Original Mercedes-Benz Ponton Prices
Courtesy: Scott Gordon / February 5, 2002
This chart depicts Mercedes-Benz
Ponton prices when they were new, as well as lists price comparisons of contemporary
vehicles in the USA. |
| Model |
Produced |
DM* |
US $** |
| 180 |
1953-1962 |
9,500 |
3,301 |
| 180D |
1954-1959 |
10,000 |
3,578 |
| 190SL |
1955-1963 |
17,000 |
5,066 |
| 190D |
1958-1965 |
10,500 |
N/A |
| 190 |
1956-1965 |
10,000 |
3,492 |
| 219 |
1956-1959 |
|
3,889 |
| 220a |
1954-1956 |
12,500 |
N/A |
| 220S |
1956-1959 |
12,500 |
4,349 |
| 220S Cabriolet / Coupé |
1956-1959 |
21,500 |
7,707 |
| 220SE Cabriolet / Coupé |
1958-1960 |
23,200 |
N/A |
| 220SE |
1958-1960 |
14,400 |
N/A |
| 300 |
1951-1962 |
24,000 |
N/A |
| 300D |
|
|
10,500 |
| 300S |
1951-1958 |
35,500 |
N/A |
| 300Sc |
|
|
12,378 |
| 300SL |
1954-1957 |
29,000 |
N/A |
| 300SL Roadster |
1957-1963 |
32,500 |
10,964 |
| |
| For Comparison*** |
| Chevrolet (Basic Model) |
1955 |
|
1,685 |
| Chevrolet Bel Air (Deluxe Model) |
1955 |
|
1,888 |
| Cadillac Eldorado Biarritz |
1958 |
|
7,500 |
| |
| *DM Prices are German Delivery averages for model years listed, compiled from "MB Production Models" by Robert Nitske. |
| **US $ Prices are Los Angeles Delivered Prices, 1958, from Silver Star Restorations
Newsletter (March 1983). |
| ***Chevrolet Prices are from Car Stuff's Carfacts. |
| Disclaimer: This is only a rough guide. Options, delivery ports, taxes and license fees are only a few of the variables here, to say nothing of exchange rates. |
| From 1949-1961 the Deutsche Mark was fairly stable at 4.2/ American Dollar. The differences in the prices above from this rate are due to US delivery, tax, duty and dealer markup, averaging about $1000 per car for basic
Pontons. The price to ship a car transatlantic at that time was about $200. |
