Hi, I'm thinking of buying a 560sec, with 150,000 miles for $65000 but the seller says that it is a grey market car from Europe, therefore, I can't check the carfax. What is grey market? And what should I look out for with these cars? Is the price fair?
Hi, I'm thinking of buying a 560sec, with 150,000 miles for $65000 but the seller says that it is a grey market car from Europe, therefore, I can't check the carfax. What is grey market? And what should I look out for with these cars? Is the price fair?
??????.$65000...You getting this from Bruce?
Is it $650.00.....$6500.00....$65,000.00...?
If ya live in CA.....It'll be a bitc* getting it on the road.(thx to Arnold)
[*]What does "greymarket" mean? Whats a "Euro" car?[/*]
Not all w126 models were available for sale in the US market. Models such as the 280SE, 420SEC and 420SE were not available for sale at dealerships in the US. Ironically, the diesel version w126's such as the 300SD and 300SDL were not available at the European market and was primarily sold to North America.
If a car that was not originally sold in the US market is brought over to the US, it is known as a "Greymarket" vehicle. Many greymarket w126's in the US are 1st generations. Very few are 2nd generations.
A "Euro" reffers to the European-spec w126's. These cars had physical features that were different than the US-spec ones. These included Euro's H4 all glass lens headlights, shorter/smaller bumpers, higher compression engines and a different exhaust/emission systems.
Due to the less restrictive exhaust system and higher compression engines, the Euro w126's provided much more horsepower than the US version. Unfortunately, certain states(i.e. California) require strict emission controls and in a lot of cases, the Euro 126's in the US will show less power than it originally came with.
For 65,000 dollars, the price is completely unreasonable, but for 6,500 dollars (what i think you meant), that is perfectly reasonably, given it has a good service history w/ records, etc...
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Eli
1991 Mercedes-Benz 560SEC SOLD
1986 Mercedes-Benz 420SEL SOLD
haha. I like that Zing! [:D] Anyways, grey market means its a european model imported to the US. As another member said, the price seems fair. Another member also mentioned if you live in California then good luck with smog, but other than that look out for the usual: maintenance records and the such. Good luck with the buy.
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