2006 Mercedes-Benz S-Class Consumer Discussions

Mercedes-Benz S-Class Lease Questions

Re: [juice1220]

Written by: skrontz on Sep 10, 2008 08:16 PM

OK, let's take a specific example. Back in 2006, I bought my dad a 750Li. The MSRP was slighly over $93k. I just built the same model on bmwusa.com and it came out to slightly over $90k. Bake in the inflation, it went down a lot. Which MSRP are you referring to? I'd like to see specific figures. I live in California. The only area S550s are selling well is probably NYC. ... Read More...

High End Luxury Cars

Re: Mercedes instead of a BMW as your luxury car of choice? [bmlexus]

Written by: theinric on Dec 07, 2007 07:07 PM

Yeah, you know what I found in doing my research? That there's an ageist component to the demographics of MBZ afficionados, which is really weird to me. According to some of those surveyed, they thought MBZ "was for old people." I responded, "well maybe it's because they last so long!" I plan to keep my 2006 CLS500 for over 120,000 miles, a) because I drive ALOT and ... Read More...

Average Sales Per Franchise

Written by: ctsang on Feb 23, 2007 00:10 PM

Total Total December January 2006 2007 Lexus 176 104 BMW 91 58 Mercedes-Benz 84 51 Audi 45 24 Jaguar 9 8 Aston Martin 1 1 Rolls-Royce 1 1 Read More...

sales

Written by: ctsang on Feb 22, 2007 09:17 AM

U.S. Market Premium Sales From 2002 to 2006 2006 2002 Change % Porsche 34227 21318 12909 60.55% Infiniti 121146 87911 33235 37.81% Lexus 322434 234109 88325 37.73% Acura 201223 165552 35671 21.55% BMW 274432 232032 42400 18.27% Mercedes Benz 247934 213225 34709 16.28% Audi 90116 85726 4390 5.12% Volvo 115807 110670 5137 4.64% Jaguar 20683 61204 -40521 -66.21% Read More...

Re: A SOON-TO-BE OBITUARY FOR MERCEDES BENZ [reality2]

Written by: brightness04 on Feb 06, 2007 09:46 PM

Less than 10% of Mercedes sold in Europe are S-class. The overwhelming majority of Mercedes sold in Europe are A,B and C classes. The majority of E class sold in Europe are essentially taxicab varieties that have are more lowly equipped than the lowest E class sold here in the US, with 1.8L, 2L, 2.2L, and 2.8L engines. 2006 witnessed Lexus sales in Europe increase ... Read More...

Re: A SOON-TO-BE OBITUARY FOR MERCEDES BENZ [brightness04]

Written by: reality2 on Feb 06, 2007 03:12 PM

This is stretching it a bit. Mercedes-Benz sold over 650,000 units in Europe for 2006. Yes, they offer much more in terms of range than Lexus does in Europe, but to assume that the majority was "econoboxes" is a bit sore grapes. Lexus barely hit 40,000 units or so in Europe for 2006 with the majority of increase coming from the RX or the IS and definitely not the LS. ... Read More...

Re: Oh, the LS has an edge alright. [drfill]

Written by: merc1 on Feb 02, 2007 08:21 AM

Oh, I beg to differ. Where did the S-Class commercials come from? I thought the S was so incredible it didn't need to advertise? I love it! You change the subject when you're licked! We were talking about the LS getting a series of lukewarm reviews and now you're talking about Mercedes S-Class advertising. Think Mercedes noticed that the buzz is gone, just like ... Read More...

Mercedes-Benz USA Records Best January Sales Ever

Written by: tagman on Feb 01, 2007 03:37 PM

Coming off its thirteenth year of consecutive sales increases, Mercedes-Benz USA (MBUSA) today reported sales of 17,069 new vehicles for January 2007, up 36.9 percent from last January making this the best January sales in the company's history. In 2006, Mercedes-Benz significantly enhanced its competitive presence in the luxury light truck market with ... Read More...

Top Loyalty Ratings

Written by: ctsang on Jan 02, 2007 07:35 AM

2006 top 10 manufacturers in retaining customers as reported by J.D. Powers: Toyota -- 63.9% Lexus -- 63.2% Honda -- 60.3% BMW -- 56.5% Scion -- 56.3% Cadillac -- 55.5% Chevrolet -- 55.3% Mercedes-Benz -- 53.6% Ford -- 53.3% Hyundai -- 51.6% Read More...

Mercedes-Benz S-Class

read before buying

Written by: ctsang on Nov 10, 2006 11:35 AM

Among the vehicles predicted to be least reliable by Consumer Reports, a total of eight Mercedes-Benz vehicles made the list, the most for any one brand. These are the S-Class (2006), CLS, E-Class Sedan, SL, CLK, SLK (V6), M-Class, and R-Class. The redesigned M-Class SUV and new R-Class crossover wee especially disappointing, with between 129 percent and ... Read More...