My W204 first impressions

[Rory]

So - that's
C280 (3.0L 231bhp) £23285+vat
Sport pack £1446.81+vat
delete auto (which I don't think we can) -1319.15+vat
Add sunroof £774.47+vat

total uk price £24186 ish, or about 48000usd.

Yep.
Ripped off.

Probably not available on W204 yet, but very low personal lease deals are frequently available in the US. A colleague told me the standard college grads first car is a BMW 325i (BMW now changed to 328i) or C230, for low $300's per month. In fact I just looked and 328i is on the BMW USA website for $339/mth, so you can bet the W204 C300 will be the same very soon.

 

[A-AvantGarde]

Probably not available on W204 yet, but very low personal lease deals are frequently available in the US. A colleague told me the standard college grads first car is a BMW 325i (BMW now changed to 328i) or C230, for low $300's per month. In fact I just looked and 328i is on the BMW USA website for $339/mth, so you can bet the W204 C300 will be the same very soon.

Very true, many US college students lease new BMW 3 Series, Merc C Class or VW Jetta. Thats even when they're paying for tuition fees. Car leasing has been very cheap in the US.

 

[C43AMG]

Yes i priced an SClass in the US £30,000 cheaper

 

[fuzzer]

Yes i priced an SClass in the US £30,000 cheaper

but , its gonna cost you at last 30k to armour plate it