World's most expensive lemon?

DesiInCT · 06-20-2006, 06:00 PM

http://www.cnn.com/2006/AUTOS/06/14/...mon/index.html

The owner of a Los Angeles car dealership is suing Mercedes-Benz, its parent company DaimlerChrysler and other affiliates, alleging that a $1.7 million car purchased in 2004 wouldn't run for more than 10 blocks without problems.

The car, a Mercedes-Benz AMG CLK-GTR Limited Edition Roadster, was supposed to be one of only five made. In the lawsuit, the owner of exotic car dealership Grand Prix Motors also alleges that six were actually made, reducing the value of his car.

A two-door sports car, the CLK-GTR has a carbon fiber body and a 6.9-liter 12-cylinder engine enabling it to go from zero to 124 mph in 9.9 seconds. It has a top speed of 198.4 mph. According to the dealership's Web site, the car's intended retail selling price was $2.5 million.

larryn · 06-20-2006, 07:24 PM

I think that if the guy imported it to a country where it's not supposed to be, Mercedes USA should be totally off the hook. I would be like taking something back to a Wlmart store in the US that you bought in a German Walmart (yeah, they exist there too).

Pricetag doesn't matter here IMO. Maybe he can get Diamler-Chrysler AG to help him, but they may have even told him that if he brings the car where it wasn't intended to be (and where they may have told him not to bring it), they can wipe their hands clean of this guy.

It certainly seems like that is the case here, and he's just taking it to the press to make himself look like a (rich) victim.

flush01 · 06-21-2006, 01:05 AM

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e90rocks · 06-23-2006, 03:15 AM

For the $800,000 he got off the sticker price, you'd think he could afford to have it shipped back to Germany for repairs. I know, I know, calculate it up from invoice, not down from sticker.

I think maybe he's getting bad service because he didn't give the MB dealer a 5 out of 5 in all categories on the survey. You know, there was one guy who did that and he got an e-mail that hurt him so much.

The article doesn't mention the Eisenmann quad exhaust that he put on, though.

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DesiInCT Second Lieutenant 20 Rep 202 Posts Drives: 330i Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: CT iTrader: (0) Garage List 2008 Lexus RX 400h [0.00] 2006 330i [0.00] 2005 Kettcar - SALZ ... [7.00]	World's most expensive lemon? http://www.cnn.com/2006/AUTOS/06/14/...mon/index.html The owner of a Los Angeles car dealership is suing Mercedes-Benz, its parent company DaimlerChrysler and other affiliates, alleging that a $1.7 million car purchased in 2004 wouldn't run for more than 10 blocks without problems. The car, a Mercedes-Benz AMG CLK-GTR Limited Edition Roadster, was supposed to be one of only five made. In the lawsuit, the owner of exotic car dealership Grand Prix Motors also alleges that six were actually made, reducing the value of his car. A two-door sports car, the CLK-GTR has a carbon fiber body and a 6.9-liter 12-cylinder engine enabling it to go from zero to 124 mph in 9.9 seconds. It has a top speed of 198.4 mph. According to the dealership's Web site, the car's intended retail selling price was $2.5 million. __________________
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larryn Lieutenant General 2146 Rep 10,176 Posts Drives: '97 332ti, '21 X5 45e, '16 GT4 Join Date: May 2005 Location: Seattle iTrader: (2)	I think that if the guy imported it to a country where it's not supposed to be, Mercedes USA should be totally off the hook. I would be like taking something back to a Wlmart store in the US that you bought in a German Walmart (yeah, they exist there too). Pricetag doesn't matter here IMO. Maybe he can get Diamler-Chrysler AG to help him, but they may have even told him that if he brings the car where it wasn't intended to be (and where they may have told him not to bring it), they can wipe their hands clean of this guy. It certainly seems like that is the case here, and he's just taking it to the press to make himself look like a (rich) victim.
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e90rocks Myrmidon 17 Rep 236 Posts Drives: Entwicklung 90 - 325 Xi Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Pittsburgh, PA iTrader: (0) Garage List 2006 325 xi [0.00]	Expensive Lemon For the $800,000 he got off the sticker price, you'd think he could afford to have it shipped back to Germany for repairs. I know, I know, calculate it up from invoice, not down from sticker. I think maybe he's getting bad service because he didn't give the MB dealer a 5 out of 5 in all categories on the survey. You know, there was one guy who did that and he got an e-mail that hurt him so much. The article doesn't mention the Eisenmann quad exhaust that he put on, though.
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