81 something...

81,000.00 CAD Canada Dollars = 50,923.51 USD United States Dollars

pretty well priced.

the E320 was 69 something

69,000.00 CAD Canada Dollars = 43,378.85 USD United States Dollars

all the option prices where on this sheet my dealer gave me too....i can scan the sheet for u guys tomorrow if u want. The options seemed REALLY inexpensive..

Beltfed, a member here and on acura-cl.com said that the NAVI will not be available till the first quarter of 2003. I researched this board, and quite a few people said the same thing.

BUT

When I went to the dealer today, he told me that the navi is a FACTORY option only, and if we order a E500 now, there is NO WAY we can get Navi on it...can someone enlighten me? My dealer checked this with quite a few people and they all said the same thing. Whats going on here?

We are going to order a E500 this saturday, anything i should know?

Thanks
Amir

 

From what I understand (this coming from Benz corporate), the Nav will be available as a dealer installed option.......since its not going to be available for initial orders, the car will be pre-wired for it. Although, we all know options through the parts department are usually more expensive (hopefully won't be too much more).

$51k sounds a bit cheap for the U.S market (that would make it $3k cheaper than the outgoing E430), but then again who knows since the E500 only includes leather, 4zone climate, airmatic, and metallic paint (if chosen)- everything else is optional.

 

amir, what were the prices for the 2002 e-class...if you know. And also is there a big differenc between the cnadian spec car, and the us spec car THX

 

amirsafdari,

Do you have a list of the standard equipment for E320 or E500?

E4fUn

 

amirsafdari,

Do you have a list of the standard equipment for E320 or E500?

E4fUn

 

check out 2002 e class prices at www.carpoint.ca

guys, cars are cheaper in canada than in u.s.

look for yourself, compare prices from carpoint.ca to carpoint.com

every car seems to be atleast 3k u.s. cheaper in canada after conversions.

anyways, i'l post the sheet i got from my dealer tomorrow.

 

Oh, well that certainly explains it......I didn't know that

 

This i so cool, in Canada a s430 is less that 60000 USD. Amir or any of you, i live in San Diego, so do you think i can import a car from Canada???? And what is importing price

 

i live in vancouver, canada, and have a 01 S430....with ALL options included....we left the dealer spending $102000 CDN it is definitely cheaper to import it, since this price includes all taxes...dunno if that helps any...

amir:

as for the options priocing, it would GREAT if u can scan it for me, since im thinking of getting one too....and having it be cheaper than the current line is a bonus....i would like to get a 4matic version tho...therefore 2004?

 

a popular consumer advocate in atlanta did the math and said it is indeed a few thousand cheaper to buy the car in Canada and import it here (with the caveat that all gauges are metric) because NAFTA allows free trade without additional taxes;

please tell us your experiences, those who want to do this!

 

About the Navi. This is true. My dealer here in Ca is getting his E500 around Sept and he also wanted the navi but there's a delay on it.

Also make sure you get everything in writing as much a possible just in case there's a mis communication. Good luck and congrats!

 

i called 1800-for-mercedes and i talked to someone and she said, all the money you save would be thrown away, because you have to keep the high standards of emissions for the usa. So they would would have to open up the car, and change parts including gauges at your expense. And, after that (spending over 10000) your warranty is only worth 1 year worldwide. Also, she said you would have to spend a lot of time talking to veryone and filing yourcar in the books. So i dont knw if it is really worth it. And since they opened up your car, any dealer is not obligated to do service, or fix something, even if you have a warranty because it isn't a car for the u.s. to begin with.

 

Cars are cheaper in Canada because of all the tax we pay.

Everyone in Canada pays 7% GST on all new cars.

Here in BC we pay another 7.5% PST.

Then you have the luxury tax on top of that.

 

not really man, the msrp is cheaper over there, it isn't really about the taxes

 

i think what bora is trying to say is, since we have to pay tax...mb sells the car a little cheaper here to even it out with cars sold in the u.s.

 

Exactly. All manufacturers do it.

 

All in all, we are lucky to have the prices that we have here in the US. Try getting one of these cars in Singapore

 

Some things,
First to do it you need to know someone with an address in Canada. Canada Dealers (Any that I have spoken with inc. Ford, Honda, Nissan, MB, Audi) are prohibited to do business with someone they know will import the car directly to the US. They do this to stop people from buying cars in Canada and importing them to the US.

Second NAFTA will not apply if the car is new, you have to pay importation tax on the car into the US as the car is made in Germany and therefore will not fall under NAFTA. The M-class however falls under NAFTA so there is no tax on it. Used cars pay no importation tax in to the US. This is why you used to get a discount when you would get European Delivery, the car was used then and there was no importation tax. Now MB pockets the money

99% of cars meet both US and Canadian std, (because Canada has tougher std.)the one you will deal with is with the little fact the odometer is in Metric rather than English Standard, On a car like MB that are digital, most dealers can switch the odometer over to English Standard. The Speed odometer must also have MPH on it as well as KPH, so if the KPH are big numbers and English Std are little numbers your fine, if there is ONLY KPH you need to have the cluster changed. You’ll need this form http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/cars/rules/import/Can0206.html

Third Warrantee, MB has not done it yet, but Honda/Acura Warrantees are non- transferable from Canada to the US. And more changes are expected. The best thing to do is hire a registered importer (http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/cars/rules/...Ilist0206.html); they usually charge $750-$1000 and will do all the paperwork and everything for you. You just pick the car, pay for it and they will import it. Also if it is a used car, you can pay either Canadian GST or your states sales tax, you only pay one. (you do have to pay GST when you buy the car, but if you prove you paid tax on it in your state they will refund it.

I have a Cousin who lives there and my Uncle has imported a car, took about a 3 weeks and he saved about $5,000 on his Nissan Maxima. Also options are different in Canada that in the US, they usually have more std features, but there may not be many options available, and sometimes they have options not available on US cars.

Do you homework before you jump into it, if you don’t know what you’re doing it can end up costing more than if you just bought the car here.

Hope this helps