On Sun, Apr 11, 2010 at 6:47 PM, Mitch Haley <m...@voyager.net> wrote: > My Cheap Class had a sticker price of $34,500 or so, in 1986 dollars. That > W201 might have been a performance model at the time, but I bet a $40k new > one would blow its 167hp doors off. It looks like #34k gets you 228hp (C300 > Sport) and $40k gets you 268hp (C350 Sport). The C63 AMG is probably the > inflation adjusted price match for my 2.3-16v, but the C63 weighs 1000lb > more (3924lb!!!) and only makes 451hp. >
$34,500 in 1986 equals $68,225.95 now (if you can believe the gummint---see http://www.bls.gov/data/inflation_calculator.htm). Base price for the 2010 C63 AMG is $57,350---close enough. A bound collection of '80s Road & Track Mercedes reviews I have ("Road & Track on Mercedes: 1981-1987") lists the base sticker price of the 300E as almost the same as the 2.3-16 (and there were only two options available for the 300E in the first couple of years IIRC---leather vs MB-Tex and 5-speed vs automatic), so all you guys driving $1000 124s can feel pretty smug at the 98% discount you got. ;) An '85 500SEL's base price was $52,200 in '86 dollars, or $105,147.59 now. Assuming a gray-market '82 500SEL would have gone for about the same amount, I feel even smugger about the 99.5% discount I got when I paid $500 for mine. (Yes, I know this is silly, doesn't account for depreciation, etc. etc.) Alex _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
