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I have asked along with others about the breakdown of production numbers by color but like everyone has found, the numbers are only speculative.
I thought it might be fun to ask AI the question and the image attached is what I got in response. Notice how the reply makes reference to this website for data???
My database, which is derived from EPC, shows a total of 64 S65 sedans and 36 S65 coupes produced in 2019.
For the Ruby Black paint (897) it shows only one sedan and one coupe in 2019.
Caveat is that 2019 is the tail end of what's covered by the EPC data, so these numbers may be missing some later vehicles.
My database on MB vehicles started with the SL65, because I own one, but has grown to include other AMG models as well as some non-AMG models with V12 engines.
The base source of the data is the MB EPC (Electronic Parts Catalog), which amazingly has FINs and build data on pretty much every vehicle MB made starting from the early 90's and up to the 2019 model year. Beyond that MB has gone strictly online with their apps, so we will be deprived of data on 2020 vehicles and beyond. MB is pretty secretive with production data. The only official source of data from MB that I'm aware of is their public archive Mercedes Public Archive. It contains some gross totals for most models, but not all.
Here are reports I ran from my database on the S65 Coupe and S65 Sedan. I have found it to not be 100% complete, but it's close.
These are currently the only S models that I have pulled data for.
thanks @jmattoni - I was also scraping EPC but your database seems much wider. (I have some slightly different numbers we could take to DM sometime ) I was also interested in determining how many optional extras were selected - for example for 2015:
heated windshield was only on 19% of cars configured,
surprisingly 37% had the rear fridge (given how much room it takes up!)
86% carbon fiber package (really?)
33% ceramic brakes (I've never seen one for sale yet)
If I understand your PDF - could we interpret that there were approx 1,721 S65 across the production years including final edition (as those utilized the same shells and part, with different colored body panels) Either way, it's quite a few more than I expected given how rarely they show up used.
Hello, this is my first ever post so I'm sorry for the rookie moves. I built the detailed database for all the S65 & S600s produced and shipped to the US from 2015-2020. I have all the vins and all the analytics and all that to say that at some point in the near future I'm hoping to buy one off one of yall. If you have any questions I'm happy to share what I've learned. Also if you're in the market to sell your S65 sedan in the next year+ please reach out and consider me interested.
I agree. The 2020 regular and final editions are the only ones I can’t find any more of but I believe there are a few of those out there. If / when I find any more Ill share.
Hello, this is my first ever post so I'm sorry for the rookie moves. I built the detailed database for all the S65 & S600s produced and shipped to the US from 2015-2020. I have all the vins and all the analytics and all that to say that at some point in the near future I'm hoping to buy one off one of yall. If you have any questions I'm happy to share what I've learned. Also if you're in the market to sell your S65 sedan in the next year+ please reach out and consider me interested.
Hi; this is all sedans. Collecting the data was not single source and I built it and cross referenced about a dozen locations.
We should compare notes. I do have data on S65 sedans, but at the moment I don't believe it covers all the production, especially into 2020. I'm working on that.
2007 S65 AMG W221/ 2020 S65 Final Edition/ 2024 GLC300 Coupe
You can add mine if you don't have it VIN: WDDUG7KB4LA523286. It may be the lowest mileage S65 Final Edition in the country at 654 miles. Amazingly, when I found it, it only had 43 miles on it.
You can add mine if you don't have it VIN: WDDUG7KB4LA523286. It may be the lowest mileage S65 Final Edition in the country at 654 miles. Amazingly, when I found it, it only had 43 miles on it.
thanks @jmattoni - I was also scraping EPC but your database seems much wider. (I have some slightly different numbers we could take to DM sometime ) I was also interested in determining how many optional extras were selected - for example for 2015:
heated windshield was only on 19% of cars configured,
surprisingly 37% had the rear fridge (given how much room it takes up!)
86% carbon fiber package (really?)
33% ceramic brakes (I've never seen one for sale yet)
If I understand your PDF - could we interpret that there were approx 1,721 S65 across the production years including final edition (as those utilized the same shells and part, with different colored body panels) Either way, it's quite a few more than I expected given how rarely they show up used.
Are your numbers worldwide? I think so.
For offline EPC (the one you install on your own PC) I have a method that taps directly into the EPC database servers that run on your PC installation, so I can extract any data I want using SQL queries. The limitation with offline EPC is that it doesn't go beyond roughly the middle of the 2019 model year. That's more or less factory production through the end of 2018.
As you probably know, MB has moved all shop applications online. Online EPC seems to have all the newer data, but needless to say there's no longer a way to tap into the database servers. So, you guess at a FIN/VIN and it tells you whether it has a datacard for it.
The numbers are worldwide, but I have full build data, including delivery location, so it can be broken down by country as well. The stats report also shows delivery counts to the country of the specific vehicle being reported in the stats. The caveat right now is that the stats report for an S65 sedan won't be accurate as far as totals.
I have what I believe to be the full set of all S65 coupe/cabriolet vehicles delivered. The coupe/cab deliveries stopped around mid-2019 model year, about the same time that they stopped delivering SL65s.
At this time, I know I do NOT have all the S65 sedans, but I'm working on it. The difficulty is that there's WAY more S sedans (of all variants) than S coupes/cabs. And, unlike S coupes/cabs, deliveries of S sedans continued into the 2020 model year.
I'd rather not get into how I gather the data right now, but here's some interesting tidbits about the tail end of the S65 sedan production found so far:
- Some S65 sedans show delivery dates as late as 2025. Appears that some people waited a LONG time for their S65.
- The FIN/VIN prefix changed from WDD to W1K in 2020 for S vehicles delivered to North America
- Five of the later S65 sedans found so far were recorded as "scrapped" in EPC. Have seen one or two with the SL, but not that many.
I don't have data for S600s, but here's my numbers for S65 Sedans:
2015 - 1022 worldwide, 400 US (5 of these were designated as "scrapped" - possibly crash testing)
2016 - 255 worldwide, 69 US
2017 - 183 worldwide, 27 US
2018 - 241 worldwide, 54 US
2019 - 118 worldwide, 22 US (may be missing a few at the end)
2020 - TBD (but probably fairly low)
Note that these counts are by model year, which is a bit of a guessing game for vehicles without VINs. For those, I have my own methods for deciding based on production/delivery date.
The numbers up through 2018 are considered complete. 2019 may have a few stragglers not yet found. And 2020 isn't done yet.
I'd be happy to share all the data with you if you like. I can export it in a csv format that's compatible with most spreadsheets.
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) I was also interested in determining how many optional extras were selected - for example for 2015:
I built the database
