here is a site with some price quote for BMW and Mercedes-Benz sold in China.
autoworld.com.cn
I converted into US$ (Yuan 8.2=$1)
Yuan US$ Yuan US$
BMW X5 3.0 900,000 $109,756 Mercedes-Benz S600 1,880,000 $229,268
X5 4.4 1,100,000 $134,146 S500 1,550,000 $189,024
735Li 1,520,000 $185,366 S320 1,330,000 $162,195
745Li 1,400,000 $170,732 S280 1,050,000 $128,049
735i 1,370,000 $167,073 SLK230 938,000 $114,390
520 2.2 710,000 $86,585 E240 900,000 $109,756
728 830,000 $101,220 E200 620,000 $75,610
318 2.0 600,000 $73,171 C240 640,000 $78,049
And you can see what I said is not that far off. And the difference is only because in these couple of years, China reduced the tariff on Imported car by a big margin. |
