SLP, Mexico.- The branch of the German company Mercedes-Benz in Cuba published its catalog of vehicles and prices in dollars for the buys of their cars by natural and legal persons on the Island.
According to the page of MCV Comercial SA, hiring will begin next Thursday, January 9, and Mercedes-Benz cars have prices ranging from $51,000 to more than $191,000, with taxes included.
The company MCV Comercial SA, founded in 1995, authorized distributor of Mercedes-Benz and Mitsubishi FUSO products in Cuba, has its headquarters headquarters in Berroa, municipality of Havana del Este, and has branches in Pinar del Río, Matanzas, Cienfuegos, Villa Clara, Camagüey, Holguín, Moa and Santiago de Cuba.
The catalog announced this Monday shows four Mercedes-Benz and other vehicles from Chinese brands, including FAW, DFSK, Skywell and Foton. DFSK, with the lowest prices, costs 16,465 USD but other Chinese models reach 46,900, such as the Skywell SUV.
“Now you can make the payment with the CLASSIC card,” the company’s account promoted, in response to questions from Internet users about how they would pay the cost.
“Will I be able to buy one with my salary as a budgeted worker and also a professional in this country?” a Cuban ironically questioned when she learned about the high prices of the vehicles.
own company reported that as of January 8, all marketed vehicles will be available in their showroomswhere specialized personnel will provide all the necessary information “to guide clients according to the models of their interest.”
The Mercedes-Benz branch in Cuba indicated that for hiring they must write through the website (www.mcvcommercial.cu), by email or by phone.
As of its entry into force on January 1, 2025, of Decree 119 of 2024, MCV Comercial SA was authorized to market motor vehicles to natural persons, as well as legal entities.
“All the prices that are so far disclosed in our catalog, through our social networks and institutional website, will be modified based on the new price formation that comes into force with the new regulations. The formation of the sales price of a given vehicle will be the same for both natural persons and legal entities,” the branch wrote.
The Minister of Transportation of Cuba, Eduardo Rodríguez Dávila, announced at the end of December the approval of the new policy for the marketing of vehicles engine, as well as its import and transfer of ownership.
This legal framework was included in the Official Gazette (ordinary) number 128 and came into force on January 1, 2025. The provisions, which include a decree-law, a decree, ten resolutions from various organizations and four other internal resolutions, arrived after several months of waiting and their objective, according to the headline, is “to take advantage of and favor every available opportunity to improve the mobility of passengers and cargo.”
According to Rodríguez Dávila, “this policy will make it possible to make procedures more flexible and simpler in accordance with the current situation, as well as eliminate or counteract causes and conditions of irregularities that arise in these processes.” However, he stressed that the implementation of the new rules “does not by itself solve the problem of transportation in Cubanor will it immediately allow each Cuban to buy a car with their salary,” because, in his opinion, the country’s economic conditions need to improve.
