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Mercedes Benz GL-Class Prices Paid and Buying Experience

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Re: 2008 GL450 clearance [dkla76] by dmitra
Aug 26, 2008 (6:56 am)
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Replying to: dkla76 (Aug 25, 2008 11:19 am)

Congratulations, and thanks for sharing this info. Excellent deal! Did you also get the 2.9% financing along with this? Also, did the dealer offer similar deals on the diesel (GL 320 CDI) model?
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Re: Lease on 2008 GL450 vs 2009 by bltmd
Aug 28, 2008 (5:34 pm)
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Replying to: djahnman (Aug 24, 2008 6:35 am)

Went through the same process, but chose the '09 for the money factor and major improvements vs 08, especially value included in '09 packages. Bluetooth standard for 09, Premium II has keyless go, iPod integration, voice control. There's $2500. COMAND interface much improved, NAV maps are beautiful, amazing with iPhone, whacker is gone. Has HD radio. Got GL450 with Premium II, Appearance w/ 20" wheels (like 550) and running boards, rear seat DVD (which for '09 has player at back of front center console instead of under second seat, price $800 less), hitch, illuminated sills. MSRP $72,260, got for $750 over invoice on 3rd try, 36 month lease with money factor of .00105 Priced a comparable 08, but lease payments were essentially the same due to money factor at 3-4X higher offsetting much lower price. Think the '09 is better value with improvements. Drive with 20" wheels and COMAND sold me.
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Re: 2008 GL450 clearance [dkla76] by dksung
Aug 28, 2008 (7:51 pm)
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Replying to: dkla76 (Aug 25, 2008 11:19 am)

Just bought an 08 GL450
 
MSRP $68750
add-in bluetooth $495
Total 69245
Negotiated price $51,619
 
I also priced out an '09
MSRP $69555
Negotiated price $65200
 
I did compare the '09 and liked the improved options etc, but the price difference was well worth going with the '08.
 
As MB did not have a lease deal on '08, ended up financing 2.9% APR.
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Re: 2008 GL450 clearance [dksung] by fq1
Aug 28, 2008 (8:33 pm)
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Replying to: dksung (Aug 28, 2008 7:51 pm)

Congratulations on a great deal. Were you eligible for employee discount or did they give you employee discount, since that appears to be an awesome deal. Which dealer were you able to get the deal from. Thanks for sharing the info and enjoy the car!
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Re: 2008 GL450 clearance [fq1] by matsanj
Aug 29, 2008 (6:08 pm)
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Replying to: fq1 (Aug 25, 2008 8:34 pm)

Congrats this is an awesome deal. Can you please post the city and state where the deal was made. I also assume this is with a P1 package/ipod integration/19 inch wheels& running boards.
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Re: Lease ? on 2008 GL450 [djahnman] by jtfiore
Aug 31, 2008 (10:11 am)
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Replying to: djahnman (Aug 24, 2008 6:35 am)

"For 2009 GL 450 on MSRP $66,110
This would include premium I, running boards. Money factor .00105, residual 51% on 39 months for 15 mi/year. Quote was $780/month without tax or $835 including tax. "
 
For this deal to work, they would have to sell the car at $2.1K below invoice (approx $61.5K cap cost). Are they discounting that much in LA or were they asking you to put extra money into the deal?
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Re: Lease ? on 2008 GL450 [jtfiore] by djahnman
Aug 31, 2008 (10:40 am)
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Replying to: jtfiore (Aug 31, 2008 10:11 am)

For the 2009 GL 450 MSRP $66,110.
 
Total Drive off was $1500 which included 1st month, license and doc. Cap cost was $59.2K then with acq fee of $1095 the final gross cap cost was $60.3K. Final monthly of $780/mo + tax on a 39 mo/15k mi per year. I think the dealer did mark up the acquistion fee though. I don't know what the usual Mercedes acquisition fee is.
 
It took several quotes from multiple dealers to get this low. Closest deal to this was $20 per month more. Several other dealers could not come close to this deal.
 
This is why I chose the 2009 model over the 2008. The 2009 model was about $80 more per month than the 2008 deal, but the 2009 has many more standards and includes more with the P1 package.
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Re: 2008 GL450 clearance [dksung] by adat
Sep 01, 2008 (5:56 pm)
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Replying to: dksung (Aug 28, 2008 7:51 pm)

dksung, do you mind sharing which state and which dealer you bought this vehicle from? How did you manage to get $18k off MSRP?
 
for a 08 Gl450 with Premium 1 and other few options, I was quoted $59.5K
 
Appreciate your help in advance.
 
Thanks
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Re: 2008 GL450 clearance [adat] by dkla76
Sep 03, 2008 (9:24 am)
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Replying to: adat (Sep 01, 2008 5:56 pm)

wow i cant believe he got that deal. seriously i am a very tough negotiator and also done enough research but no one was able to get more than 15000 off msrp.
 
i wonder if this guy dksung bought a company demo with few thousand miles on it.
 
mine was brand new with 8 miles.
anyways best place to get at least 14k off is Laguna and Southbay in socal.
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Re: 2008 GL450 clearance [dksung] by dksung
Sep 03, 2008 (11:27 am)
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Replying to: dksung (Aug 28, 2008 7:51 pm)

The GL450 that I've picked up has:
premium 1
ipod
illuminated door
19" wheels
roof rack cross bars
running board
RES/DVD
bluetooth
etc..
 
It's brand new with 23 miles on it. I didn't even have to negotiate much at all.
 
I'm in NJ was really looking to lease the '09s with RES and Appearance (MSRP 69555) and the payment came out to be $875/mo with no money down for 36mo/12K. (next best deal was $890/mo for the same car)
 
I just asked about how much the '08 lease would be for a comparable car and I was first told that it would be more, so said that it doesn't make any sense. He then put me on hold for a couple of minutes, came back and said they can lease it for lower payment than '09 if I'm interested. So I asked about what the selling price would be and was told that it would be ~$51K or about 18K off as that would be the only way to make the payments lower. At that point, I told him that I'll just buy it at that price instead.
 
It now have ~300 miles on it and it drives/handles so much better than the R. It also gives a pretty decent milege with an average of about 16.5mpg so far (highway driving i got about 18.7mpg). I'm really happy with it so far.

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