A 2011 S-Class sits at a median of $13,800 in the Canadian market right now. For a car that wore a six-figure sticker when it was new, that's the reality of a decade-plus of depreciation on a full-size luxury flagship. Most of these have run about 97,456 km, so the typical example still has real life left in it.
The typical range runs from $12,999 up to $19,999. That $7,000 spread is wide for a single model year, which tells you the asking prices are all over the map. A car near the bottom is likely higher-mileage or needs work sorted; one pushing $19,999 is either exceptionally clean, loaded, or optimistically priced.
What to actually pay
Anchor on the median. At $13,800 you're paying the middle of the market, and anything meaningfully under $12,999 deserves a hard look at why. With a car this age and this class, the difference between a good buy and a money pit is condition and service history, not the number on the windshield. Budget for the fact that S-Class maintenance doesn't get cheaper as the car ages.
Two cars in the last 90 days landed cheap enough for us to flag them as deals. That's a thin flow, so if you spot one priced below the $12,999 floor and it checks out mechanically, it won't sit around waiting.
Numbers reflect live listings across Canada over the last 90 days, filtered for outliers. Data as of . Prices in CAD.