[bnastali]

Interesting news about the battle for King of the Hill...

Mercedes-Benz Zips Ahead Of BMW In U.S. Luxury Race

 

[brianch]

nice!

 

[bnastali]

On-Line Sales M-B Wave of the Furture?

Inevitably, the web becomes more important in car sales...

Mercedes-Benz Follows The Lead Of Tesla & GM, Moving Sales Online

 

[sleepyhead]

Inevitably, the web becomes more important in car sales...

Mercedes-Benz Follows The Lead Of Tesla & GM, Moving Sales Online

What the heck?! I understand Mercedes doing it for the A, B, and CLA. But CLS? Do people really buy a CLS spur of the moment? I wonder if that's a typo for C-class.

 

[brianch]

LOL. Hm I have nothing to do.. Kind of want to spend 100k. Lets buy a Mercedes! (meanwhile its 4am in the morning and I'm in my underwear sitting in bed)

 

[bnastali]

It might be more about avoiding salespeople at any level. As a commission salesman, I know we can be mistrusted, reviled, and seen as barely a cut above congressmen...

 

[booker]

or if you know what you want why go into the dealer?

No, selling cars online is not why Mercedes has pulled ahead. Selling online is just another venue, it doesn't capture extra sales. What does generate extra conversions is selling a Mercedes for $30K...

How many of you would of own a Benz right now if it wasn't CLA?

Think about it...

 

[sleepyhead]

or if you know what you want why go into the dealer?

No, selling cars online is not why Mercedes has pulled ahead. Selling online is just another venue, it doesn't capture extra sales. What does generate extra conversions is selling a Mercedes for $30K...

How many of you would of own a Benz right now if it wasn't CLA?

Think about it...

I would. And because Mercedes offered the CLA, they lost >10k off of me that they would have had since I would've bought a C63. But yeah, the reason Mercedes is ahead is because of the baby Merc, not (German only) online sales. Especially German since they along with VW/Porsche/Audi/Skoda/Bentley/Lamborghini/Seat/the 20 other brands under that umbrella own that market.

Well, I don't technically own a Merc right now . . . because they're so slowwwwwww . . .

 

[Nashville]

as far as online sales for cars, it wont happen. for mercedes atleast. theres too many options that can be added to a mercedes to make it personal. and the website clearly said that you cant customize a car. you take what they offer pretty much.

 

[booker]

I would. And because Mercedes offered the CLA, they lost >10k off of me that they would have had since I would've bought a C63. But yeah, the reason Mercedes is ahead is because of the baby Merc, not (German only) online sales. Especially German since they along with VW/Porsche/Audi/Skoda/Bentley/Lamborghini/Seat/the 20 other brands under that umbrella own that market.

Well, I don't technically own a Merc right now . . . because they're so slowwwwwww . . .

Understood.

By no means is what i just said a broad generalization of every CLA owner but you can see what I was trying to get at...

 

[brianch]

You can't negotiate if you buy online though....

 

[CLAJoe]

You can't negotiate if you buy online though....

You can with Truecar no?

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