avb777

That is why Chrysler is asking for money now and with the way this is going they will have less and less customers and will need even more money to stay in business.

jl88

Main reason why Chrysler Financial got out of the leasing business; they were getting killed when the cars were turned in.

I agree with what was said before. Car leases are going to be gone for a while. You're going to see a lot of "attractive" financing offers.

zam2000

It's not Mercedes that have mechanical problems, it's the world wide economy that have fuel pump and transmission problem.

ahmadkshuja

For those with less than 10K miles, the price ranges from $75,990 to around $150K. Just one is below $80K. Others are in 90s. I think that, given the economic circumstances, these are fair prices.

Thanks!!

vonbeeler

LOL.....LOL
Chris I got to tell you when I first read that yesterday I was laughing.
I read it again and laughed again. Last night in my car I was laughing and this morning laughing again thinking about ECU to a zillion horsepower!!!! Thats funny shi....! Thats one major reason for my purchase over the 63.
I knew it could be easily modified to infinity or as you say a ZILLION horsepower. I will probably go Renntch as Trumpet did or Brabus once the warranty is out. For now though the car still is amazing every time!

vonbeeler

I agree with Ahmad. Wholesale auction prices are one thing. The dealers are being very cautious right now. The real retail price for a clean 07 600 should be around $80k I think.

gellie

Local dealer by me asking 70k a 07 w/ 15k on it. There are very few buyers out there.

kidd-paul

on a sidenote, how come s600 brakes differ in different markets? if you look at some euro/japanese s600.They have larger/different calipers to us/australian

kidd-paul

not my pics but last two are us spec and the same here (australia)

mbnj

Predicting 3 years out the residual value of vehicles has been the bane of financing companies for years. Setting the residuals too high causes lower payments but transfers risk to the leasor. The sales teams love it. Then, when the marrone hits the fan, it swings back with low residuals and high monthly payments and basically the auto companies are hunkering down and willing to let sales drop rather than writing down their books later on. BTW, sales teams get wicked ticked and will claim the finance guys are overly conservative and killing sales. This is why everyone loses when values drop in this kind of ecomomic environment- it's not just there is less money out there but any business dealing in financing assets with unclear future worth are valuing things for dirt to avoid risk.

nantucketsleigh

While its true that resale values on virtually all luxury brands are at very low levels, the MB seems to be particularly hard hit. Poor resale values vs. BMW have been a fact of life for some time. The loss of 50%+ of value in 3 years or less has changed my habit of buying new every 3 years. While I can easily afford to buy new every couple of years it makes me feel foolish. I plan on keeping my current cars for 4-5 years. If there are more people out there like me, luxury brand sales could be under pressure for several years.

AsianML

At least you guys didn't buy brand new Jaguar XJs.

An 05-06 XJR can be had for mid-20s now.