9月3日

The Mercedes-Benz GL320 BlueTec is a 7-passenger luxury SUV that runs on diesel. The cool thing is that its fuel economy never drops below low 20's (and can be high-20's for highway). Plus it has monstrous torque.
In August 2009, Mercedes-Benz was offering a $10,000 dealer incentive to clear out the 2009 model. In addition, through the Fleet Employee Program (FEP) that Microsoft is part of, there was an additional $2000 discount for any GL model. Meaning, after you negotiate your best offer with a M-B dealer, show your FEP paperwork, and M-B will add the discount.
With the GL320 going for slightly below invoice, that meant:
• MSRP: $58,200
• Invoice: $54,126
• M-B Incentive: -$10,000
• FEP: -$2000
The base GL320 could be had for about $42,000. That's $12,000 below invoice. That was such an incredible price. There weren't any GL320's for us even to test drive at our local M-B dealer. But alas...I didn't have the $$$ to buy it. Unfortunately, I don't think we'll ever see a deal like that again.
Update: FEP is now at $1000, and there appears to be about a $4000 incentive going on. But it's hard to swallow that knowing what could be had...