I paid plenty, about 70K for a new '07 E550. Am alarmed by some who report that their cars are "rusting". Seems to me that MB should have solved this problem along time ago. What gives? Fords and Chevys start rusting in dealer showrooms. But come on, if we can elect a African American can't someone make a rust free car? You can fool all of the people some of the time and some of the people all the time but you can't fool all the people all the time. Just came up with that.