akmal31

I dont know about the u.s. but dealer rang today and said that mercedes benz are putting prices from 1st october up on the e class......and we would have to pay £740 more! dealer said build date for our car is between 15th september and 20th september and if our car comes in september then were okay obut if it gets delivered in october then we are gonna have to pay £740 more!!! Ive got a weird feeling were gonna get our car in october

etenn

You have a car on order with a quoted price? They are telling you that the quoted price will increase?

akmal31

yes.....salesman said that if prices go up then you have to pay the increased amount.....but i can take my deposit back and then my car will be sold as a cancel order....thats wht he said anyway

sf49ers79

do you know why they increase the price? which car that got increase? E500 or E320?

bmms8

usually all the prices go up every year, not just for MSRP, but options also. i think its like a 2% increase usually.

akmal31

here in the u.k. prices on all models have been increased...our model, the E320 CDI has had an increase of 3%....but what really beeps me off is the fact that mercedes just increased their prices when i placed my order. it went up 3% b4 and now its gone up by 3% agn. thats an increase of 6% in 3 months im still hopin that we get delivery in sep, even if i have to collect my car 11:59pm on the 31st of september coz having to pay £750, its just stupid....its not a matter of i cant afford to pay the £750 when im buyin a 35k+ car, its just that when a price has been agreed.....it should stay agreed.....ppl who place an order now should be paying the price increase not me!

akmal31

going to visit dealer tomorrow....and push the salesman to make sure we get september delicery....as price increase start from 1st october! if not then im going to try to get my delear to put 17's on our car or something in compensation (hopefully)

etenn

Note for the currency challenged American members:

750 pounds is about $1125. 35k pounds us about $52,500. US.

(give or take on a daily basis)

akmal31

where im payin $52,500, im not going to say no to $1,100! If i decide not to pay the extra $1,100 then i will simply get my deposit back :p but obviously i wont be doin that im jus hopin we get delivery in september

ffejalink

Your purchase order should list the price for the vehicle. The dealer is legally bound to honor the contract. I'm not sure what your salesman's been smokin', but it is having a profound effect on his judgement.

sf49ers79

is it going to effect in USA? i look at their website mbusa.com, the price is still the same!!

Otto

US dollar is too weak (vs. Euro dolloar).

I had to spend more USD on my vaction in Europe this year.

1 USD = 0.896740 EUR = 1.75395 DEM on 8/19/2003

one year ago

1 USD = 2.0018 DEM on 8/19/2002

I think the price should go up to 14.13% in order to reflect the exchange rate.

for a USD 50k+ German car, you should pay at least 7000 USD more next year. Because economy is too bad in US, mbusa actually absorbs most of loss in exchange rate for selling cars.

Dr Chill

Price increase will be 3% max. DC leverages the Euro against other world currency (invests in other currency) to offset a particular strong or weak year for the euro or US dollar. This is why any price increase will be a fraction of the dollar's weakness.