I have an E43 on order...supposed to be here in Toronto in mid-Jan but no VIN number yet....fully loaded it is around 96K Canadian... I am hearing that the E63s will be available by June at the latest (from the local MB sales manager of a corporate store)... Frankly, I just haven't been reading very good reviews on the E43 but the 63 will be a monster. Has anyone seen an order guide yet? I am guessing that the price difference will be 15K or so?

 

As of one week ago, my dealership had no information on the new E63. He tried to pull it up on the computer using a couple different methods; no luck. No record of it, and no order guide.

 

An AMG rep on the private lounge stated that the E63 dealer order guide would be published in January. I'll be checking for it on the private lounge regularly.

 

really curious to see how the price got to $130k

wanna see if I can price one out around $100-105k
(e63S)

 

Well, let's start with a base price of 100. Then add 9 for carbon brakes, 4 for the fancy audio system, 5 for the "unique" paint and 3 or 4 for the "safety" stuff and it looks pretty easy to hit 130 with just a few other options.

 

You can probably pull that off ($105k), the W212 E63 S wagon should be a pretty good guesstimate (and the configurator is still available). I was able to configure a $105k by selecting all standard ($0 cost) options. I think the big W213 question mark will be the P03 cost (P03 cost $11,250 (E300) and $7,300 (E43)). A $0 cost P03 would be nice . Not sure if we are that lucky. Heated and Ventilated Front Seats is another option that will hopefully be $0 cost. (Heated will be, not sure about vented. The combination is $450 on the E43).

Just about everything else can arguably be skipped (AMG Carbon Ceramic Braking System ($8,950), Carbon Fiber Engine Cover ($1,500?), Panorama Roof ($1,090), 811 - Burmester High-End 3D Surround Sound System ($4,550), Acoustic Comfort Package, AMG Exterior Carbon Fiber Package, AMG Night Styling Package, and 20-inch AMG Wheels).

 

the 2018 E63 S order guide (Canada) was released to dealer on Dec 6, 2016.

My dealer MB Thornhill sent me the guide on Dec 14 and I went in to put in my order on Dec 17, 2016 ... for a wagon. The official price for the sedan should be out in late January (could be as late in April 2017). I was given the first allocation for the wagon for Canada as it will be a June production and early Sep delivery.

For the sedan, there are just 3 package options. 1) Intelligent drive 2) AMG 3) Premium

Call your SA ... all dealers should have this into the database now.

 

Still nothing on the U.S. order guide (I'll post it when I get it). Can you post the CAN order guide?

 

I will do that later tonight. Do note the Cdn guide would likely be somewhat different from the US guide, when it comes to package options.

 

Thanks man ...Yeah, I would count on it being different.

 

here is the guide

 

Nice...thx man

 

Thanks bobblehead! Looks like you and I always buy the same new models!

Do you also have the guide for the normal E63 (not S)

 

As far as I can tell, it looks like Canada (like the U.S.) is only getting the "S" model. I am basing this off of the "Future Vehicles and Technology" link on the www.mercedes-benz.ca website.



The MBUSA website listed both the "S" and "non-S" versions originally, and recently removed all of the "non-S" information.

 

funny thing .. we do have very similar taste in cars. But you changed cars much more often than me and you are willing to try out other brands, like Jag.

For Canada, we don't get the non S version.

 

this won't be any different than 2003 when the w211 113k came out. MSRP of $76k, 95% that were build stickered for $90k (plus dealer markup)...

$100k base is not cheap but "only" a 25% uptick is base price from 14 years ago isn't too far out of line.

The new car should be awesome and IMHO best feature (fun factor) is the ability to disconnect the front axel (AWD) by pressing both the paddle shifters.

 

Makes 3 of us.. lol

 

Yes you too!

 

what color you guys are considering ?

 

That Matte Selenite sounds interesting...not sure of the cost hit. lol

 

I have chosen this too. If it is couple of thousands $, then I will probably get it.

This type of matte paint can be difficult to maintain, I have started asking around to see how much it would cost to wrap the entire car with Xpel Stealth, first quote came back to be very, very expensive ... around $6.5K Cdn. I was thinking more like $3.5K Cdn being reasonable.

 

It's not up to me. This car is for my wife. She is considering either Cardinal Red, Yosemite Blue Magno, or Alpine White.

 

Either the Selenite Grey Magno or Night Black Magno (Ed.1). (And a possible long shot would be Piedmont Green).

 

Selenite Grey Magno would be my choice. That with a Bengal Red Designo Interior would be amazing. However my wife doesn't like gray.

 

Obviously I don't live in Canada, but having had a Frozen Grey M5, I would say claims about hard to maintain are overhyped. I would just wrap the front end like any other car, and be done with it. The Frozen paint doesn't show any swirls or marring. In fact after 2.5 years the Frozen grey paint looked better than the section with the Xpel Stealth clear bra!