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Bo Charlie
Date registered: Dec 1899
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| 2007 or 2007 1/2 g500 ???
New 2007 g in showroom today. Black w/ gray interior. New lights and fogs. New navi, similar to our 2005 S500. Back up sensors, but brake lights look like my '02. Dealer says the '07 1/2 will be here in a few months.
I've read 90% of the posts on this, and I'm still confused on what to do!!!!!!!!!!
Help me out!!
Bo |
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Skyline
Date registered: Dec 1899
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| RE: 2007 or 2007 1/2 g500 ???
 Don't buy it.
Edited by Skyline 4/19/2007 2:05 AM
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KERR
Date registered: Dec 1899
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| Re: 2007 or 2007 1/2 g500 ???
no clue, whats the 07.5's ?
Our dealer has two 07 G55's and a G500.
they all have new lights, wheels, foglights, radio and all the buttons look like they came out of a E or S class..
The G55's have graphite wheels like the old S, SL65's had..
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nadd
Expert
Date registered: Apr 2006
Location: UAE, Dubai
Vehicle(s): G500 2016 LHD, numerous Chevys
Posts: 1285
| Re: 2007 or 2007 1/2 g500 ???
If it's a sufficiently good deal, why not? If the price of this and the 2007.5 will be the same then just wait a few months, they tend to make improvements in batches with the G, besides these must be the first lot out, after a few more lots the workforce will have more experience with any new bits and pieces -> better quality |
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TheDogsCar
Veteran
Date registered: May 2006
Location: NYC
Vehicle(s): '05 G55K Firemist Red - Stolen
Posts: 110
| RE: 2007 or 2007 1/2 g500 ???
I'm waiting |
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Marsden
Classic MB
Date registered: Apr 2006
Location: Capital City USA
Vehicle(s): Mercedes-Benz
| RE: 2007 or 2007 1/2 g500 ???
Bo Charlie - 4/19/2007 1:05 AM
Dealer says the '07 1/2 will be here in a few months. Well that's kinda weird, because in 4 or 5 months the 2008's will be coming out, right? |
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GwagenLover
Extreme Veteran
Date registered: Apr 2006
Location: Winston Salem, NC USA 27104
Vehicle(s): 2016 G550 & 2016 GLE350
Posts: 473
| RE: 2007 or 2007 1/2 g500 ???
So, What is the chance of a diesel coming into the US?
That would be worth waiting for. |
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DUTCH
Administrator Doppelgänger
Date registered: Apr 2006
Location: US, GA, Atlanta
Vehicle(s): 2015 Audi Q7 3.0 TDI,2018 Sprinter
Posts: 9963
| RE: 2007 or 2007 1/2 g500 ???
GwagenLover - 4/20/2007 10:22 AM
So, What is the chance of a diesel coming into the US?
That would be worth waiting for.
From all reports, the chances are somewhere between slim and none. Sad! |
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Linda in Santa Cruz
Date registered: Dec 1899
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| RE: 2007 or 2007 1/2 g500 ???
DUTCH - 4/20/2007 7:35 AM
GwagenLover - 4/20/2007 10:22 AM
So, What is the chance of a diesel coming into the US?
That would be worth waiting for.
DUTCH - From all reports, the chances are somewhere between slim and none. Sad!
So...are newer diesel G500s from '05 and forward available in Europe/elsewhere?
-- Linda |
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DUTCH
Administrator Doppelgänger
Date registered: Apr 2006
Location: US, GA, Atlanta
Vehicle(s): 2015 Audi Q7 3.0 TDI,2018 Sprinter
Posts: 9963
| RE: 2007 or 2007 1/2 g500 ???
Linda in Santa Cruz - 4/20/2007 1:10 PM
So...are newer diesel G500s from '05 and forward available in Europe/elsewhere?
-- Linda
Diesel G's have been available in the R-O-W (Rest Of the World) since the beginning in 1979. They continue to be available up through today.
MBUSA really didn't want anything to do the G from the beginning (and still doesn't); and they want even less to do with a diesel version. |
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NorthseaRoughneck
Extreme Veteran
Date registered: May 2006
Location: Berghem, the Netherlands
Vehicle(s): 300GD SWB - 300GD LWB
Posts: 538
| RE: 2007 or 2007 1/2 g500 ???
Linda,
There are three types of diesel engines available in Europe.
G270 CDI - 2.7 liter / 5 cylinder
G400 CDI - 4.0 liter / V8
G320 CDI - 3.0 liter / V6
The G320 CDI is the latest model available and has only just been put out onto the market. Here in the Netherlands it's available for € 99.600,- (US$ 135.456,-) ... and that's the standard version! 
You can find some details here: http://www3.mercedes-benz.com/e/cars/g-class/special07/main.html
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Maxwell Smart
Date registered: Dec 1899
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| RE: 2007 or 2007 1/2 g500 ???
NorthseaRoughneck - 4/20/2007 7:01 PM
There are three types of diesel engines available in Europe.
G270 CDI - 2.7 liter / 5 cylinder
G400 CDI - 4.0 liter / V8
G320 CDI - 3.0 liter / V6
I was pretty sure that it is only the G320CDI now.
Interestingly a friend has been trying to buy one older than 6 months to escape tax but when ever he phones up an MB G specialist dealer to see if they have any in slightly used ones in stock they brush him off and tell him to search the classifieds. |
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DUTCH
Administrator Doppelgänger
Date registered: Apr 2006
Location: US, GA, Atlanta
Vehicle(s): 2015 Audi Q7 3.0 TDI,2018 Sprinter
Posts: 9963
| RE: 2007 or 2007 1/2 g500 ???
Maxwell Smart - 4/20/2007 3:31 PM
I was pretty sure that it is only the G320CDI now.
Interestingly a friend has been trying to buy one older than 6 months to escape tax but when ever he phones up an MB G specialist dealer to see if they have any in slightly used ones in stock they brush him off and tell him to search the classifieds.
Sounds like they're getting their Sales Training from MBUSA.  |
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Maxwell Smart
Date registered: Dec 1899
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| RE: 2007 or 2007 1/2 g500 ???
DUTCH - 4/20/2007 11:12 PM
Maxwell Smart - 4/20/2007 3:31 PM
I was pretty sure that it is only the G320CDI now.
Interestingly a friend has been trying to buy one older than 6 months to escape tax but when ever he phones up an MB G specialist dealer to see if they have any in slightly used ones in stock they brush him off and tell him to search the classifieds.
Sounds like they're getting their Sales Training from MBUSA. :uhoh:
Yes it sounds like they have been getting their training abroad.
Also I should point out that these are OFFICIAL MB Germany Geländewagen Centers... at least that's what it says on www.mercedes-benz.de
So if they won't give you good service who will?!?!?
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