C Class leasing price increases

[Chuci24]

So was that a £21.5k or a £9.5k deposit?
Is it a factory order or is the car in stock?

With the whole 21.5k. Car in the exact spec was waiting in zandvoort so took it. On the way to the UK very soon. Asked them to delay registration fees so I get a 23 plate

 

[block59]

I've noticed that all of the E-Class's and C-Class saloons have disappeared from leasing websites. They were more than double the price that they should have been before when the thread started but now they have just completely been taken off. I do wonder what is going on.

 

[richard]

I imagine that Mercedes UK is no longer supplying discounted cars to the lease companies .. They have tied down the retail network by making them all agents so they "introduce" customers and get a commission, and MB UK sets the price and won't discount.

It feels like price fixing, I guess they have some good legal counsel saying it isn't !!

 

[rayaans]

I imagine that Mercedes UK is no longer supplying discounted cars to the lease companies .. They have tied down the retail network by making them all agents so they "introduce" customers and get a commission, and MB UK sets the price and won't discount.

It feels like price fixing, I guess they have some good legal counsel saying it isn't !!

its unlikely to do their sales any favours in my opinion. Unless they're just going to pre-register them all and sell them off that way

 

[block59]

Ah I see! Well if MB UK continue to set the price at £700 per month for a C-Class then it certainly won't do their sales any favours like Rayaans said! Although I wonder if that is their plan i.e to make the Mercedes appear more higher end compared to the 3 series/A4's.