Originally Posted by threeMBs

Actually, depending on one's location and one's color/options requirements, it may no longer be possible. When I tried to buy one a month ago from the in-stock inventory, I could not find a single car within 300 miles (the fact that the car had to be diamond white with all black interior, made it impossible) unless we would go even further out. Local dealers found it to be very hard to locate one as those who had it (much further out), demanded an E550 (which most local dealers, regardless of color, do not have) as a trade return.