Ordering a 2021 E63 Wagon
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I know that my dealer in NC has allocation for a wagon for a March build. You should be able to arrange for the car to be delivered directly by your dealer. I'm not certain about the mechanics of this sale, but I'm sure that it can be done.
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Also, not getting build date after long six months of waiting speaks enough about the dealer.
Believe Quackle... ordered the car and paid deposit while back in July.
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So the car hasn´t left germany, even though production was 27.11
I guess you guys will get the car before me as long you get it loaded onto a ship :-D
(Swden is i many ways an underdeveloped country, so I´m not that surprised)
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B8! All Right! My car shows B7 as of this AM, but we should be on the same ship I would think. However, some of the ships do not stop in Brunswick but do stop in Baltimore. I'll update later when I get the name of the boat/
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Update. I took everybody's advice and found a dealership with a March 2021 allocation. Mercedes of Bellevue, near Seattle had an allocation. I put my build in today along with a deposit. I am not going to fuss over the deposit, since this dealership has never worked with me. I can understand if they want some assurances I am not some nutball.
I figure I will just ignore my local dealer...which is what they have been doing to me. If they happen to stumble upon an earlier allocation, then I can cancel this one. The local dealership asked for 5000 down, but then waived it. So, I think I will just leave it at that.
This entire process is stupid. Its a terrible way to sell a premium product. There should be some central list where you can put in an order and they are fulfilled in the order which they come in. And it should not matter what dealership you use. This whole allocation process basically creates impediments for us as consumers, for the benefit of high volume dealerships.
I figure I will just ignore my local dealer...which is what they have been doing to me. If they happen to stumble upon an earlier allocation, then I can cancel this one. The local dealership asked for 5000 down, but then waived it. So, I think I will just leave it at that.
This entire process is stupid. Its a terrible way to sell a premium product. There should be some central list where you can put in an order and they are fulfilled in the order which they come in. And it should not matter what dealership you use. This whole allocation process basically creates impediments for us as consumers, for the benefit of high volume dealerships.
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Update. I took everybody's advice and found a dealership with a March 2021 allocation. Mercedes of Bellevue, near Seattle had an allocation. I put my build in today along with a deposit. I am not going to fuss over the deposit, since this dealership has never worked with me. I can understand if they want some assurances I am not some nutball.
I figure I will just ignore my local dealer...which is what they have been doing to me. If they happen to stumble upon an earlier allocation, then I can cancel this one. The local dealership asked for 5000 down, but then waived it. So, I think I will just leave it at that.
This entire process is stupid. Its a terrible way to sell a premium product. There should be some central list where you can put in an order and they are fulfilled in the order which they come in. And it should not matter what dealership you use. This whole allocation process basically creates impediments for us as consumers, for the benefit of high volume dealerships.
I figure I will just ignore my local dealer...which is what they have been doing to me. If they happen to stumble upon an earlier allocation, then I can cancel this one. The local dealership asked for 5000 down, but then waived it. So, I think I will just leave it at that.
This entire process is stupid. Its a terrible way to sell a premium product. There should be some central list where you can put in an order and they are fulfilled in the order which they come in. And it should not matter what dealership you use. This whole allocation process basically creates impediments for us as consumers, for the benefit of high volume dealerships.
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Update. I took everybody's advice and found a dealership with a March 2021 allocation. Mercedes of Bellevue, near Seattle had an allocation. I put my build in today along with a deposit. I am not going to fuss over the deposit, since this dealership has never worked with me. I can understand if they want some assurances I am not some nutball.
I figure I will just ignore my local dealer...which is what they have been doing to me. If they happen to stumble upon an earlier allocation, then I can cancel this one. The local dealership asked for 5000 down, but then waived it. So, I think I will just leave it at that.
This entire process is stupid. Its a terrible way to sell a premium product. There should be some central list where you can put in an order and they are fulfilled in the order which they come in. And it should not matter what dealership you use. This whole allocation process basically creates impediments for us as consumers, for the benefit of high volume dealerships.
I figure I will just ignore my local dealer...which is what they have been doing to me. If they happen to stumble upon an earlier allocation, then I can cancel this one. The local dealership asked for 5000 down, but then waived it. So, I think I will just leave it at that.
This entire process is stupid. Its a terrible way to sell a premium product. There should be some central list where you can put in an order and they are fulfilled in the order which they come in. And it should not matter what dealership you use. This whole allocation process basically creates impediments for us as consumers, for the benefit of high volume dealerships.
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The US dealership system is antiquated and entirely unnecessary today. Tesla has it exactly right - simply order online and go pick up the car when it comes in. I’ve never understood the entire “sales” concept, especially for luxury goods of any sort. Nobody can be talked into them; they essentially sell themselves. I don’t require a salesman to be anything more than an order facilitator and that can be readily done online these days. The whole process and its infrastructure in this country should be torched.
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The US dealership system is antiquated and entirely unnecessary today. Tesla has is exactly right - simply order online and go pick up the car when it comes in. I’ve never understood the entire “sales” concept, especially for luxury goods of any sort. Nobody can be talked into them; they essentially sell themselves. I don’t require a salesman to be anything more than an order facilitator and that can be readily done online these days. The whole process and its infrastructure in this country should be torched.
I agree, this entire system needs to be burned to the ground. It is antiquated and inefficient.
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I’ll be sticking with MB for my daily driver going forward and varying my toy cars while always favoring Ferrari. Next up: a 599 GTB.
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I’m pretty sure AMG allocations are based on the number of AMG vehicles a dealer sells - not simply the sale of run of the mill benzes. The other thing to keep in mind - E63 wagons are probable one of the rarest cars MB produces - particularly in the US. They are hard to come by. Take one look at Bring a Trailer and see how much they are going for - crazy prices.
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I’m pretty sure AMG allocations are based on the number of AMG vehicles a dealer sells - not simply the sale of run of the mill benzes. The other thing to keep in mind - E63 wagons are probable one of the rarest cars MB produces - particularly in the US. They are hard to come by. Take one look at Bring a Trailer and see how much they are going for - crazy prices.
AMG production is limited by EU emission standards, as the first step. This means X AMG cars can be produced based on Y regular cars sold.
The second limit is MBUSA that gives AMG allocation to the US dealers based on their volume.
Bottom line is, if somebody shopping for an AMG in the US should go to the higher volume dealer.
Simple and logical, no smoke and mirrors.....
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All of this talk of people getting their cars shipped makes me realize that my dealership neither has an allocation or is going to get one anytime soon.
How can they keep telling me that it is "in the system" and "will be processed soon?" I mean, don't they realize at some point I am going to wise up and go elsewhere. Are they just hoping that MBUSA will take their order? Or that I will give up and buy some E350 they have in stock.
Is there anything I can do to compel MBUSA to take their order?
I really do not want to have to go out of state, especially since my state does not have sales tax and its a pain to buy out of state (the plates are a pain to transfer.)
How can they keep telling me that it is "in the system" and "will be processed soon?" I mean, don't they realize at some point I am going to wise up and go elsewhere. Are they just hoping that MBUSA will take their order? Or that I will give up and buy some E350 they have in stock.
Is there anything I can do to compel MBUSA to take their order?
I really do not want to have to go out of state, especially since my state does not have sales tax and its a pain to buy out of state (the plates are a pain to transfer.)
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I’m pretty sure AMG allocations are based on the number of AMG vehicles a dealer sells - not simply the sale of run of the mill benzes. The other thing to keep in mind - E63 wagons are probable one of the rarest cars MB produces - particularly in the US. They are hard to come by. Take one look at Bring a Trailer and see how much they are going for - crazy prices.
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This also explains why they delayed the start of production of the car. There has been no intent to have any facelifted E63s on the road during 2021, or just a limited number of vehicles (mostly press and pre-production). This could also explain the difficulty for you to order the car. You know the process of course in US (and it differs from other countries), but I get the feeling that Mercedes doesn´t really want you to select this car. They want you of course to by a Mercedes, not just the filthy E63S :-)
I´m constantly scanning social media, like Instagram and YouTube. I have not yet seen a single video of a car delivered and driven by a "common" person. All videos and cars seems to been driven by "youtubers", owned by dealerships etc. Correct me if I´m, wrong here, but I haven´t seen any.
(* In sweden there was a similar situation autumn 2019. Car manufactures refused to deliver hybrids during end of 2019 because they wanted them to be calculated for the new emission rules of 2020. Every hybrid would lower the average, hence no point to deliver 2019. Some manufactures admitted this, I it was quite a large fuzz. But in my case, Mercedes would never admit that they intentionally delays my car.)
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My car is at the port in Bremerhaven as of 12/16, but does not have a ship assigned for transport to the US. I am hoping that it ships out on 12/21, but I have no assurances that it will do so. The original production date was supposed to be in November, but got pushed back one month.
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My car is at the port in Bremerhaven as of 12/16, but does not have a ship assigned for transport to the US. I am hoping that it ships out on 12/21, but I have no assurances that it will do so. The original production date was supposed to be in November, but got pushed back one month.
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