[itchyouch]

Especially if there is no middle-man dealer to pay. On a $100k S-Class, Invoice comes in around $93k. Some people are able to pull off sub ~88k sale prices at dealers.

I wouldn't be surprised if the wholesale (with profit) cost on a S-Class Benz is somewhere around 65-70k. I'd imagine that the cost of building an S-Class (100k retail) over a C-Class (~40k) is nominal.

[jmatthews]

Respectfully, your inference is entirely off base. Trivial research gives you the wholesale value. A slightly deeper dive gives you the manufacturer margin. Franchise laws prohibit direct sales.