Played around a little with the configurator at the MB site. Seemed as if paint was an extra cost option. Price was always $1K-$3K more than base choosing any color.

I was blown away by the fact that in the '01 C-Class ("The New C") the only CD player available was a changer, and was a $600 option.

No single-disk player in a $40K car.

One of the reasons I went Audi...