German Car Zone

I understand the first shipment to Australia is from Germany.

Has anyone got the equipment and price list from MB Australia?

Have to wait til near the end of next month, you know how MB Australia does things, they won't offically release anything until a week before the car is launched.

Sounds like great dealer down there. Test drive an s500? If you really insist!

In general the arrogance of Mercedes dealerships up here has really put me off. For sure you get your handfull of excellent salesmen, but the general feel of most of the dealerships is not very pleasent. They carry on like they're doing you a favour when you enquire about the vehicles.

Glee, congratulations on the order! what specs are your car? Do the dealers have brochures and options pricing etc.?

I ordered the C200K with:
* avantgarde
* command system
* keyless go
* panoramic sunroof
They do have a price list (actually all of the dealers did), however, they didn't allow you to take them away....they said the pricing was not final, however, was about 90% accurate and could go either way....fat chance of the price going down!!!

they didn't have a brouchure though which I was pretty bummed about.

Bascially the price of W204 is cheaper than W203 and better equipped. The options such as sunroof, metallic paint are also lower in price. However, as Glee said, the final price has not yet been confirmed.

I have a copy of the brouchure which shows the German verson. The standard equipment provison is different from Australia verson(better).

The W204 would be about 2-3% more than the W203 but better equipped, according to the reviews. Interesting to see (if it happens) the drop in price for those options. If anything, I thought they would go up.

Congrats, Glee88, on your planned purchase. Did you by any chance ask what interior colours are available for the W204?

Does anyone know what models they are bring to Aus for the W204?

I'm interested in the C280 and we never got that for the W203.

Wheels Mag and Drive (SMH) says Aus will be getting the current line up as well as the C280 and C320 CDI as the "new" engines to debut in this class. Again, only time will tell whether that's true.

interior colours are the std colours on the 203...however, they did have a new exterior colour, Palladium silver....I believe that the current E-class has this as the dealer showed me an E with this colour......however it's new to the w204....can be described more as gunmetal grey than silver.

The avantgarde pack only has the birdseye maple panelling....it doesnt' come with the brushed aluminium trim....maybe you can option this, but I think Merc is more luxury than sporty and the aluminium is more for a sporty interior.

at the time I enquired, there were 4 models on offer 200, 220cdi, 280 and 350

If you go to the MB Hong Kong site, you can get some idea about the internal color as well as the price and equipment.

MB H K launched the new W204 on May 4 while MB AUS ...(zzz).... July!!!!! Very disappointing.