunswick.

LovinMercedes

Also remember that if your car arrives at the VPC before the release date in August, the VPC will hold the car until that date.

thomas311

I got mine last year in September.
It was about 3-4 days in the port, the Dealer was able to tell me the ship assignment (name of vessel). Then it was on the vessel for about 17 days. In the VPC in Brunswick it was only for about 2 days before it was shipped by truck to Florida. Overall the process was 2 weeks faster than anticipated by the dealer.
And if you are like me, you can track your vessel by name at marinetraffic.com :-)

Richard991

Thank you Dingmah checked today no info yet

hyperion667

Richard that's a hell of a list of Pcars
miss the one I had too

kath00

Is the 2016 S550 available to order? Our sales person said nothing till August at the earliest.

MTrauman

The 2016 is released in August in the US but the first shipments are on ships already headed for the US. But you can order the 2016 model now. I have an order with a PO# for a 2016 S550 4matic.

dingmah

2016 model year started production in June, and ordering information was released to dealers on March. So your sales person is really dropping the ball there.

Richard991

My is definitely a 2016 and was one of the first of the new model year. Already have been given the VIN number by my dealer.

kath00

Thanks guys. Just called another sales person at another dealer at a recommendation from a friend. My previous one didn't even answer emails I sent in the past few months. Sigh...