On Dec 13, 2014 8:55 PM, "Dan Penoff via Mercedes" <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > That's certainly one possibility. Something else to consider might be that I would think that a higher percentage of high line cars are leased rather than purchased, meaning that when they show up in the auction they're leasebacks rather than trade-ins. > > I wonder how Mercedes compared opposed to other such brands, like BMW or Lexus?
Lexus tended to trade close to the line, which is why I was attributing some systemic difference to Mercedes. I see now that some BMW lines are behind the line, some are very far forward. I don't know BMWs enough to know which are performance and which are luxury. Looking at the Mercedes list again, I see that a lot of the convertibles and coupes are selling very early, and the Es and MLs are close to the line. So maybe it is just people not putting a lot of miles on a weekend car, which skews the overall impression. Though that doesn't explain the S550... I'm not sure whether that site is tracking auction listings, or some kind of trade reporting database. Do you remember? Anyway, I'm all for Max buying his wife a new S class for Christmas, and reporting how it goes. :) Thanks, Tim _______________________________________ 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.
