Mercedes rolls out locally made GLC 220 SUV

[webfact]

Mercedes rolls out locally made GLC 220 SUV

By The Nation

 

 

Mercedes-Benz (Thailand) Ltd on Monday added the locally-made GLC 220 d 4Matic to its ever-growing SUV portfolio for Thai customers.

 

The GLC 220 is ideal for families that enjoy four-door diesel SUVs with an exciting exterior profile and a spacious cabin. The vehicle also boasts of low emission and excellent fuel consumption at 5.91 litres for every 100 kilometres. 

 

The GLC 220 d4Matic goes for Bt3.04 million, and can be checked out at any of the 33 authorised dealers nationwide, said Frank Steinacher, vice president of sales and marketing for Mercedez-Benz (Thailand).

 

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/breakingnews/30371238

 

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[Bob12345]

5 hours ago, webfact said:

with an exciting exterior profile

I personally already have an exciting exterior profile, i rather have a car that blends in and keeps attention away from me.

[sammieuk1]

What a bargain I can see a long queue of brits wanting this???? 

[transam]

2 minutes ago, sammieuk1 said:

What a bargain I can see a long queue of brits wanting this???? 

Why just Brits..?

[Kwasaki]

29 minutes ago, transam said:

Why just Brits..?

Because at only 3.04 million and the £ at 39 it's a great bargain, I'll order one for the wife to.

[Artben]

You can purchase a new Mercedes GLC 300 4MATIC in the US for under $45,000 (Bt1.45 million).  This has a gasoline engine and is a 2019 model.  Half the Thailand price.  Thai labor must be expensive.

[BestB]

3 minutes ago, Artben said:

You can purchase a new Mercedes GLC 300 4MATIC in the US for under $45,000 (Bt1.45 million).  This has a gasoline engine and is a 2019 model.  Half the Thailand price.  Thai labor must be expensive.

It’s called luxury car tax ????

[BestB]

It is not actually a bad deal if you compare to other luxury models, no doubt will outsell X3 and possibly X5

 

X1 from memory is only slightly under 3 million 

[unamazedloso]

Um? Why a luxury tax? Its just a shty car. Its a dam diesel. Probably used as a taxi in other countries that still use petrol engine cars. 

Why produce non elec cars here? I dont get it. Just read the petrol mg suv is made here but they will import the elec version from china. Why in hell would thais invest in making petrol cars here now?

Here i am asking "why" after decades of being here... I should know better....

[d2b2]

But it is just not made the same 

[jackdd]

36 minutes ago, BestB said:

It’s called luxury car tax ????

Afaik the luxury car tax is only for imports. This one is locally made, so no luxury tax to pay and Mercedes just makes 1.5 million baht more profit compared to other countries.

[transam]

26 minutes ago, unamazedloso said:

Um? Why a luxury tax? Its just a shty car. Its a dam diesel. Probably used as a taxi in other countries that still use petrol engine cars. 

Why produce non elec cars here? I dont get it. Just read the petrol mg suv is made here but they will import the elec version from china. Why in hell would thais invest in making petrol cars here now?

Here i am asking "why" after decades of being here... I should know better....

"A shitty car"......?  ????

 

PS. It has a shitty price tag....

[monkeycu]

Put me down for 2

I'm happy to take now and pay for them in my next life

[watcharacters]

1 hour ago, BestB said:

It’s called luxury car tax ????

 

OK, I get that there's a "luxury tax" but I wonder exactly where that money collected goes.

 

Do you have any idea?

 

Does it go towards road building or maintenance or what?

 

I hope it doesn't eventually just line the pockets of bureaucrats.

 

 

[BestB]

38 minutes ago, jackdd said:

Afaik the luxury car tax is only for imports. This one is locally made, so no luxury tax to pay and Mercedes just makes 1.5 million baht more profit compared to other countries.

Most likely still falls into imported as some parts are imported but because assembled locally it’s cheaper than its rivals or other fully imported models 

[worgeordie]

1 minute ago, watcharacters said:

 

OK, I get that there's a "luxury tax" but I wonder exactly where that money collected goes.

 

Do you have any idea?

 

Does it go towards road building or maintenance or what?

 

I hope it doesn't eventually just line the pockets of bureaucrats.

 

 

The government uses the tax money to buy weapons of war, to to create populist policies

for the poor, but this has been stopped as they have had the election,but buying weapons

will continue i am sure.

regards worgeordie

[BestB]

4 minutes ago, watcharacters said:

 

OK, I get that there's a "luxury tax" but I wonder exactly where that money collected goes.

 

Do you have any idea?

 

Does it go towards road building or maintenance or what?

 

I hope it doesn't eventually just line the pockets of bureaucrats.

 

 

????, same place taxes go all around the world . 

 

Roads are not that bad, free

medical, education, budget surplus economy and big fat cheque’s for all

the generals 

[Just Weird]

1 hour ago, Artben said:

You can purchase a new Mercedes GLC 300 4MATIC in the US for under $45,000 (Bt1.45 million).  This has a gasoline engine and is a 2019 model.  Half the Thailand price.  Thai labor must be expensive.

Not if you're a Thai in Thailand, you can't, and that's what matters, not the US price for a different model!

[Just Weird]

1 hour ago, BestB said:

It’s called luxury car tax ????

No, it's not.

Edited June 18, 2019 by Just Weird

[BestB]

Just now, Just Weird said:

No, it's not, that applies to imported cars.

Err no it does not only apply to

imported cars but also cars assembled locally with imported parts 

[watcharacters]

6 minutes ago, BestB said:

and big fat cheque’s for all

the generals 

 

Thanks for the heads up.

[monkeycu]

Are the body panels made here, or the cars just assembled here ?

[geoffbezoz]

2 minutes ago, monkeycu said:

Are the body panels made here, or the cars just assembled here ?

Its a CKD so no not made here all parts imported, just assembled in Thailand

[monkeycu]

Just now, geoffbezoz said:

Its a CKD so no not made here all parts imported, just assembled in Thailand

Thanks Geoff, that accounts for the price tag then

[KiChakayan]

Can get 2 CRVs for that price...

[transam]

1 minute ago, KiChakayan said:

Can get 2 CRVs for that price...

Of course, but they ain't a Merc....????

[geoffbezoz]

2 minutes ago, KiChakayan said:

Can get 2 CRVs for that price...

You could but in the Thai world arriving somewhere in the Mercedes-Benz gives you a lot of kudos whereas you arriving in two CRVs all they say is how did you drive them both ????

[owl sees all]

Oh, I do wish I wanted one.

 

Have to make do with the old jalopy for another 10 years.

 

Why can't I be greedy like the others?

[Mavideol]

2 hours ago, Artben said:

You can purchase a new Mercedes GLC 300 4MATIC in the US for under $45,000 (Bt1.45 million).  This has a gasoline engine and is a 2019 model.  Half the Thailand price.  Thai labor must be expensive.

Thai labor not expensive.... too many envelopes to fill up makes it expensive

[ballpoint]

10 minutes ago, KiChakayan said:

Can get 2 CRVs for that price...

Or 4 MG ZS's, or take 600,000 dumps in a 5 baht pay toilet.  So what?  With high end Japanese SUVs pushing the 2M baht barrier, and even higher in the case of Lexuxes (Lexi?), the gap between them and (perceived as) more luxury brands is closing.  No wonder I increasingly see more of them on the streets here.

 

And, as for those asking why electric cars aren't being produced, the technology still hasn't arrived to make them practical here.  Try driving one any distance up country and sitting around for half a day waiting for it to charge every 150km, assuming you can find somewhere to plug it into, which you won't.  Diesel is available everywhere, and, until battery technology gets to the point of matching the convenience of stopping for a few minutes and adding half a cubic metre of an easily transportable liquid, allowing you, and the family, to travel another 1000km in airconditioned comfort with music playing while charging a number of mobile phones, fully electric cars still aren't a viable option for anything other than short distance town use.