Taiwanese

How about we start an official price thread?

This will be the centralized price for $$ and hopefully this will help whoever is thinking of buying / leasing.

Format:

City/State:
E350 or E550:
Month/Year bought or leased:
What packages:
If bought, price before TTL:
If leased, money down, length of lease, monthly payment, annual mileage:

Please be as detail as possible.

Thank you.

emilner

Ok, but only if we call it the "official WOW you got a great deal or man you got screwed" thread

DieselNY

E350 4Matic with sport package and 18 inch 5 spoke rims.
P01 Package
MSRP $55,925, sales price $49,500.
Lease payment: $685/month for 39 months. All fees and taxes up front which were approx $4000 out of pocket which included 1st months payment.
15,000 miles/yr.

I got the car 11/1/09 in NJ, registered in NY.

Taiwanese

City/State: So Cal
2010 E350 Palladium silver / black MB tex / burl walnut
Month/Year bought or leased: purchased 11/22/09
What packages: P1 & 18" AMG Twin 6-Spoke wheel
If bought, price before TTL: MSRP $54895 deal was $6000 off MSRP

jinx420hat

So Cal
E350 lux blk on blk
11/25/09
P02, drivers aid pkg, night vision, 19in rims
$61,425 MSRP Got it for about $53K even

aeggroup

City/State: New York, NY
2010 E350 4Matic Black/black MB tex
Month/Year leased: 11/24/09
What packages: P2 & 18" AMG Twin 6-Spoke wheel
MSRP $59,075, sales price $52,800.
Lease payment : $774.12 for 39 months includes NY tax.
Due at sign in : $2,143.00 - Bank fee, first payment, DMV fees.

Taiwanese

great deal

wheels777

So far the replies on the this thread show that they received discounted prices far less than invoice.

Maybe those posters could explain the circumstances on how they purchased for $2000, $3000, $4000 LESS than Invoice.

Typical pricing. MSRP $55925 Invoice $52072.
The invoice price is about 6.89 % less than MSRP.

So far posters have received the following prices:
$61,425 MSRP Got it for about $53K even that's a 13.72% discount
MSRP $59,075, sales price $52,800 that's a 10.63% discount.
MSRP $55,925, sales price $49,500 that's a 11.49% discount.
MSRP $54895 deal was $6000 off MSRP that's a 10.93% discount.

So what is the secret to getting these great deals? The dealer gets back another 5% from invoice. 3% Holdback and another 2% bonus.

So it sounds like these dealers who sold for these prices made very little and one dealer even lost money.

So far this thread has some great negotiators. It doesn't seem like this thread will last that long seeing not many will want to post seeing they most likely paid more.

Let's hear how these great deals were obtained along with the pricing received.

Thank you,

aeggroup

It's hard to explain. You know - some people get the same type of degree..even from the same schools...and one works for $50K a year and another for $250K..How can you explain that?
There are great deals out there if you not lazy....if you greedy enough....and smart enough.... very simple.
Another part of that - invoice that you see on Edmunds and real invoice - it's two separate things.....
My dealer said they made $500 on my deal...not a lot...but I don't care ( even if they say the truth )

wheels777

IMO, It's not hard to explain. There are some very complicated issues addressed on mbworld.org and I don't see where members are having a difficult time articulating or understanding.

Please give us a taste and help those who may not be as good as you are at negotiating price.

We are community here of common interests and would appreciate your buying story.

aeggroup

The Best I can do - give you the name of my dealer and you will have the same deal...as simple as that..

jinx420hat

My deal is pretty simple, even though as you said its the best out there so far. I received invoice minus $4000 as a military discount availble only through my military credit union. If you have any other questions let me know. My dealer even told me that I was getting $2k from MB rebate and $2K from credit union rebate and normally they would never sell a specialty order vechicle like mine under or even close to invoice where they were basically losing money to rebates.

jinx420hat

You know what boggles my mind is that I wanted a E550 but MB would not finance me for it even though I was putting $15K down and have a tier 1 credit score. But they had no problem financing me for a E350 fully loaded with all kinds of extra stuff like extend warrenty and 3m clear bra. Kinda upsetting.

wheels777

If they didn't have that many 550s in stock or coming in, or they wanted to hold out for more gross profit on that model, the dealer could tell you anything to move you towards the the 350. I don't want to accuse them of lying but this sounds absurd based on my experience in operating an auto dealership.

Especially if there wasn't that much profit in the sale, as your purchase price indicates.

Approvals for customers with good credit scores are all computerized without the input of human analysis. Approval or disapproval happens in 30 seconds after inputting information in the system.

jinx420hat

Thats exactly what I thought, could've gone to another dealer and just picked up the 550 but I pretty much raped them for the price I got the 350 for and its wifey's car and she doesnt like fast cars so I guess it worked out.

greasegun

I live in Toronto, Canada and i just got my E 350 November 23, 2009
Base Package MSRP $62900.00
Premium Package $3900.00
Wood/Leather Steering Wheel $850.00
Metallic Paint 0.00
Total MSRP $67650.00
DISCOUNT $3569.50
Total Sale Price $64080.50

I don't know if this is a good deal, they were only giving me the most $1800.00 discount. What i did was I used a third party to find a deal for me and this what I got.

aeggroup

I live in NY, so..no idea about Canada's pricing, but you've got metallic paint for free there....sounds good..we don't have this luxury)) enjoy your car....

wheels777

The price you received is off the charts for a NEW model/2010 that seems to be well received and in demand. (GREAT)

It would be the type of price one may be able to get at the END of a model year.

For example in late August there was $6500 cash back to the dealer on 2009 MLs, and some dealers, DEPENDING on THEIR inventory levels and demand for the MLs were giving the entire $6500 back to the customer in addition to discounts from MSRP. (law of supply/demand and allocation system for inventory distribution by Mercedes.)

Many car buyers think that the price they receive is most due to their negotiating skills, while in reality the purchase price is much more dependent on various factors within the dealership and the allocation system used by manufacturers.


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greasegun

The third party really did a good job for me and i got my car in one week instead of 45 to 90 days waiting period here in Toronto. The metallic paint is standard in Ontario and I got the obsidian black metallic.

mg-E550

Hi and new to the board.

Picking up e550 4matic this week:
Sport, P2, driver assist, night vis, drive dynamic, steel grey.

MSRP 73,400 and sales price 69,000

Not a great discount although I feel I got a decent price on trade. Dealer also had to hunt around a bit for my specs - car is coming in from another state.

aeggroup

Wow...nicely loaded car....you will enjoy it....forget about money. Anyway - in this economy - money don't worth anything...whatever discount you've got is good enough....Good luck..

Taiwanese

I am the OP.

I see people share so much stuff on different forum except money matter.

Going into a dealer without any good pricing is like shooting dart in the dark.

And I don't believe the invoice price you can get online is the true invoice.

I hope this thread will be whoever is buying next. One may not need to beat the deal listed here, but at least get close to it. Or use it as a guide and of course every situation is different.

Good luck.

wheels777

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poorsod

You can get the invoice price and dealer holdback from Consumer Reports but you have to pay a fee. In addition I too was offered $2k incentive if I finance/lease via MBUSA.

OceanView

I went to the dealer recently to get pricing on this car and my salesman said that MB did a few things different this year:

1. Lowered residual values of all their cars for leases
2. Has/will lower total production numbers and create a low supply
3. Using a higher interest rate than previous years

As a result, I was sticker shocked at the new numbers.
My previous deal was so much better.
My lease will be up early next year but I am not sure what I am going to do.
I may have to check with BMW and Audi and see if they are more flexible.

Any truth to what my salesman told me?