guru

As I walk around in mid-town Manhattan I see so many new S classes. I guess they must have ben delivered in large quantities to all the car service companies. It does take away a bit from the sense of exclusivity.

TA-9FF

Exclusivity usually belongs in the supercar domain. Not big saloons like the S-Class. However, my fav saloon is pretty rare in the States. The Maserati Quattroporte GT.

MoMocedes230

two way.

Germancar1

This is the price the S-Class must pay for being the best in class. Just wait until they start using them for taxis in Europe. They'll be S320 CDIs all over the place literally.

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WSH

Exclusivity is a marketing "sucker" game for those of the merely affluent who are insecure enough to try to appear wealthier than they are....

Suspect most of the true hitters in Manhattan travel via private S-Class and driver....and don't really care if it's a 550/600/65....everyone that matters at their office/in their 'hood or 'burb/at their favorite dining spots, etc already knows they can afford any car they want....and their bird (a more reliable differentiator of economic status in Manhattan) is hangared at Teterboro/White Plains/Morristown anyway.....

Besides, mass produc also ensures greater crash-testing, refinement, and reliability of builds/technologies....all easier when R&D dollars can be spread over more units.....

clkcadet

come to brooklyn, youll see a bunch here too!

a friend of mine in the leasing business said that people were fighting about whos gonna get their delivery first and started bidding on the cars monthly lease payment, initially there were not so many arriving but im sure now they arriving by the boatload

rkao

Just playing the devil's advocate here ...but going by this line of logic, it would mean that the Lincoln Towncar, which outnumbers even the S-class in NYC, is the best in ITS class?

MercedesFTW

The diffusion must take a while to get to suburbs of Chicago...

I'm only seeing a couple hundred new 7 series...

iLoveMyMB

Dude you think NY has a lot? come to Glendale, CA. I see like 8 every day. I loved it when I was the only one who had it in the beginning and everywhere i went, heads turned lol. Now that feeling is gone. But whatever, mine is still unique (LE)

ohnoes

I didn't see any W221s while in Manhattan a couple weeks ago. Not sure why. Saw tons of W220s, Town Cars, an entire block of Land Rover Range Rover Sports parked one behind the other, one Maybach (I think it was the 57S, but not sure), two Bentley Continental GTs, etc.

Germancar1

Yeah that is correct because the Towncar is the best in its class, being that its in a class all by itself (read: Antique Class).

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Mean-Benz

S's are standard taxis in southern france and stuttgart has many S320 CDIs. in karlsruhe we have some 7er BMWs and two W126 taxis.

Sorry Germancar1, it already happened!

david_101

it shouldn't be too surprising for one to notice so many of them in manhattan, or LA, or S FL or S CA, or several other high-density, high-worth areas.

TheTwins

Haha too late my friend !

At least we also have guys who modify their S500's w. some Kleemann bodykits already...

And the most insane part is that a stock S500 costs 327.676 $ while a stock S320CDI is 242.984 $ because of the taxes Denmark has chosen to have on thier cars.

CLFREAK

There is no way around it. Exclusivity in any mass-produced product is a short-lived game. I called it months before it happened because the same thing happens everytime a new body style comes out, the first few weeks you're king, and thereafter, you're just another brick in the wall. I still like the new S. But, the only way to stave off commonality is to CUSTOMIZE it to your individual look.

mand

NYC is like the new London for luxury cars everywhere you look you'll see cars worth 100,000$ to 600,000$

mand

NYC is like the new London for luxury cars everywhere you look you'll see cars worth 100,000$ to 600,000$

Jayhawk

I'm still waiting to see one here in River City! Hell, my 2000/W220 is still one of only two or three in town. Now that's exclusivity!!

You guys just live in the wrong places for exclusivity.

guru

There is no comparison between London and NY for exotic cars. London has a far greater density of cars over 100 K. Whenever I visit London I am stunned by the plethora of exotics. Manhattan is a distant second.

TA-9FF

Does anyone see many W203's in NYC??