I meant the B class that Jamie was talking about The Smart website says they start at $12,490. Oh wait, the main Smart EV page says that for the starting price, when you go to the build page it says $25,000. Quite deceptive.
-Curt ________________________________ From: OK Don via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> To: Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes@okiebenz.com> Sent: Saturday, July 19, 2014 6:39 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] Branching out in the MB family How much does it cost though? The Smart IIRC is something like $13-14k... -Curt *Go back to the 3:32 message from John ---* "Outright purchase is $25,750 and BAP adds $80/month..." *and* "Downpayment would be $3250 or so, $143.80/month for 36 mos, and Maryland will send you a credit for $2,200 ($125/kWh capacity * 17.6kWh...) that's stupidly cheap to rent/lease! MBUSA retains ownership of the battery and gets the $7500 federal tax credit. (You get the glider and "rent" the battery). If you opt NOT to go the rent-a-battery route (no battery assurance plus, then it's $3759 down and $370 a month...), but you get a $7500 tax credit from the Feds... The big difference is the RV at end of lease; $6695 for no-BAP, $13929 for BAP... Lease is based on 10k/yr/30k on lease, but there is a certain challenge associated with going more than 10k/yr with a car that gets 80 or so miles on a 8hr (240V)/16hr (120V) charge..." *I like his thinking - "*But where will EV tech be in 3 years, and will anyone want a 3yr old EV in 3yrs?" *Lease it for three years and then it's not your problem anymore!* > > -- OK Don NSA: The only branch of government that actually listens to US citizens! "There are three kinds of men: The ones that learns by reading. The few who learn by observation. The rest of them have to pee on the electric fence for themselves." WILL ROGERS, *The Manly Wisdom of Will Rogers* 2013 F150, 18 mpg 2012 Passat TDI DSG, 44 mpg 1957 C182A, 12 mpg - but at 150 mph! _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
