Ahmedito

Hi guys,

I know that you will not see like this car in the USA especially the color compenasion is so attractive.


09 S350 with 09 H2



Rear seat entertainment



This is how it looks at night



Fancy Headrest



My Brother bought this special order S350 (V6) for $120k isn't expensive? Wonder how much will be if I order the same car in the US?

QuadBenz

Very nice color combo. An S350 like that would probably be around $70-80 in the U.S.

AsianML

Interesting how it's not a full leather interior. But I do like the interior color combo.

Ahmedito

It is full leather interior but they use black leather every where except the seats & handrest on door panels are RED

absent

The ordering restrictions and color/interior combos available in US are just plain ridiculous when compared with the rest of the World.
Last year I tried to special order a CL65 ,Majestic Black with Cognac interior.
No discounts ,offered to pay additional premium like for Designo,dealer tried very hard with Montvale ,all for nothing.
Got a letter from MBUSA offering a regular combo from the brochure ,nothing more.
I took my business elsewhere,any color combo and finish I wanted was accepted with no problem ,with car delivered as promised in 4 months.
Ended up with even better ride after all,since CCBs ar a must for me (3-4 times a week going to my warehouse at 4am on a completely empty highway,no cops anywhere,braking while coming on ramp from 180-190mph very frequent.SL65's brakes were toast after 3k miles)

S-Clusiv

Is this NOT available in the US? I've just fallen in love with a W221.

AsianML

Maybe it's the pictures and maybe they do it differently R.O.W. but I don't see any stitching on the door panels.

Regardless, it is BEAUTIFUL.

blazinginder

after seeing this....hands down RED is my favorite color interior for a S...how much was the cost of the red interior?

RajwanyS550

ugliest exterior color i have ever seen

WSH

One often gets what one pays for....

Cars in US are some of cheapest in world, w/sub-inflation pricing (despite dollar deprec) over past 20+ yrs...new 65 is only $200K (vs ?$95K for a new ?300hp/lb-ft S500 some 20yrs ago)

absent, bigger issue in US is not brakes....do a lot of high-speed braking on 65 w/no issues; brakes are very car/situation-specific; ask guys w/997GT2s who've had premature brake exhaustion on PCCBs on track b/c of PSM and/or driving style...and are uncertain about PCCB response in CA winter fwy commuting in mere 50F rain

Risk of tire failure at high speeds vs potholes on US' crappy roads is a far greater risk to any high net worth commuter in a 65 or 997GT2 or 599HGTE or Scud (funny enough, most of guys in CA, even LA's Westside, who commute with $200K+ cars have <10mi commutes intra-city or intra-suburban and only get on certain fwys for fun on wkend AMs)

SF/LA urban fwys are much better than those of NYC/Chic/Dall/Hou but vastly more dangerous than ABs near Munich or Frankfurt (though I'd argue SF Peninsula's 280 is a better tq stress-test than anywhere on planet)

For me, have no interest in cars that aren't iridium silver/blk/cf, so don't care for "unusual" combos even if avail in US as long as leather is fine-grained and nanotech paint and leather/alcantara/cf interior has high-quality fit/finish (which, in my expce, AMG easily supersedes any other mfr)

dbtk

Wow! Love the red leather. (But wouldn't full leather have stitching on the upper door panels a la the 600s?)

absent

I use I-94 which has brand new surfaces every 5 years,very smooth and absolutely lacking any potholes (unlike most of other expressways in Chicagoland).
It's true that not all CCBs are created equal and the early ones in Porsches had issues ,especially when hard used during track events.
So far I have about 12k miles on them and they don't show any deterioration (again,they have to suffer heavy braking from circa 180mph to Zero on a fairly regular basis).
Btw,we had a couple Scuds at Mont Tremblant that had about 7k miles of exclusively track use by Ferrari pros and amateurs ,that needed only tire and pad replacements,rotors looked perfectly fresh.
On another note,I drive on LA's freeways quite often (4-5 visits a year) and their surfaces are a disaster ,unexcusable in a climate with no snow or subzero temperatures.

X5_E320

How much taxes do you pay in your country?

Frissen

First of all, congrats on the new car. Color combo is awesome as is intrepid on such car, but looks good. How is the 350 engine behavior on such large Merc?

Now on to CCB's, so far I had no problems whatsoever with my PCCB's

braking is excellent in all situations... a very recommendable option.

...about interiors, my C is obviously not Designo but it has an Avantgarde only option color combo, exterior is Palladium and Avantgarde Beige

I believe this is not available in the USA either...

Bukwild

always been a fan of silver and red leather combo's

s600ed

Is there such a thing as avantgarde or elegance for the S? I've seen it mostly on C/E 4doors but never on a S? BTW what's the difference in terms of equipment?

Carl Lassiter

Did your mother teach you no manners?

OP- good pictures, car looks great w/ the red interior.

Ahmedito

There is nothing called taxes over there

Also we pay for gas:
95 Octane: $0.60 PER GALLON
91 Octane: $0.45 PER GALLON

silberrosa

Car is beautiful and thanks for posting. Would you mind posting the exterior and interior color codes / names? Thank you

vintagefefe

$120k is chump-change compared to what we pay over here. My plain Jane S350 costs me over $200k. Wish I can have as many options as you guys do....

TDwayne69

Hey jtanoyo1,

Its unfortunate that the prices are so high in your country, I think the big disparity in price is due to number of units sold in the US in comparison to your country. When I was stationed in Germany, I brought my US spec BMW 323i over with me and also purchased my US spec BMW 750Li while I was there. When I went and looked at the European spec models, they were seriously lacking in options, quality, and are considerably more expensive than the US the models sent to the US. I remember when the new S-Class first came out in 2005 at the Frankfurt Car Show, a base model was priced over 120K Euros (in Germany) over 30K dollars more than US models.

CL55_Serge

Where are you located? Maybe I can ship some of my custom choppers that way for sale :-)

Frissen

I haven't seen the Avantgarde model for the S. I have seen it for C, E, CLK. The Avantgarde takes most luxury and sporty options into the model but varies from country to country, my C doesn't boost the exterior AMG package, sport seats or exotic wood I saw in the German models nonetheless it still carries some nice options and some color combos are specific to the Avantagrde designation only, which is nice too.

Ahmedito

I think you are paying over $200k because of the taxes right?

Any one in the US want to buy GAS from me?

MBNUT1

Nouveau Riche comment. You're probably haven't been around these cars long enough to appreciate that it is a vintage Mercedes color.