A-AvantGarde
MB Enthusiast
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- Nov 11, 2003
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- South Bucks
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- 2023 Mercedes EQC400, 2015 Porsche 911 Turbo S, 2019 BMW X5 40i
Not quite the same as this but a few months ago in a BMW dealership we were offered £12k off high spec a brand new unregistered X5 3.0d Sport SE. Well that was his starting pitch, without even pushing them!
amwebby
MB Enthusiast
No but that is interesting. My dealer is trying to push the new e-class coupe on me. I'd be far more interested in a new CL at that price.
trouble is, when you drive out of the showroom, it's already worth £30k less!
amwebby
MB Enthusiast
I was just going to ask my dealer for a £30k discount on a new CL but thanks for the ammunition!Give Stephen in Merc Livepool a call then
glojo
Hardcore MB Enthusiast
Good luck and they are sooo nice
amwebby
MB Enthusiast
I didn't like the shape at first, my current 2000 CL looks much more svelte. But the new shape is growing on me, especially at that price!
vincenz
Active Member
I was looking on the auto trader the other day at them, it made me laugh what popped up in the middle of searching for 2 door e-classes:
Buy a used MERCEDES-BENZ E CLASS Car - Auto Trader UK
Buy a used MERCEDES-BENZ E CLASS Car - Auto Trader UK
glojo
Hardcore MB Enthusiast
At first I thought they looked too angular but one of our neighbours has just traded in his CLfor a new one and just like you... the shape has grown on me.. Very nice
vincenz
Active Member
On a serious note, isnt there a facelift about to come out?
Hence the big discounts
Hence the big discounts
Thanks..
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yup very true... huge changes.. massive...crazy changes...
i think they are changing the light bulbs to leds styled daytime lights, adding chrome to the bottom of the bumpers and well thats it... o and defo new grill...
save yourself the 30%, buy now, upgrade mods to new look.. job done!
no fake badging though
Did see one in Liverpool Merc with windows down and loved it - CL63 AMG even nicer...
saorbust
MB Enthusiast
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- Oct 24, 2003
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- CLS350CDI
CL is lovely, and dealers are trying to clear out stock. Price discount doesn't surprise me - I think you'd be able to push for more if you tried hard enough....
I like the CL too .. lovely interior, wonderul windows that go all the way down, without the little glass panel at the back a la E class coupe.
But no panoramic sunroof.
And horrendous depreciation.
But no panoramic sunroof.
And horrendous depreciation.
sytner Mercedes .. newcastle is part of them, as is Teeside
is offering 211 E320CDi saloons at about £8k off .. but pre-reg.
when I spoke to them today, they said they could not register in my name first even if I paid them in full today, despite the car being unregistered
is offering 211 E320CDi saloons at about £8k off .. but pre-reg.
when I spoke to them today, they said they could not register in my name first even if I paid them in full today, despite the car being unregistered
hawk20
MB Enthusiast
How depressing to see dealers already dumping almost new cars on the secondhand market to wreck all our residuals. The govt passed a law to limit the number of 'demonstrators' manufacturers could dump on the market but sadly didn't apply the same law to dealers. So gross over-supply of the nearly new market is now a regular feature.
Robbo
Active Member
Well if they cant sell them at full price, what do they do? hang on to them? I'm assuming Mercedes have cut back production to take account of lower demand but they cant just keep existing stock sitting in a field forever.
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hawk20
MB Enthusiast
Mercedes, BMW, Lexus, Jaguar, all of them are following the Ford model ooverproducing cars. They produce far more than they can sell at anywhere near list price. They then unload the surplus production either via lease deals, or special discounts to companies, or bt getting dealers to run loads of demonstrators to sell off cheap, or by doing subsidised PCP deals (see the MB website with up to £11k off some cars via a PCP deal and 5.8% APR and a guaranteed residual that will never be equalled by real world market prices). All these are devices to sell overproduction at lower prices without having to cut list prices.
We all suffer because the excessive dumping of manufacturers' and dealers cars into the second-hand market collapses our residuals.
Ford did this so much they killed their own market for large saloons. The depreciation on Granadas (and the Vauxhall equivalent) became so excessive that customers in droves (including me) switched to Mercedes and BMW. In the eighties MB rarely if ever discounted and the residuals were marvellous.
Now they are trying to get bigger and bigger and all of them are behaving like Lemmings. There is vast overcapacity in the car industry. Govts should let some of them stew in their own juice and go bankrupt as they deserve to do.
Meanwhile many of us have reluctantly learned that it hardly ever makes sense to buy new any more. Loads of dealers are already selling second-hand new model E class cars driving down residuals before the launch is even a fond memory.
