SL/R232: Featured Offers for SL gone from MBUSA.com
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Featured Offers for SL gone from MBUSA.com
new month and now no lease deals shown at all on 2024 nor 2025!
https://www.mbusa.com/en/special-offers
https://www.mbusa.com/en/special-offers
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Was talking to my dealer and the 2026 are not out yet. There will be very limited production and right now there are less than 100 on order for the entire country. The 20k incentives on 2024s just ended at the end of the month and not many 2025 sitting in inventory.
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100 on order is telling. Although I'm a long time SL fan, I've sensed the R232 may be the end of the SL series. The disasterous introduction along with reliabilty issues may have seasled the fate.
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It is and more so about where things stand in the economy. The inability to have any faith in projections is causing people to reign in their spending significantly. This car is really hard to justify when you can get 80K plus off sticker buying pre-owned with under 5K miles on it. Sure you may not get the exact spec, but you can get close enough.
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I think there will always be an AMG convertible sports car. It might not be called an SL. They could also make the SL an even more expensive boutique thing like they’re pushing with the Maybach version. Except the entire lineup would be like Maybach or Louis Vuitton or whatever the hell.
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Produce a more reliable car with greater consumer choices( even as simple as ext/int colors). Maybe ask previous SL buyers what they like/dislike about previous SL models???? The silly vestigial rear seats are an area of controversy. The SL63 engine output is good just not great........other companies that use the same basic 4.0L engine produce way more power. Adding more power with the hybrid assist is nice but it adds cost, weight and complexity (think serviceability and repairs). Resale is abysmal.
The amount of effort spent on the Maybach should have been allocated to reliabilty. I can not imagine the Maybach ever being a even moderate seller.........how many pimps will buy a Maybach??
Who is in charge at MB???? FIRE them!
The amount of effort spent on the Maybach should have been allocated to reliabilty. I can not imagine the Maybach ever being a even moderate seller.........how many pimps will buy a Maybach??
Who is in charge at MB???? FIRE them!
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Produce a more reliable car with greater consumer choices( even as simple as ext/int colors). Maybe ask previous SL buyers what they like/dislike about previous SL models???? The silly vestigial rear seats are an area of controversy. The SL63 engine output is good just not great........other companies that use the same basic 4.0L engine produce way more power. Adding more power with the hybrid assist is nice but it adds cost, weight and complexity (think serviceability and repairs). Resale is abysmal.
The amount of effort spent on the Maybach should have been allocated to reliabilty. I can not imagine the Maybach ever being a even moderate seller.........how many pimps will buy a Maybach??
Who is in charge at MB???? FIRE them!
The amount of effort spent on the Maybach should have been allocated to reliabilty. I can not imagine the Maybach ever being a even moderate seller.........how many pimps will buy a Maybach??
Who is in charge at MB???? FIRE them!
I would have never looked at the SL if it followed the prior versions closely (except unless they figured out how to get a hard top on the current one). Any research into this model shows that they have understated the performance of the engine significantly, again likely to minimize insurance issues, which is likely why the rear seats are there (in addition to taxes and potential import issues). What MB was able to do with this model is get a significantly younger someone than their current purchasers, someone who owns and loves Porsche and their design language (especially bright colors) to buy a black Mercedes SL, which will now get me to look at MB when I replace my Cayenne. I know I am a one off, but I am sure I am not the only one.
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Perhaps telling that they are advertising to a different group, a group that is loud but does not actually buy. The new model had sales nearly equal to any other recent good year but once the old guard said no, sales are not keeping up. Maybach has high good profit regardless of production numbers. Similar to a g. Now they will overproduce the g searching for profit to offset proposed tariffs and as of yet, nobody wants the full electric tech g. Mercedes has really faltered when they should be doing more affalterbachan
And of course deals are going to shrink or disappear. Limited supply has already driven up used car prices. Im convinced Mercedes has still not recovered from pandemic supply chain issues.
Perhaps telling that they are advertising to a different group, a group that is loud but does not actually buy. The new model had sales nearly equal to any other recent good year but once the old guard said no, sales are not keeping up. Maybach has high good profit regardless of production numbers. Similar to a g. Now they will overproduce the g searching for profit to offset proposed tariffs and as of yet, nobody wants the full electric tech g. Mercedes has really faltered when they should be doing more affalterbachan
And of course deals are going to shrink or disappear. Limited supply has already driven up used car prices. Im convinced Mercedes has still not recovered from pandemic supply chain issues.
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I'm not a marketing major ( just a dumb STEM guy ) but the best source of sales are previous clients. MB's management team appears to be confused and aloof. If MB hasn't recovered from supply chain issues by 2025, it just confirms the senior management team are ineffective. Using the initial buyers as beta testers might have been a mistake, a big mistake. I put off placing an order, and am still holding off.
The Maybach SL probably does turn a nice profit.........it's a tarted up SL for a mere $50K premium. If the SL isn't selling, the Maybach sales must be beyond low. Perhaps get the SL right before expending time and resources on the not so special editions.
I consider myself a hardcore SL fan.........I am disappointed with the MB ineptitude.
The Maybach SL probably does turn a nice profit.........it's a tarted up SL for a mere $50K premium. If the SL isn't selling, the Maybach sales must be beyond low. Perhaps get the SL right before expending time and resources on the not so special editions.
I consider myself a hardcore SL fan.........I am disappointed with the MB ineptitude.
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I think the rear seats move were to juxtapose the car as a 911 competitor. As a father of two small kiddos I love the flexibility of having them both in the back vs my corvette where I have to pick one kid to ride with me. The power figure does seem understated. The thing is a bullet.
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My 2019 SL450, which I ordered new, has only 4,400 miles on it, as I rarely drive it. But I enjoy having it and was looking forward to getting the new model—until I saw how many corners were cut in the design and how it was SO down featured with no retractable hardtop, no retractable windscreen, an exterior that most cannot recognize as different from the AMG GTC and how it was WAY up priced. Throw in all the nightmare electronic glitches and the vast majority of ardent SL fans turned their backs muttering “NEIN!,” as they made their way down to the Porsche, Bentley or Aston-Martin dealer.
The last SL, was the remarkable R231. The R232 is a SLINO! Honestly, if I had to have a new sporting car, I’d rather have a 911, an AM, a Continental or even a Corvette—but I guess I’ll just settle for my little white jewel for a bit longer. Happy American Independence Day to all.
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