MSRP Discount
Junior Member
Joined: Jul 2019
Posts: 27
Likes: 2
Lexus GX 460
A couple of dealers in So Cal answered my emails. One said that GLE 350s are sold above MSRP, the other said the most discount for 2021 GLE 580 is $500 off.
I know that now is the sellers market, so probably will wait at least until 2022s arrive.
I know that now is the sellers market, so probably will wait at least until 2022s arrive.
MBWorld Fanatic!
Joined: Oct 2009
Posts: 7,011
Likes: 2,198
From: Colorado
'21 AMG53 wDPP & ARC, 19 GLC300 - Former-03 C240,2 ML BlueTecs,20 GLE450 E-ABC,15 Cayenne D,17 Macan
You might see some significant price increases, since most materials and components are rising in price. We'll have to wait and see.
Good luck.
Newbie
Joined: Jun 2021
Posts: 1
Likes: 0
2021 GLE 450
Ordered a 2021 GLE 450 in January and finally got it 3 weeks ago. Got 7% off MSRP which is what the dealer offered when I ordered it and they honored it when I picked it up the end of May. Got connected to the dealer via a car buying service similar to what Costco uses. I think if I had waited until now I would have paid above MSRP. I live in SoCal.
Last edited by sdgary; Jun 18, 2021 at 06:01 PM.
Member
Joined: Aug 2004
Posts: 75
Likes: 5
Member
Joined: Aug 2017
Posts: 156
Likes: 48
From: South Florida
2021 GLE53 AMG
I've been talking with 3 South FL dealerships lately. I was originally looking to move from my 2020 GLE 350 to a 450 (I missed the pep of my previous CLS), but couldn't find anything local to test drive. Everyone was saying there "should" be more in by late July or August. I decided to drive over to a dealership yesterday while I was in the area. They didn't have any 450's, but they had a couple G's marked with $30K and $50K over sticker and a GLE 53 marked $10K over.
I was checking out the 53 when the guy said he would pull it out of the showroom for a test drive. I almost said no, but figured what the heck and test drove it. I ended up driving it home lol. $2K off the sticker price as opposed to $10K over.
I was checking out the 53 when the guy said he would pull it out of the showroom for a test drive. I almost said no, but figured what the heck and test drove it. I ended up driving it home lol. $2K off the sticker price as opposed to $10K over.
MBWorld Fanatic!
Joined: Oct 2009
Posts: 7,011
Likes: 2,198
From: Colorado
'21 AMG53 wDPP & ARC, 19 GLC300 - Former-03 C240,2 ML BlueTecs,20 GLE450 E-ABC,15 Cayenne D,17 Macan
I've been talking with 3 South FL dealerships lately. I was originally looking to move from my 2020 GLE 350 to a 450 (I missed the pep of my previous CLS), but couldn't find anything local to test drive. Everyone was saying there "should" be more in by late July or August. I decided to drive over to a dealership yesterday while I was in the area. They didn't have any 450's, but they had a couple G's marked with $30K and $50K over sticker and a GLE 53 marked $10K over.
I was checking out the 53 when the guy said he would pull it out of the showroom for a test drive. I almost said no, but figured what the heck and test drove it. I ended up driving it home lol. $2K off the sticker price as opposed to $10K over.
I was checking out the 53 when the guy said he would pull it out of the showroom for a test drive. I almost said no, but figured what the heck and test drove it. I ended up driving it home lol. $2K off the sticker price as opposed to $10K over.
Go there, make sure they know you're a BUYER, and make your deal.
All the back and forth chit-chat from a distance, or multiple "I got $12,000 off" claims does nothing to get a deal.
Be a Buyer, not a talker.
MB World Stories
The Best of Mercedes & AMG
Manual Mercedes? 6 Times Sindelfingen Let Drivers Have All The Fun
Verdad Gallardo
Mercedes SLR McLaren 722 S Is Extremely Rare Example Modified by McLaren
Verdad Gallardo
8 Classic Boxy Mercedes Designs That Have Aged Like Fine Wine
Verdad Gallardo
Flawlessly Restored Mercedes 190E Evo II Heads to Auction
Verdad Gallardo
Electric Mercedes C-Class Unveiled: 11 Things You Need to Know
Verdad Gallardo
Mercedes EQS Gets A Major Update: Everything You Need to Know
Verdad Gallardo
5 Underrated Mercedes-Benz Models That Don't Get the Love They Deserve
Verdad Gallardo
Mercedes 300D Has Pushed Well Past 1 Million Miles and It Ain't Stopping
Verdad Gallardo
10 Most Reliable Mercedes-Benz Models You Can Buy Used
Verdad Gallardo
Junior Member
Joined: Dec 2012
Posts: 48
Likes: 10
From: Los Angeles California
2022 Amg Gle 53 Couoe
Just visited the largest MB dealership in Southern California (Newport Beach). The real estate price explosion has hit the MB dealers!! Every single GLE on the lot had an add-on dealer markup of $5000 for the 350 to up to $25,000 the AMG 53. GLS AMG $40,000. Nice little stickers on each of the windshields. All other models had similar "opportunity to buy" stickers. GT 53 -- $40,000. Maybach $75,000. At another dealership locally both new G series had a $75,000 and $95,000 mark ups on stickers of $160K+ and $190K+, respectively. I guess there are enough suckers out there that would pay those prices. Time to let the post-Covid normalcy return to automotive manufacturing before visiting at least in Southern Cal.
i’ll keep driving my 2017 GLE 43
MBWorld Fanatic!
Joined: Oct 2009
Posts: 7,011
Likes: 2,198
From: Colorado
'21 AMG53 wDPP & ARC, 19 GLC300 - Former-03 C240,2 ML BlueTecs,20 GLE450 E-ABC,15 Cayenne D,17 Macan
Old adage in the Car Biz - "Money talks, Lookers walk." Convince them you're more than a Looker, especially these days.
Junior Member
Joined: Dec 2012
Posts: 48
Likes: 10
From: Los Angeles California
2022 Amg Gle 53 Couoe
MBWorld Fanatic!
Joined: Apr 2019
Posts: 1,564
Likes: 455
From: Scottsdale AZ
2015 CLS 550 2015 ML 400 Previous 2020 GLB 250 2019 A 220 2005 ML 350 1989 300 E 2001 SL 500
Newbie
Joined: Nov 2021
Posts: 7
Likes: 1
gls550
Super Member
Joined: Jul 2017
Posts: 698
Likes: 154
From: Teaneck, NJ
2023 EQB300
MBUSA per se does not mark up over MSRP. Pricing is set by individual dealers who may choose to discount, sell at list or mark up over list. All determined by what the market will bear. My dealer sold a G wagon for $50K over list. Would have been more if it had been an AMG. Somebody was willing to pay it and, as I remarked to my rep (who did not sell the vehicle), somebody on the sales staff is going to have a great vacation. But he pointed out that they would much prefer to have a steady stream of vehicles and deal with lower margins and higher volume than be constrained. Particularly in high end vehicles, transactions are relational. They want repeat business and do not want to irritate their customers to the extent that when supplies do return to normal, the customer is left with a bad taste over prior dealer policies. For that reason, there are dealers who in this market-- and not just MB dealers-- are selling at list taking a much longer view of business rather than the short-sighted command over list. Then there are dealers in such affluent markets where $10K, $25K, etc markups really mean nothing to the buyer. I am just so thankful that I ordered my car in June 2020 and it arrived Oct 2020. By Oct 2020 my dealer was discounting GLE's by $1000 tops. But because he committed a price to me, because I am a repeat customer and because I already started talking about the next car as soon as he put the order into Netstar, he honored the price at slightly below invoice.
Junior Member
Joined: Dec 2012
Posts: 48
Likes: 10
From: Los Angeles California
2022 Amg Gle 53 Couoe
I picked up my brand new 2022 Amg Gle 53 yesterday and was speaking to someone at the dealership. He had told me that the amg v8 factory is going through some issues of some kind(I do not recall 100% what the reason was,I was a bit over joyed by picking up my new car ) but the amg g class will most likely skip a year and that they will be selling 75-100k over 😲 due to the high demand .. 🤷🏻♂️
Junior Member
Joined: Nov 2021
Posts: 22
Likes: 13
GLE 450
MBUSA per se does not mark up over MSRP. Pricing is set by individual dealers who may choose to discount, sell at list or mark up over list. All determined by what the market will bear. My dealer sold a G wagon for $50K over list. Would have been more if it had been an AMG. Somebody was willing to pay it and, as I remarked to my rep (who did not sell the vehicle), somebody on the sales staff is going to have a great vacation. But he pointed out that they would much prefer to have a steady stream of vehicles and deal with lower margins and higher volume than be constrained. Particularly in high end vehicles, transactions are relational. They want repeat business and do not want to irritate their customers to the extent that when supplies do return to normal, the customer is left with a bad taste over prior dealer policies. For that reason, there are dealers who in this market-- and not just MB dealers-- are selling at list taking a much longer view of business rather than the short-sighted command over list. Then there are dealers in such affluent markets where $10K, $25K, etc markups really mean nothing to the buyer. I am just so thankful that I ordered my car in June 2020 and it arrived Oct 2020. By Oct 2020 my dealer was discounting GLE's by $1000 tops. But because he committed a price to me, because I am a repeat customer and because I already started talking about the next car as soon as he put the order into Netstar, he honored the price at slightly below invoice.
MBWorld Fanatic!
Joined: Nov 2012
Posts: 6,130
Likes: 1,117
A gaggle of MB's
For the Very Limited GLE Inventory on-the-ground now and to be delivered in Dec. - todays "Market Adjustment" (the Over-MSRP Part) - for GLE350's in most markets is $5,000-$7,500
As Production continues to decline in total # - the Market Adjustment for GLE's ordered-to-be-built thru March at those same "most" dealers is $5,000-$7,500
New Car Production is NOT expected to recover/grow until AT BEST 2023 model year.
It's supply chain disruption for core materials - steel, aluminum, plastics - and chip restriction is not the limiting bump now expect on certain specific features.
As Production continues to decline in total # - the Market Adjustment for GLE's ordered-to-be-built thru March at those same "most" dealers is $5,000-$7,500
New Car Production is NOT expected to recover/grow until AT BEST 2023 model year.
It's supply chain disruption for core materials - steel, aluminum, plastics - and chip restriction is not the limiting bump now expect on certain specific features.
Junior Member
Joined: Jul 2019
Posts: 27
Likes: 2
Lexus GX 460
I'm in Southern California, and I see $1500 markups on GLE 350 ( just one dealer near me). I didn't talk to them, so there may be additional markups, but on the window sticker it only shows $1500. Just FYI
