SL55/63/65/R230 AMG: SL 55 Pricing
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SL 55 Pricing
Does anyone have information about SL 55 pricing? My understanding is that the pricing differential for the new 55's will be substantially more than the '02 CL 500 Sport to the CL55, which was only about $5000. Given the possibility of an SL 550 in the next year or two, SL 500's will be relatively undesirable. It may be worth the wait for the SL 55 for those of us in the Northeast where availability is likely to be better than in the South or on the West Coast.
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SL550 3 years out?
MarcusBenz (who works for a volume MBZ dealer in California) makes the point that from a marketing standpoint it is more likely that the 550 engine will debut on the next generation S Class due out in about 3 years here in the U.S. Others have speculated that the 550 engine could show up on these shores as early as December of this year. My guess is that as long as Mercedes continues to make the 500 engine it is what we will get here in the U.S. for the near future (at least into 2004) since those to whom performance is a priority have the AMG version available.
Anyone have better information?
Anyone have better information?
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If U go to www.mercedes.de then go via pkw menu (on left) to SL, you can download the german price list.
Id work out the percentage difference between US and German SL500 and apply the same to the SL55
Remember,. base specs are different, German cars dont have COMAND and various others as standard, so add the options that are standard into the base price when doing the calculations
Id work out the percentage difference between US and German SL500 and apply the same to the SL55
Remember,. base specs are different, German cars dont have COMAND and various others as standard, so add the options that are standard into the base price when doing the calculations
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That would work out to almost $115K.
The SL500 runs 94,308 euros which is about USD$82,500. The US price is about 105% of that ($86,500).
The SL55 costs 124,236, which is about USD$108,700. Applying the same 105% comes out to a hair under $115K.
Seems like a pretty big premium over the 500 ($20K over an SL500 sport), but it's a helluva lot of car.
Would cost you $20K to strap on a 3rd party supercharger, and you might not get the resale, and you'd probably cancel the warranty.
The SL500 runs 94,308 euros which is about USD$82,500. The US price is about 105% of that ($86,500).
The SL55 costs 124,236, which is about USD$108,700. Applying the same 105% comes out to a hair under $115K.
Seems like a pretty big premium over the 500 ($20K over an SL500 sport), but it's a helluva lot of car.
Would cost you $20K to strap on a 3rd party supercharger, and you might not get the resale, and you'd probably cancel the warranty.
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Thanks HWT 1964. It looks like about $15,000 over a well-equiped SL 500 Sport. It is likely that the SL 55 includes otherwise extra price options in its total price, which is the case with the CL. $15K over the Sport version is actually a good deal, given the power and other likely hardware differentials of the 55. The most recent word from my dealer, which is a high volume dealer, is that they may get only two SL 55's in the next year. I assume that they will not deliver the first one until August or so. BTW, an '03 Porsche Turbo for Sept delivery, perhaps with the X50 power option, is a higher probabilty event than the SL 55 anytime in the next year. They are obviously very different cars, but don;t knock the Porsche driving experience until you have tried it.
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I find it hard to believe that a high volume dealer would only get 2 SL55's this year. I've gotten a bit of a run-around from dealers when asking about the 55's--they claim not to know how many they're getting, what they'll be priced at, when they'll arrive, etc. I'm wondering if they're stonewalling us on that topic to sell more SL500s.
I'm hearing that a couple thousand SL55's will make there way to the US each year. There are something like 2-3 hundred MB dealers in the US, so that works out to an SL55 every month or two for the average dealer.
I'm hearing that a couple thousand SL55's will make there way to the US each year. There are something like 2-3 hundred MB dealers in the US, so that works out to an SL55 every month or two for the average dealer.
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I would have guessed what you have just said about SL 55 is the case and I am only relating what the dealership told me yesterday, which was attributed to the MB regional rep who happened to be there when I called. MB generally does not show its hand so your assumptions are probably right and designed to keep demand up for the SL 500's.
My comment about the Porsche must be qualified by the fact that one that is reasonably well equiped and has the X50 engine option (450bhp) at a cost of $17,700, is pushing $150,000 vs. $115k or $120k for an SL 55. I realize that the SL 500 slalom time was second only to the Porsche twin turbo, which means that the SL 55 will probably be quite close to the slalom time of the TT. The ABC is truly an awesome system, as I have discovered with my CL and makes the SL 55 an extermely desirable car to those who appreciate the capabilities of such cars. Except for striaght line acceleration it could run with 360's and Porsche Turbos. My further assumption is that the CL 55 with the supercharged engine will be almost equal to the SL 55, as their weight will be quite close.
My comment about the Porsche must be qualified by the fact that one that is reasonably well equiped and has the X50 engine option (450bhp) at a cost of $17,700, is pushing $150,000 vs. $115k or $120k for an SL 55. I realize that the SL 500 slalom time was second only to the Porsche twin turbo, which means that the SL 55 will probably be quite close to the slalom time of the TT. The ABC is truly an awesome system, as I have discovered with my CL and makes the SL 55 an extermely desirable car to those who appreciate the capabilities of such cars. Except for striaght line acceleration it could run with 360's and Porsche Turbos. My further assumption is that the CL 55 with the supercharged engine will be almost equal to the SL 55, as their weight will be quite close.
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Originally posted by sillydriver
Rake, when you say 2004 do you mean calendar year 2004 or model year 2004 (i.e. potentially early calendar 2003)?
Rake, when you say 2004 do you mean calendar year 2004 or model year 2004 (i.e. potentially early calendar 2003)?
