thebeen

well, I just wanted to ask you a few questions on the sl55 amg

My Dad and I put ourselves on the list to get one of these amazing cars in teh fall .. I'm #42 on the list, so we'll prolly get it around the beginning of 2003.

We haven't put any of the options into the car yet, so thats whut I wanted to ask you about

if u can answer these quetsions..that would be great, thanks

1. what color do you think best fits the AMG?
2. would u get the AMG in stick/manual? (is this even possible)
3. The rims .. I really do not like the stock rims on the AMG
these:
http://www.germancarfans.com/photos...001/1019big.jpg

but the ones on ur car (i believe its this:
http://www.germancarfans.com/photos...001/1012big.jpg )
are much better... u agree?


any other options u think are worth gettin? please tell!! thanks man


btw, if u can show me some pix of ur own car (this is to lonman) ....wihtout the stickers from gumball...that would be great!
thanks

Mr. Xristo

No doubt!! Your dealer may receive 4 per year, IF he is lucky.. The largest dealer in the US is receiving 5 this year.

When asked about dealer allocations for the SL55:

"The biggest dealer in the US (Fletcher Jones, Newport beach) will get 5 per model year..."

Other Dealers:

"Our guess is one per dealer"

Speculated premium for SL55 OVER MSRP, for those who wish to sell their SL after taking delivery:

"20K-50K is probably close..."

thebeen

so are u saying if i am number 42 on the list (... it will take more that 8 years for the car to come??)

that doens't sound right...



plus i am sure more than 50% of those people on nthe list will cancel their orders...they just got their name on the list for potential sake


and the 5 model per year is the old calculation..when mercedes thought that they will only sell a few sl's
their expectations were WAY underrated, and i am pretty sure they are increasing the number.... but hey i could be wrong...but 8 years is definitely stupid..i'll just go get an m6 then

awiner

You may want to ask your dealer about their alocation of the SL55 units. At #42, even if half the people drop off the list and you move to #21, you may never see a unit alocated to you.

This is how rare the SL55 will be. Much like the CL55, etc.

MarcusBenz

I tend to agree with Awiner, in the regards to how rare this car will be, like the CL55. I work at the 2nd largest (use to be 1st) MB dealer in the US and we are only looking to get maybe a handful of these cars a year. To put this into prospective, we have only gotten 3 CL55's this year and it is now June. Last year we only received 8 of these cars and I have to say the the SL55 will likely be in the same category as the CL. I hate to be the barer of bad news, but I would not hold my breathe to get a car if I were #42 on the list!!!


MarcusBenz
House of Imports, MBZ

Felix

as some of you know i work for a middle-big since august last year. we don´t sell much AMG-cars but sold four SL55 AMG this year (2x silber, 1x blue-silver and a black one) and about 10-15 SL500.

there was never a AMG sold so good at our dealership, is so fast, and so expansive and so worth.
people are changeing form porsche and jaguar to get the SL, amazing.

Lonman

Import one from Europe, I can put you in touch with someone who could get you two tomorrow at $130k ish.....

thebeen

hey lonman ... I am going to contact you because i am extremely interested in getting this car within the next few months.

my e-mail is the.been@gte.net

imma try urs right now!!