Pickles

Aus prices are ridiculous, & unexplainable, when compared to you "Lucky" US owners.
So, how do you explain we'll be paying around twice as much as you guys for our "507"......and, unbelievably.....we've still gotta pay extra for L.S.D.?!!!
Cheers, Pickles.

noodleman

This reminds me of an article I read where it's cheaper for an Aussie to buy a ticket to fly to LA to buy a copy of photoshop than it is to buy it in australia via digital downloads lol.

Roswell

The price of cars are double in AU compared to America.. But don't u guys earn double or triple what Americans earn (hourly minimum wage)? Just curious.

SunnyPatel52

Here are some pictures of the 507 coupe at the NY autoshow.

http://www.beyond.ca/new-york-merced...507/25868.html

antman0505

I just looked it up and it is $A15.96 per hour. Don't forget that our overall cost of living is much higher as well.

Interesting discussion here: http://mattcowgill.wordpress.com/201...minimum-wages/

grizzly111

Saw the matte grey finish at a dealer on a cls. Much preferred standard clear coat looking at the cars around it. My partner commented that the matte finish looked ugly. Matte silver might look better though.

moosejaw

The $AUD used to be a little less than the USD before the market crash. Now its worth a little more. Australian median household income is 30% more than the US. The jobs pay more over there.

Also every foreign vehicle entering Australia has duties on it. Thats why a lot of foreign car manufacturers make cars in Australia. Not to mentions there is GST and a luxury car tax (LCT) which levys a 33% tax on cars whose MSRP is above $60K AUD.

Australians are conditioned to pay a premium for their vehicles, as their housing and restaurants. The average plate in Sydney cost over $20 USD in any restaurant. Brisbane, a small metro australian city, the average price of a home is well north of $400K and its f*ckn boring out there. The good cities ie Melbourne and Sydney is $550K and $650K respectively. Its also worth mentioning that Australians have one of the highest home ownership ratio.

In case you were wondering about Mercedes Sales in Australia. They had their best year ever recently selling 18,000 cars. For comparison MB sells short of 300,000 cars in the US and 33,000 cars a year in Canada.

BTW Australia has a population of $22M.
Canada has a population of $34M
US populations is way more.

SunnyPatel52

The European pricing for the 507 was announced today.

Saloon: €83,835.50
Coupé: €85,085.00
Estate: €86,394.00

http://www.emercedesbenz.com/autos/m...ble-for-order/

JamesTabletop

Minus the 19% VAT and then factoring in the Euro Car Value to US Car Value Ratio, I believe that puts the C63 Edition 507 at approximately the following US prices (however this is somewhat based upon conjecture and these values are likely incorrect):

Saloon: $70,690
Coupe: $71,740

Pickles

So, how much more is that than the old "Performance Package"?
Cheers, Pickles.

SunnyPatel52

If JamesTabletop numbers are accurate, then we can say that the 507 package is about $10,650.

The existing Performance Package is $6050 on top of a base sedan MSRP of $59800. Metallic paint, leather seating, multimedia, etc are all itemized at an additional cost.

Does anyone know what else is standard in the 507 pkg (leather seats, navigation, metallic paint)?

SunnyPatel52

Attached is the 507 ordering guide with tentative pricing and available options.

austinauflick

I think this is closer to the pricing of the car. It just wouldn't make sense to get rid of the P31 option and replace it with a much more expensive option. It leaves a big gap in the demographic that have around $80-85k to spend.

DiscoZ

This is the "new" P31. In Canada, the performance package plus included the LSD. This looks like it will replace it.

c63addix

lol i was calculating for fun how much it would cost to import a $2M Bugatti to Aus..


http://aussieexotics.com/calculators...?value=2000000


Total Vehicle Import Cost: $2,991,480

JamesTabletop

To be honest, I feel that if someone has $2M to spend on a car, they probably have $3M to spend on a car.

SunnyPatel52

Prices for the UK market announced...

"Mercedes Benz UK announced the official pricing of the special 507 Edition version of the C63 AMG family. It starts from £66,960 for the Saloon, £68,160 for the Estate and £68,160 for the most desirable version which is the Coupe"

http://www.zercustoms.com/news/Merce...-UK-Price.html

austinauflick

Sunny thanks so much for keeping such up to date tabs on this. Definitely appreciated.

SunnyPatel52

No problemo, Austin.

Prices for Italy were announced today:

"According to the German based automaker, the new Mercedes-Benz C63 AMG Edition 507 is now available in Italy in three body styles, with the cheapest one being the sedan, priced at 90,150 euros, being followed by the Coupe, at 90,680 euros, and by the station wagon, costing 92,000 euros. The launch in Italy is following the UK arrival, a month ago, where the vehicle will set you back for 66,690 GBP for the sedan."

http://www.inautonews.com/mercedes-b...y#.UakZue2p3ww

austinauflick

Sunny - you're the man, man.

Anyone found any pics of this thing in different colors? Particularly in black?

SunnyPatel52

Product manager overviewing the 507.

These dials have an "awesome red line" LOL

austinauflick

Omg that's awful. They should have edited that out.

grizzly111

I don't like the gloss black spoiler and mirror caps. Looks cheap and will show scratches easily. They should have done these in carbon fibre or at least offer an option to upgrade. Very disappointed with that.

austinauflick

I let it eat at me a little bit at first too but I found the trade off to be fair - Being a single year edition with some very cool perks and it being the last year of a generation of the best damn sports sedans ever made, I can deal with replacing the non-cf spoiler with any of the more aggressive CF versions available.

JamesTabletop

I'm much more upset about the lack of diamond white paint and red/black interior than the gloss mirror caps and spoiler. And I can't get used to the stripes either...