With the recent surge in prices for newish used cars, new list prices are also going up significantly and discounts through the likes of DTD and other brokers aren't as good. Cheapest UK E class estate through a broker is now £39,000 vs about £29,000 12 moths ago - crazy increase. Lease prices have also gone through the roof. So I thought I'd see what was going on over on the continent. There does seem to be a divergence in pricing on the German brands ie new list prices are shooting up far more here than in the fatherland.
I got my lightly used E220d estate about 6 months ago which I've been really pleased with but with two little ones I can't help wondering if I should have followed the herds and bought a VW California (I know, ban me now). Used prices are daft, we are talking a difference in asking prices on a 4 year old vehicle vs brand new being a few grand.
So I looked at the new Cali Beach (MPV style rather than full camper/kitchen model) which is now £58k list in the UK for a basic-ish model. £53k through a broker like DTD or autoebid. On the Germany configurator the price is EUR 55k which equates to £45k at todays exchange rate and includes all Germany sales taxes and fees.
ISTR someone on the forum was looking to order an E450 petrol from a dealer on the continent because the model wasn't sold in the UK. Anyone have any recent knowledge about buying new from the continent?
I got my lightly used E220d estate about 6 months ago which I've been really pleased with but with two little ones I can't help wondering if I should have followed the herds and bought a VW California (I know, ban me now). Used prices are daft, we are talking a difference in asking prices on a 4 year old vehicle vs brand new being a few grand.
So I looked at the new Cali Beach (MPV style rather than full camper/kitchen model) which is now £58k list in the UK for a basic-ish model. £53k through a broker like DTD or autoebid. On the Germany configurator the price is EUR 55k which equates to £45k at todays exchange rate and includes all Germany sales taxes and fees.
ISTR someone on the forum was looking to order an E450 petrol from a dealer on the continent because the model wasn't sold in the UK. Anyone have any recent knowledge about buying new from the continent?