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#659 of 1627 Brazil? by martin13 Nov 20, 2001 (6:39 pm)
Surprised, but did I miss where the car is manufactured?
#660 of 1627 By all accounts... by mapman1138 Nov 20, 2001 (8:00 pm)
...the Coupe is built in Sindelfingen, Germany. Of course I've never been there, but I see no reason to doubt this (feel free to doubt the spelling, if you like).
#661 of 1627 To mapman - by revka Nov 20, 2001 (11:27 pm)
You're welcome. Hope your MB C230 arrives as planned....   Revka Host Hatchbacks / Station Wagons / Women's Auto Center Boards
#662 of 1627 Country of Origin. by jcb_digger Nov 21, 2001 (2:26 am)
The Coupe is built in Germany, the saloon is built in South Africa.   Fit & build is supposedly better on the Coupe than the saloon.   Anyway, my order is now in (eventually!), my car will be with me in March next year.   Since I'm buying in the UK we don't get option packs, but a list of individual options (which invariably costs more than in the US).   I've ordered a C230K Sequentronic (sequential manual gearbox) in Jasper Blue (called Orion Blue in the States), grey leather, Bose, COMAND, parking sensors, panoramic roof and a whole host of other toys.   I can't wait!   Regards & thanks to all the regular posters on here who have kept me informed & amused while I've pondered over the (now very dog-eared) options booklet.   Regards, JohnB.   PS. The major reason I've gone for this over a BMW 3 series is rarity. Our motorways are awash with BMW's, in the time since the C-Coupe was released, I haven't seen more than a dozen (and I spend a LOT of time driving).
#663 of 1627 jcb_digger - cost in the UK? by paul_p Nov 21, 2001 (4:51 am)
John,   Just curious - what does a C230K like the one you are buying cost in the UK? I lived in Chiswick & was working near London from January through June of this year, and it was interesting to see the different MB models there. Was able to rent an A140 "mini-minivan" from Easy Rentacar in Chelsea for a month, which I found to be a compact and very nice machine. Enjoyed driving it to Dover and Deal one weekend in April.   Unfortunately, I went blind in my left eye (retinal detachment) while I was in the UK, but the folks at Moorfield's Eye Hospital at Old Street performed an operation which allowed me to see again. They are awesome! I have all the respect in the wold for those fine people.   I hope you have fun driving when your new "baby" arrives. Cheers!       -Paul P., Atlanta, GA
#664 of 1627 jcb digger by tarik Nov 21, 2001 (6:00 am)
Although you are correct that the sedans for the right-hand-drive-markets are built in South Africa, all others are built either in Germany (Bremen, I believe) or in Brazil. Apparently, there is a sticker in the door jamb carrying this information.   Tarik
#665 of 1627 skobola: The problem with leasing a MBZ by fgrethel Nov 21, 2001 (7:33 am)
I have tried to lease a MBZ C230 coupe. My dealer had an "non-presold" vehicle and I ran over to get it. The problem was that they radically marked up an already high money factor (interest rate) and they doubled MBZ Finance's acquisition fee. This made the three year 12,000 mile per year deal silly even though the base price of the car is reasonable and the residual was excellent. From what I understand, the residual has dropped substantially in November. Yet the lease money factor remains well above the average market rate. This is likely why the lease rate seems to have jumped on the MBZ site. By the way, you may not be able to achieve that absurdly high rate when you actually sit down with the dealer--they will charge more! I guess this is a vehicle that you have to purchase and not lease. The dealers are overly greedy and MBZ has given them limited profit, so they mark up everything that they are able.
#666 of 1627 Build site for the C230 by jjpeter Nov 21, 2001 (1:31 pm)
To tapri; et all - Mine says "Made in Germany" - Stuttgart (sp?) There may be some Brazilians working at the plant, but its first roll is on German pavement. (: BTW, my odometer read 9.2 miles when we picked it up. I understand they do test drive the cars before final acceptance, and there is some driving around during the shipment process etc.
#667 of 1627 Same stuff as jjpeter. by lukyme Nov 21, 2001 (2:15 pm)
Ditto on jjpeter info. My C230 as well as all that I have seen were built in Germany. There is a sticker inside the driver side door that indicates the build site. I did see other C cars that were built in Brazil. The dealer is required to leave that little sticker in the window that indicates the parts content and assembly location, but most are gone from the windows when delivered. Tapri: Mine had 10 miles on it at delivery, which I picked it up the day after it arrived. I would not be concerned with 60-some miles. Thats not unusual for import cars, as some go through some testing, clean-up and adjustments after thier long journey to the U.S. However, I personally will avoid new inventory cars with 200+ miles on them, as many are used as demo's. We all know how we test drive a new car. After all, we want to know how they perform. I tend to baby my new car for the break-in, and I like knowing how those miles are put on.
#668 of 1627 In Dash CD by rockribbed Nov 21, 2001 (10:25 pm)
FYI: Regular readers will remember that I have been looking for a single play CD for my new C230 (I won't pay the price - even the discounted price, plus I prefer single plays to multi-disc players). Sony has an in dash unit that plays thru the FM radio via a splice into the antennna lead. I agree that the result will not be 'concert sound', but if I want concert sound I'll go home and turn on my home system, besides even as quiet as my coupe is there is still extraneous wind and road noice.   The dealer says >$200.00 installed.

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