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I always loved the cognac/black and sahara/black interiors, they look great with both birdseye and burl walnut, just a bit different.
I also liked the Umber Maple that came only on the MY2007 211 Designo Espresso models, I was so sad they switched back to poplar.
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I happen to think peraklesgrün and tanzanitblau would go very well with the cognac interior, but that is not a standard combination for the US market. If possible at all, it would be special order.
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You are correct. My older pricing sheet didn't show it. The 'Konfigurator' is showing it as an option; Green is shown as not recommended but blue is shown as acceptable on the latest pricing sheet.
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As far as I have seen, MB will build any color combination for buyers outside of the US/NA. Since the cars are so cheap in the US, option and color choices are limited.
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Very Interesting!!!So you are saying that a US/NA customer cannot custom order any leather color and paint color regardless of the cost?
Also I thought that Mercedes cars were cheaper in Germany than in America, otherwise why would people buy it through European Delivery?
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Very Interesting!!!So you are saying that a US/NA customer cannot custom order any leather color and paint color regardless of the cost?
Also I thought that Mercedes cars were cheaper in Germany than in America, otherwise why would people buy it through European Delivery?
It may be possible, in the past there US customers could order nearly whatever they wanted. It may be possible now to order any combination off the US palette, but there is a huge designo collection that the US market has no access to (and a lot of other options).
Mercedes-Benz sells their cars to the US market for about half of what they charge the rest of the world. European delivery is no different from ordering a car from the factory (instead of buying one off the lot), but the buyer gets to drive the car before it gets on the boat (plus the 7% savings and no delivery charge).
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So the days of a US customer walking into the dealer showroom buying a customized car and telling them to match the color of his wife's skirt is gone?
So if the US/NA buyer pays only 1/2 for his Mercedes, then why don't the rest of the World come to the US and buy their car new or used and ship it back to their home country? OR better yet, just buy it directly from the factory at 1/2 price?
So if the US/NA buyer pays only 1/2 for his Mercedes, then why don't the rest of the World come to the US and buy their car new or used and ship it back to their home country? OR better yet, just buy it directly from the factory at 1/2 price?
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So the days of a US customer walking into the dealer showroom buying a customized car and telling them to match the color of his wife's skirt is gone?
So if the US/NA buyer pays only 1/2 for his Mercedes, then why don't the rest of the World come to the US and buy their car new or used and ship it back to their home country? OR better yet, just buy it directly from the factory at 1/2 price?
So if the US/NA buyer pays only 1/2 for his Mercedes, then why don't the rest of the World come to the US and buy their car new or used and ship it back to their home country? OR better yet, just buy it directly from the factory at 1/2 price?
Taxes,
Shipping,
Insurance,
Government regulations,
and the list goes on and on and on.............
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OH...you're right .. a lots of Government regulations will kill anything...
But I have heard somewhere that due to the very weak American dollar, the Germans (maybe others too?) are coming over here to the US and buying up Used Mercedes/ Porsches and shipping them back to Germany???
Have you heard anything about that?
But I have heard somewhere that due to the very weak American dollar, the Germans (maybe others too?) are coming over here to the US and buying up Used Mercedes/ Porsches and shipping them back to Germany???
Have you heard anything about that?
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OH...you're right .. a lots of Government regulations will kill anything...
But I have heard somewhere that due to the very weak American dollar, the Germans (maybe others too?) are coming over here to the US and buying up Used Mercedes/ Porsches and shipping them back to Germany???
Have you heard anything about that?
But I have heard somewhere that due to the very weak American dollar, the Germans (maybe others too?) are coming over here to the US and buying up Used Mercedes/ Porsches and shipping them back to Germany???
Have you heard anything about that?
I've been seeing a lot of Canadian buyers posting lately about doing this. A lot of dealer's ads on eBay and such are emphasising on some of their ads that the cars can be exported...aimed at Canadian buyers.
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There are several posts on this; 1 or 2 even mention a website where those requirements might be listed. It pays to search.
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Thanks.. the search shows that Mercedes of Canada is the culprit setting the import conversion/cost to protect their dealers from used US Mercedes flooding into their country! Should've known!
