Thought this was a decent deal and down in price from last quarters offer.....
MERCEDES-BENZ C CLASS SALOON C200 SE 4DR 9G-TRONIC
These are Brand new cars, you will be the first registered keeper.
Delivery available for August or September 2017 on a “67” Registration.
Available in Either Solid Black or Polar White with Black Artico leather interior.
This model features the following features as part of its standard specification:
16" alloy wheels – Multi-spoke design Headlamps – halogen with integral LED daytime running lamps Rain-sensing windscreen wipers Reversing camera SPEEDTRONIC cruise control Tyre pressure monitoring system Seat Comfort package – driver and front passenger seat Audio20 CD with 7-inch colour display DAB digital radio tuner The Mercedes-Benz dealer is able to install Mercedes Garmin navigation at an additional £500.Please note your requirement for this on your order or enquiry.
The quoted prices include a £4,470 Deposit contribution conditional upon you taking out PCP or Hire Purchase finance at 4.9% APR. Please note if you do not wish to take out this finance please add £4,356 to the price quoted.
12 months road fund licence is included as standard. All cars must be delivered by the 30th September 2017 to qualify for this offer.
Top comments
ezzer72
4 Jul 1721#10
This will get to 1,000 degrees or more, but nobody will actually buy one. Yawn.
pgilc1
4 Jul 1715#5
The car wont quite look like the one in the pic. This bad boy runs on 16 inch wheels....
Also the "Artico" leather is fake leather, not real leather - its vinyl seats by any other name, so basically flat white or black paint with black vinyl seats.
holidaymann2
4 Jul 1711#2
Deal price does not reflect the true cost with the additional 4.9% compulsory finance (to get it at the discounted price. Cash price is really £25691
SpamJavelin to indianajon
4 Jul 176#25
So what cars will we be able to buy that won't be affected by a 10% duty? Ones made here will still be subject to tariffs on car parts and any 'our' manufacturers export will be subject to the same tax.
I understand it's a difficult concept to understand, perhaps if I wrote it in big letters on the side of a bus it would be easier for you?
All comments (151)
Toon_army
4 Jul 173#1
9g is just overkill, I had the 7g on my E-Class and that was more than enough.
I remember the days of 4 gears lol
OrribleHarry to Toon_army
4 Jul 17#14
I took one out it's a big improvement over the 7g especially when changing down on a steep incline much smoother.
The adaptive cruise control is useless on a manual so definitely need an auto with this option.
holidaymann2
4 Jul 1711#2
Deal price does not reflect the true cost with the additional 4.9% compulsory finance (to get it at the discounted price. Cash price is really £25691
rent-a-tent to holidaymann2
4 Jul 172#3
You can pay the finance off at any time so usually with DTD you buy using finance get the car then pay off with the odd £20k you have behind he settee.
jrw
4 Jul 17#4
Correct. Done this a few times.
pgilc1
4 Jul 1715#5
The car wont quite look like the one in the pic. This bad boy runs on 16 inch wheels....
Also the "Artico" leather is fake leather, not real leather - its vinyl seats by any other name, so basically flat white or black paint with black vinyl seats.
memistokkan
4 Jul 17#6
Is this diesel or petrol
pgilc1 to memistokkan
4 Jul 17#8
Petrol
bradevosprint
4 Jul 173#7
16" alloys?
CookinBat
4 Jul 171#9
Thanks, brought a few for when Brexit kicks in, bang tidy.
ezzer72
4 Jul 1721#10
This will get to 1,000 degrees or more, but nobody will actually buy one. Yawn.
GDB2222
4 Jul 17#11
Does this look like a whale in white?
MRGRINGO
4 Jul 171#12
yummy. Austin alegro.
teerex
4 Jul 171#13
Lovely
Wilzia
4 Jul 17#15
Thanks op just what I was after, ordered two
tempt
4 Jul 175#16
Love german cars, shame we are leaving.
Graham1979 to tempt
5 Jul 174#37
Go live in Germany my little sauerkraut
matwalaboy
4 Jul 17#17
How much do they usually cost on road?
sanjaykj
4 Jul 17#18
Is it 1.6 Turbo or 2.0 L?
indianajon
4 Jul 172#19
Mercedes getting desperate already? Just wait 'til the prospect of 10% duty kicks in, will be putting Meerkat under pressure to do us a good deal then.
SpamJavelin to indianajon
4 Jul 176#25
So what cars will we be able to buy that won't be affected by a 10% duty? Ones made here will still be subject to tariffs on car parts and any 'our' manufacturers export will be subject to the same tax.
I understand it's a difficult concept to understand, perhaps if I wrote it in big letters on the side of a bus it would be easier for you?
fishmaster
4 Jul 171#20
I agree it's better on an auto as the car will change gear for you. However I have it on my Golf which is a manual and I find it very useful so it's far from useless. The system on my Golf won't detect stationary vehicles in front of you, I don't know if the systems are better on other cars, it's far from perfect but definitely makes driving long distance a lot more comfortable.
fedex1401
4 Jul 171#21
An auto is preferable on any Mercedes from C-class upwards if you want to move it on when the time comes. :man:
OrribleHarry
4 Jul 17#22
Perhaps I should have said. My auto will come to a complete stop if necessary whereas a manual disengages the cruise once vehicle slows beyond current gear speed.
fishmaster
4 Jul 17#23
Same for me, the car will just beep and say ffs there's something in front of you will you just stop now or else?! Also I could quite easily ram it up the backside of a stationary vehicle at 60mph if I wanted, it wouldn't alert me to the fact there's a car or brick wall up ahead. Anyway I still find it a very useful system, but as usual anything with computers in it you can't trust it.
OrribleHarry
4 Jul 171#24
I tested mine with a road cone to see if it would brake, it beeped and then a second later slammed on the anchors worked really well, it actually hit the road cone but only tapped it.
benjai
4 Jul 17#26
For this particular deal, assuming you stick with the pcp, in terms of value, is it best to return the car after 3 yrs or pay off the balance and keep it?
fishmaster
4 Jul 17#27
I believe the system was first used on Mercedes, and they will have developed/evolved the system better than the VW system. I don't know about the most recent Audi's or the Golf MK 7.5 (I have a MK 7) but mine would crash in to something stationary without warning.
OrribleHarry
4 Jul 17#28
Is actually a bosch system that's fitted by many manufacturers. I've had the system on an Insignia an XF and a BMW all detected stationary objects, maybe early version?
fishmaster
4 Jul 17#29
I did look it up and here's the forum where some one made a video showing how ineffective it was at braking for stationary objects >
Did you drive it rough or gentle? My E-Class I used to drive like a saint, but c63 kicked its head in. The 7g feels so much better or a petrol, but still 9 gears! Seems to many for my liking lol
OrribleHarry
4 Jul 17#31
It was a demo so drove it hard :confused:
urban_junk
4 Jul 171#32
they'll take the rest of your money through servicing
krazyasif786
4 Jul 171#33
Please note if you do not wish to take out this finance please add £4,356 to the price quoted.
So you pay an extra 2%if you don't want finance... surely that cannot be legal ...
royals
5 Jul 17#34
eh isn't the acc on the golf the same as the a3. have it on my s3 and it detects stationary cars. that's part of the point if it. suggest you take yours back to vw to get it sorted
johnszi23
5 Jul 171#35
Halogen headlight? :laughing::laughing::laughing:
indianajon
5 Jul 171#36
It obviously is a difficult concept to understand because you've conveniently ignored exchange rates, we can devalue they can't, so our cars will be no more expensive in Europe than they are now but theirs will (10% currency plus 10% duty). It's also the way we trade with every other country outside the EU and it doesn't stop us selling cars there. But if you want to be governed by a totally undemocratic, unelected, elite then, hey ho, off you go.
Awaken
5 Jul 172#38
What's undemocratic about an elected by all parliament and a civil service carrying out their policies? Doesn't always do what you want, but hell, I never voted tory.
We don't sell any cars, our motor industry died out in the 80s-90s. Several foreign car firms started making cars here in order to avoid EU tariffs on imports. The only reason they'll stay if we leave the common market is if we pay them to make cars, to avoid the bad PR and whiney newly unemployed types needing welfare and adult education to reskill.
Edit: The EU is as democratic as our own government, if you didn't vote for your MEP then quit moaning. And google something like "Nissan brexit bribe" for more on paying them to stay - it's already started.
2nd edit: And one more thing - we're a net importer with the EU, by quite some margin, so devaluing our currency will just make everything we buy in (like those car parts!) even more expensive and cost us significantly more overall.
RUGAAL
5 Jul 17#39
Be aware, you'll be on 145 a year road tax. Pre-April it would of been less if I recall. My previous car was e220d, pre April was 20 quid tax, now 450 on same car since new premium tax fcks everyone over who's car is more than 40k rrp
Diveboy to RUGAAL
5 Jul 171#40
Have you seen the state of the roads. I don't mind the new tax changes as long as it goes to where what it's being charged for. If you pay over 40k for a car you've overstretched if you can't afford £450 a year.
IPT is what you should be angry about.
Dan_999
5 Jul 175#41
We've been governed by an unelected PM for the last year and are about to be governed by a party that couldn't win a majority vote for the next few years too.
Alexisonfire
5 Jul 172#42
Tax on cars doesn't go towards roads. It's not called road tax. It's a tax on the emissions, hence why more economic cars are cheaper to tax.
marmaluke
5 Jul 17#43
They look tiny!!! ha
bob644
5 Jul 171#44
Yeah because they are obviously not going to sell us their big expensive cars anymore.
splitstrim
5 Jul 172#45
so that mean no German cars after 2019 in UK>? is that what we were voting for?
ashjrobbo
5 Jul 17#46
There are plenty of car manufacturers that sell their products here for cheaper than their European counterparts already, it's called the free market. Would you like me to write that on the side of the bus for you as well.
ollie87
5 Jul 172#47
Depends who you ask I guess, I've heard some people say it was to "get rid of immigrants" which is hilarious since immigration will eventually go up (long story, but trust me).
Any way, this car? Looks like this:
ashjrobbo
5 Jul 17#48
We can elect MEP's we don't elect the commission who decide upon the legislation. There is nothing democratic about the EU. Malta has a larger proportional representation than we do.
OrribleHarry
5 Jul 172#49
Just boycott them and buy a jaguar, they are better anyway.
MarcusDSK
5 Jul 17#50
"Elected by all" - like elected by 28 countries? I don't think this can be considered democratic for UK citizens voting for a handful of European MPs.
They did not start making cars they bought existing manufacturing capacity to meet UK demand and export to other EU countries. Also UK had some really good car brands worth taking over. And they will continue to manufacture to meet local demand especially when cars from EU become more expensive.
Being net importer with EU actually puts us in a better position because we can address our negative trade deficit and shift production to UK. Yes, devaluing the currency will make everything more expensive but will also contribute to exports limiting trade deficit and can be a good thing for UK manufacturing in the long run.
The fact of the matter is EU has free trade agreements with multiple countries and UK has all EU regulations already in place. So it makes total economic sense to cooperate. But EU is not an economic project - its a political one. It is an emerging state which is just afraid to say how it is. That is why they are so hell-bent on imposing free movement on everyone.
doritos
5 Jul 171#51
What are the rough monthly payments?
ezzer72
5 Jul 17#52
No they're not, that changed on April 1st.
Nickraz2
5 Jul 171#53
Brought them from where?
mrew42
5 Jul 17#54
Oh dear. That looks like the wheels on the bottom of a large sofa
Are you able to pay for additional extras e.g. Tinted glass and better alloys?
MichaelJames1995
5 Jul 17#58
Also does it have Apple CarPlay?
djh1975
5 Jul 172#59
A bit common now.
ollie87
5 Jul 17#60
You'll have to contact them, it's likely these cars are already built. CarPlay is £250 extra, but again if the car is built you'll not be able to get it.
futura
5 Jul 171#61
This car just looks wrong in tiny 16" alloys - not bad though considering this is the list price of an average Ford Focus
gwmackay
5 Jul 171#62
The fake leather is rubbish it cracks all the time. My seat covers were replaced countless times. Build quality of Mercedes are rubbish. Alloys were replaced five times due to poor lacquer. If you are thinking of buying an expensive German car pick one of the other two main brands!
Nickraz2
5 Jul 171#63
Makes me cringe every single time I see someone spell "bought" as "brought". Seems to happen an awful lot these days.
indianajon
5 Jul 171#64
MEPs may be elected but they have no legislative powers, just an undemocratic, rubber stamping, role. When I vote for an MP I'm choosing to vote for the policies in their manifesto, not for unpublished policies dreamt up by unelected bureaucrats. We build cars in the UK very successfully and have some of the most efficient plants in the world. It doesn't really matter who owns them, they provide employment and contribute to our economy. IF we're not granted a free trade deal with the EU, the revenue generated from tariffs (not to mention the billions of EU membership fees we'd save) can be used to subsidise whatever industries we like to ensure their competitiveness. EU manufacturers would not have that luxury (in fact not allowed to by the EU) but could choose to build cars here too if they want to remain competitive in our market. The price of everything we buy from outside the EU is artificially inflated by their anti-competitive, protectionist, trade policies so it's swings and roundabouts really.
EDIT: By the way, it's a good deal if you like Mercedes cars
Uncommon.Sense
5 Jul 17#65
Nope, no Apple Car Play in the C-Class, no option to add it at present either. This was the first of the models with the new interior and infotainment (below S-Class) and is soon due for a facelift and hopefully infotainment upgrade alongside it. No Andriod equivalent in it either btw :smiley:
EDIT: It seems as of April they now offer a £295 + VAT option to add Apple CarPlay and Andoid Auto, on the A20 CD option only, so you can't have COMAND alongside the CarPlay which is frankly daft.
smk77
5 Jul 171#66
Who knows what we were voting for..
ELVIS_THE_PELVIS
5 Jul 173#67
Yes
ELVIS_THE_PELVIS
5 Jul 171#68
Council spec.
The amg version had a similar discount.
Same engine..
TP2
5 Jul 17#69
Yeah, if you're buying a C class then I'd recommend the Sport spec as a minimum.
absulute2012
5 Jul 171#70
We voted for Brexit and as you know, Brexit means Brexit.
It also means economic catastrophe for this country. We need to take back control and stop the madness.
great-deals
5 Jul 17#71
DOES IT COME WITH ?
George287
5 Jul 174#72
Looks aside, the 16 inch wheels is an advantage; cheaper tyres and a much more compliant ride. I'm glad the trend for massive wheels and ultra low profile tyres seems to have gone. I'm seeing more and more new premium cars with a decent amount of sidewall on their tyres.
David23
5 Jul 17#73
I am waiting for the face lift C-Class which is coming very soon, gets rid of the stupid 'iPad bolted to the dash' screen and integrates it with a digital dash like on the S Class with Android Auto and Apple CarPlay support which even cheap cars have now. Also it will have LED headlights as standard and there will likely also be more safety features as standard.
ultrak3wl
5 Jul 172#74
As a vegan I prefer fake leather you insensitive clod. Mercedes should be encouraged for this so I plan to buy as many of these cars as I can afford.
jaydeeuk1
5 Jul 17#75
I know, been looking at the c class c350e in sport premium spec but even though its a plug in hybrid its still £450! Thats more than what I'd pay in petrol.
jaydeeuk1
5 Jul 17#76
Has about a 20 year waiting list though.
MazingerZ
5 Jul 17#77
Gonna be that awful bog spec, no exhaust tips either, yeeesh, I don't think people should be buying close to base spec cars.
pgilc1
5 Jul 172#78
Agreed - however asthetically it looks poverty spec on those wheels.
suley9
5 Jul 17#79
Not sure about yours but my A200 last year was driving towards the motorway and on the phone (loud speaker) speaking to misses while driving in cruise approaching roundabout. Little did I realise cars in front all stopped around 200 yards ahead. Beeping Sensor and flashing dasboard kind of saved me driving 60 into a stationary car. So it has its uses but also how old the system is, adaptive only slows down upto 15 mph on some varients and does not do a full stop. Still useful on the motorway
pgilc1
5 Jul 17#80
Sounds like a plan, though in fairness it will cost an awful lot more than this.
In theory its decent enough value this one, but how many people want to drive around in an entry level poverty spec Merc?
Looking4Glitches
5 Jul 17#81
Well maybe 2-3yrs if you book now!... Vehicle production should jump from 100 units in August to 1,500 in September, with Tesla hoping to produce 20,000 cars per month by December... Tesla is expected to dramatically increase Model 3 production in 2018 with total Tesla vehicle production approaching 500,000 units annually.
sefgrt123
5 Jul 171#82
Haha I thought the same.
Common.Sense
5 Jul 171#83
This is unacceptable advertising. They should not be allowed to use the word "leather" if it is not leather.
Can we say Artico diamond studded interior?
Holte_ender
5 Jul 17#84
You're totally correct. MB are known to constantly flout laws and put about illegal statements all the time; whilst hoping they will sneak under the nose of any would be law upholders, who will want to take them to task over such an outrageously illegal condition.
Go for it.:smirk:
OrribleHarry
5 Jul 171#85
So what are you comparing too spec wise? This car costs £21,295....that's the same price as a mid range Mondeo, what exactly are you expecting for this type of money?
ultrak3wl
5 Jul 172#86
\x0d\x0aFrightening isn't it,especially when you consider they are probably allowed to vote.
skgwho
5 Jul 173#87
By the same logic...
If you love Pizza, go live in Italy
Or If you love a curry, go live in India
Or Maple Syrup, go live in Canada
Or Olives, go live in Greece.
Why not just have all of the here, rather than moving around every time your taste changes.
Getting back to the deal, HOT! Although would spend a bit more and upgrade to full leather.
Mavessien
5 Jul 17#88
nice
Anil90
5 Jul 17#89
C250 or C350 is always better for me at least when you drive to Calais to Edirne Istanbul ; )
Bitbotbang
5 Jul 17#90
Absolute waste of money and Road space! I've got a Metro that is still going strong for years. Doesn't cost me a fortune every month. One monthly payment for this Merc could probably buy you one.
sonicdeathmonkey
5 Jul 171#91
For those buying, the Garmin map pilot system is essentially installed on an SD card and put into a slot the dashboard or glove compartment. Do not buy them off the dealer you can easily find the SD cards on E-Bay for around £50 as opposed to £500.
From personally using both Mercedes own Command sat nav on my A45 and the Garmin version on my current company car A-class i would say the Command one poos all over it, has saved me countless hours of time in commutes to work with accurate traffic info and is also really responsive. Whereas the the Garmin one reports 10 mile tail backs that are not even there and crashes to a black screen all the time so i have to reboot the entertainment system to get it to work. Yes command is a £1000 plus option, but in my opinion if you travel a lot is a worthwhile option.
taaudi
5 Jul 171#92
DON' bother with this, as mentioned above it will not even look like the image, and this specific model is soooo boring. I had a sport 220 cdi over the weekend, and it felt so cheap, too much going off inside (some kind of control mouse that gets in your way, and then a dial control!), oh and they are not as big as you may think!
aje2010
5 Jul 172#93
You should live in GERMANY if you love German cars???? What if you like curry, or an iphone, a rolex watch.....
dale86uk
5 Jul 17#94
How many Dacias can I get for this amount of money!?
vladdy
5 Jul 17#95
Most of what you say is a fantasy.
vladdy
5 Jul 174#96
Right, didn't knew they had internet in your cave. How's living in the 1400th?
vladdy
5 Jul 17#97
Haha, like 4 or 5 new ones with warranty :smiley:))
118luke
5 Jul 171#98
Hopefully, our car manufacturing industry could do with a boost!
indianajon
5 Jul 17#99
Really, you should study the EU a bit more closely if that's what you believe.
118luke
5 Jul 17#100
He has a point - i connot work out why we are obsessed with foreign made cars (not owned - Britiain doesnt own a Mass-produced car manufacturer now), when the majority of other countries tend to mainly buy their own produced cars. I'd rather my money went to workers in our own country than sent off to Germany
yespleasesir
5 Jul 17#101
Brought? I'm guessing you voted brexit
bagga212
5 Jul 17#102
Japanese and Indian then
Nissan, Toyota and Jaguar .... all made here buy tea drinking brits lol
manbearpig
5 Jul 171#103
They really need to improve the voting system to remove all the trolls that vote this crap to over 1000 heat.
nublets2k
5 Jul 17#104
And all the profits go out of the country.
anewman
5 Jul 17#105
Although Vehicle Excise Duty isn't set aside for road repairs, it all goes to the treasury. All stealth Tory regressive taxes, and if you voted Conservative you obviously wanted them.
muffboy
5 Jul 17#106
You will pay the whole lot including interest
databar
5 Jul 17#107
Love reading these threads,
it brings out the bitter and twisted on a car deal. :smiley:
villan57
5 Jul 17#108
Except our 40k a year wages which gets ploughed back into the economy , so I can buy a Lexus and Laugh at the German Car driver with their superior attitudes .
MaximusRo
5 Jul 17#109
What's the regulare price? Curious how much of a reduction this is over the regular price
muffboy
5 Jul 17#110
You should not have answered that as there was no question mark.
ahuggett
5 Jul 17#111
My first automatic had 3 gears, and I'm not going back that far to be honest!
ezzer72
5 Jul 171#112
The last little bit, perhaps, but only after all of the British workers have been paid, all of the British suppliers have been paid, and the UK tax bill has been paid...
Toon_army
5 Jul 17#113
I was referring to manual!
Graham1979
5 Jul 171#114
Are you going to have a post-Brexit "we lost" cry now?
Knew? 1400th? I only hope that post-Brexit you find job where your English skills will not matter. Germany perhaps?
MaximusRo
5 Jul 17#115
and get it around 2019...
MaximusRo
5 Jul 17#116
your math skills are very poor
CookinBat
5 Jul 17#117
You've guessed wrong then 'boyo'. Certainly brought out the pedants o0.
Awaken
6 Jul 17#118
Go do more homework, it's a three house system and you're worried about what their civil service get up to - much like I worry about what ours get up to. And in fact the main democratic body, the parliament, is elected by PR - which wouldn't lead to 292,316 votes buying 10 seats for the DUP and 525,371 votes buying 1 seat for the Greens, for example.
Your optimistic financial ideas made me snigger but I'm not going to bother replying to them, it's too late, I'm tired. One point though - I think foreign ownership matters if their profit sheets get translated back out of devalued pounds after we make that car!
We have a few tiny (but awesome) actual home grown car companies left that nobody's going to be discussing a lease deal for on here, and a small hub of world leading motorsport engineering firms - who are actually behind a large bulk of what goes on in F1. Those efficient, productive plants you're on about were built by the Japanese (and later a few other nationalities) after they learned how to do it properly, killing off our own motor industry as a result. We're good at innovation, but production is best left to the Germans, every single one of whom, I heard on the radio this morning, make £1.36 of GDP for every £1 we do. So go lease this well built German car :smiley: Or not, they can afford it.
I know its an auto! If you read my original post you'll see I was talking about gears in general.
No need for a Wiki link, I'm pretty confident with my knowledge on cars from years of owning and driving them.
Your comment is like somebody putting a link to a 4k TV and me saying "God I remember the days of 3 channels", nobodys going to say "but this is DTV" are they.
Guy.H
6 Jul 171#121
Taxi drivers should be all over this deal. If they throw in a beaded seat cover then I predict 2000+ heat!
ahuggett
6 Jul 17#122
Ok I thought you were talking about gears in an automatic in your original post, that explains why we're not on the same page!
djh1975
6 Jul 171#123
Ask any mechanic, they wouldn't recommend a Merc.
pgilc1
6 Jul 17#124
Its not a diesel though
pgilc1
6 Jul 17#125
I take your point and in many ways i agree with you. Its still an entry level poverty spec (relatively speaking) Mercedes on 16 inch rims and vinyl interior.
Its just not where i'd be putting £21K frankly.
If i were spending £21K on a car on a big cruiser, i'd go nearly new and get something like this (granted at a bit more than the price of this)
Agreed but you can't compare used cars with new. But personally I would not be buying either. BUT for a new Mercedes it's a very good price.
OrribleHarry
6 Jul 171#127
A mechanic wouldn't recommend German at all. If you want reliability I'm afraid the Japanese have it sewn up.
indianajon
6 Jul 171#128
Please explain how it can be democratic when the elected members have no legislative powers. What policies or laws am I voting for when my elected representative can't instigate any? The overriding policy is the creation of a federal European superstate and all other decisions are taken with that objective in mind. That wouldn't be possible in a truly democratic system. If that's what you support then fine but don't hide behind the economic argument and faux democracy.
Kelvin_B
6 Jul 17#129
Getting rid of their old stock before the new version comes out in December. No more stupid tablet on the dash!
james02
6 Jul 171#130
Japanese cars are reliable as are German cars, we had a family Mercedes for 30 years and not one problem. As a family we have had German cars for 20 years and all of the cars we have had (Audi, BMW, Mercedes) have been very reliable. "A mechanic wouldn't recommend German at all" - what a pointless statement to make....
anewman
6 Jul 17#131
Though wouldn't a mechanic recommend what makes him/her money, i.e. something guaranteed to fail that isn't easy to repair so they can charge for hours of labour?! :man:
ezzer72
6 Jul 17#132
No. Japanese cars are generally reliable, German cars are generally not reliable (despite their undeserved reputation).
As well as my first hand experience of working with both 'behind the scenes', every reliability survey finds the same.
jaydeeuk1
7 Jul 17#133
Price says £20,995
Has it dropped further or am I missing delivery or something?
chenzz
7 Jul 17#134
Exactly! and last time I posted similar deal from the same website, some mods changed my title with the the additional 4.9% finance. some one needs to be fair
djh1975
7 Jul 17#135
That's why I drive a Toyota, I agree with you.
pgilc1
7 Jul 17#136
Agreed - yes, great price for a new merc, but a merc is all about the desirability. Who wants a Merc with vinyl seats and 16 inch wheels? Clearly not too many people or they wouldnt have to offload them at this price.
And well, yes i can compare it to used, because if i spending £21K on a car and thus could only afford a poverty spec new Merc then i WOULDNT buy it, given the myriad of nearly new choices you'd have.
Its all very well it be a "new merc for £21K" but drive it out the showroom and its a "used poverty spec merc".
If you're going to buy a Merc, buy a nice one. If you cant afford a nice one new, buy a used one. If you must have new and cant afford a nice one, dont buy one.
We bought a AMG A45 for,with a load of extras slightly over £40K. If our budget had been say £19K, we wouldnt have bought a 100BHP A160 SE, just because its a merc. Maybe some people would be impressed by an A160 or a C200 SE but ultimately to buy it, it has to impress us and frankly neither an A160 or C200 would do that.
mad_design_man
7 Jul 17#137
Makes me laugh all these young folk driving around in fancy cars and dripping in Armani. Then they say, "isn't it a disgrace we can't get on the property ladder!" Tip: live within your means!
RUGAAL
7 Jul 17#138
Get e class with comand online, same like s class
thegregz
7 Jul 171#139
I posted this deal because at £9k under list its a good price. Personally not the model for me as I'm also looking at the AMG however, having read through all of these comments this one is typical of the more ridiculous posts. If you like it, buy it, if not don't. You really can't come on here to tell everyone how poor a car is with the reasoning 'we bought an AMG45 for slightly over £40k'. Horses, courses...
pgilc1
8 Jul 17#140
I agree - its a cheap car and the voting of over 1000+ concurs with that.
However my post is not a ridiculous post - its common sense. Whilst its a "cheap" Mercedes, who really wants to drive about in, relatively speaking, a poverty spec Merc on 16 inch wheels and vinyl seats? And how many of the HOT voters (myself included) will actually go out and buy one?
And no, i didnt say anything like "go out and spend twice that on a different Merc instead" i said that if you really want a merc, buy the right one, and if your budget doesnt stretch to the merc you want, dont buy it - there are plenty of other decent cars about with the right spec.
And that applies to whether your budget is for new or used.
And ironically - whilst slating me you're of the same mindset - you wouldnt personally drive this you'd rather pay more for an AMG trim variant.
james02
8 Jul 171#141
And i think it's a cracking deal and car. Where else can you get a similar spec car without spending anywhere near this. If you want the car, you could have saved a few people getting roped off. I have shown colleagues at work your deal who may now go ahead so thank you for posting. There response wasn't "ah yes but you can get a much more reliable second hand Japanese car for similar money so this deal is pants".
james02
8 Jul 17#142
*ripped
pgilc1
8 Jul 17#143
You can easily get a better spec'd car for the same or less money new. Ford, Vauxhall, VW will happily do that.
Will be it a Merc? No. Will it be a better car? Quite possibly. Will it be a better spec'd car? Yes. Absolutely.
Right price, wrong engine, wrong trim level and wrong spec as far as i'm concerned - which is most likely why they're having to discount them so heavily to get them moved on.
pgilc1
8 Jul 17#144
If you want to stick with German cars, Audi (via Broadspeed) will sell you an A4 TFSI SE that doesnt have vinyl seats, sits on a more palatable 17 inch alloys for pretty much the same price
For something with a sportier slant but a little smaller, they'll also sell you a A3 TFSI Sport Saloon with sports seats and 17 inch alloys for similar...
For something as big or maybe even a bit bigger, Volkswagen will sell you (via Broadspeed again) a 2.0TDI SE Business Passat Auto for the same money. Much better spec, doesnt have vinyl seats and has 17 inch alloys, parking sensors, radar cruise and touch screen NAV.
Any broker is going to be there or there abouts on this car - Broadspeed are with a few £ of it.
The first place i check if we're buying a new car is all the main brokers online, then ask my local dealer to pricematch or we'll buy from a broker.
Not difficult.
montana78
9 Jul 17#146
haha, c class only looks nice because of its AMG kit, this I would not buy for £20k. Rather buy used AMG one for £15k
montana78
9 Jul 17#147
If you love custard go Devon :smiley:
pgilc1
9 Jul 17#148
+1
Its the wrong car at the right price. They're being sold off cheap, but even at that you can buy a year old one on autotrader for £16K+ from a dealer, meaning a trade price of £14K, which suggests they're unloved on the used market too.
pgilc1
10 Jul 17#149
For those who said my criticism of this car is ridiculous, just to let you know i found and posted a "similar" deal. Passat TFSI, brand new, £15,911 on the road. Currently at 800 degrees and climbing.
Probably wont "beat" the heat of this because for some people the Merc badge trumps the wrong spec, but to me the Passat @ £15,911 makes for a more honest package than this at £21K odd.
j41sal
11 Jul 17#150
hi im interested without the silly ipad. Where did you hear this news from ?
from what i read its next year sometime but doesn't mention anything about the screen gone intergrated into dash only the trackpad changing to the s class style.
Opening post
MERCEDES-BENZ C CLASS SALOON C200 SE 4DR 9G-TRONIC
These are Brand new cars, you will be the first registered keeper.
Delivery available for August or September 2017 on a “67” Registration.
Available in Either Solid Black or Polar White with Black Artico leather interior.
This model features the following features as part of its standard specification:
16" alloy wheels – Multi-spoke design
Headlamps – halogen with integral LED daytime running lamps
Rain-sensing windscreen wipers
Reversing camera
SPEEDTRONIC cruise control
Tyre pressure monitoring system
Seat Comfort package – driver and front passenger seat
Audio20 CD with 7-inch colour display
DAB digital radio tuner
The Mercedes-Benz dealer is able to install Mercedes Garmin navigation at an additional £500.Please note your requirement for this on your order or enquiry.
The quoted prices include a £4,470 Deposit contribution conditional upon you taking out PCP or Hire Purchase finance at 4.9% APR. Please note if you do not wish to take out this finance please add £4,356 to the price quoted.
12 months road fund licence is included as standard. All cars must be delivered by the 30th September 2017 to qualify for this offer.
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Also the "Artico" leather is fake leather, not real leather - its vinyl seats by any other name, so basically flat white or black paint with black vinyl seats.
I understand it's a difficult concept to understand, perhaps if I wrote it in big letters on the side of a bus it would be easier for you?
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I remember the days of 4 gears lol
The adaptive cruise control is useless on a manual so definitely need an auto with this option.
Also the "Artico" leather is fake leather, not real leather - its vinyl seats by any other name, so basically flat white or black paint with black vinyl seats.
I understand it's a difficult concept to understand, perhaps if I wrote it in big letters on the side of a bus it would be easier for you?
http://www.vwaudiforum.co.uk/forum/showthread.php/140324-Adaptive-Cruise-Control-and-Stationary-Vehicles
So you pay an extra 2%if you don't want finance... surely that cannot be legal ...
We don't sell any cars, our motor industry died out in the 80s-90s. Several foreign car firms started making cars here in order to avoid EU tariffs on imports. The only reason they'll stay if we leave the common market is if we pay them to make cars, to avoid the bad PR and whiney newly unemployed types needing welfare and adult education to reskill.
Edit: The EU is as democratic as our own government, if you didn't vote for your MEP then quit moaning. And google something like "Nissan brexit bribe" for more on paying them to stay - it's already started.
2nd edit: And one more thing - we're a net importer with the EU, by quite some margin, so devaluing our currency will just make everything we buy in (like those car parts!) even more expensive and cost us significantly more overall.
IPT is what you should be angry about.
Any way, this car? Looks like this:
They did not start making cars they bought existing manufacturing capacity to meet UK demand and export to other EU countries. Also UK had some really good car brands worth taking over. And they will continue to manufacture to meet local demand especially when cars from EU become more expensive.
Being net importer with EU actually puts us in a better position because we can address our negative trade deficit and shift production to UK. Yes, devaluing the currency will make everything more expensive but will also contribute to exports limiting trade deficit and can be a good thing for UK manufacturing in the long run.
The fact of the matter is EU has free trade agreements with multiple countries and UK has all EU regulations already in place. So it makes total economic sense to cooperate. But EU is not an economic project - its a political one. It is an emerging state which is just afraid to say how it is. That is why they are so hell-bent on imposing free movement on everyone.
EDIT: By the way, it's a good deal if you like Mercedes cars
EDIT: It seems as of April they now offer a £295 + VAT option to add Apple CarPlay and Andoid Auto, on the A20 CD option only, so you can't have COMAND alongside the CarPlay which is frankly daft.
The amg version had a similar discount.
Same engine..
It also means economic catastrophe for this country. We need to take back control and stop the madness.
In theory its decent enough value this one, but how many people want to drive around in an entry level poverty spec Merc?
Can we say Artico diamond studded interior?
Go for it.:smirk:
If you love Pizza, go live in Italy
Or If you love a curry, go live in India
Or Maple Syrup, go live in Canada
Or Olives, go live in Greece.
Why not just have all of the here, rather than moving around every time your taste changes.
Getting back to the deal, HOT! Although would spend a bit more and upgrade to full leather.
From personally using both Mercedes own Command sat nav on my A45 and the Garmin version on my current company car A-class i would say the Command one poos all over it, has saved me countless hours of time in commutes to work with accurate traffic info and is also really responsive. Whereas the the Garmin one reports 10 mile tail backs that are not even there and crashes to a black screen all the time so i have to reboot the entertainment system to get it to work. Yes command is a £1000 plus option, but in my opinion if you travel a lot is a worthwhile option.
Nissan, Toyota and Jaguar .... all made here buy tea drinking brits lol
it brings out the bitter and twisted on a car deal. :smiley:
Knew? 1400th? I only hope that post-Brexit you find job where your English skills will not matter. Germany perhaps?
Your optimistic financial ideas made me snigger but I'm not going to bother replying to them, it's too late, I'm tired. One point though - I think foreign ownership matters if their profit sheets get translated back out of devalued pounds after we make that car!
We have a few tiny (but awesome) actual home grown car companies left that nobody's going to be discussing a lease deal for on here, and a small hub of world leading motorsport engineering firms - who are actually behind a large bulk of what goes on in F1. Those efficient, productive plants you're on about were built by the Japanese (and later a few other nationalities) after they learned how to do it properly, killing off our own motor industry as a result. We're good at innovation, but production is best left to the Germans, every single one of whom, I heard on the radio this morning, make £1.36 of GDP for every £1 we do. So go lease this well built German car :smiley: Or not, they can afford it.
No need for a Wiki link, I'm pretty confident with my knowledge on cars from years of owning and driving them.
Your comment is like somebody putting a link to a 4k TV and me saying "God I remember the days of 3 channels", nobodys going to say "but this is DTV" are they.
Its just not where i'd be putting £21K frankly.
If i were spending £21K on a car on a big cruiser, i'd go nearly new and get something like this (granted at a bit more than the price of this)
http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201701261681166?year-from=2016&radius=1500&advertising-location=at_cars&model=C%20CLASS&make=MERCEDES-BENZ&onesearchad=Used&onesearchad=Nearly%20New&onesearchad=New&postcode=pa328xp&sort=price-asc&aggregatedTrim=AMG%20Line&page=1
OR a nearly new 2017 for an awful lot less.
http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201706296887206?sort=price-asc&aggregatedTrim=SE%20Business&postcode=pa328xp&model=PASSAT&advertising-location=at_cars&year-from=2017&radius=1500&make=VOLKSWAGEN&transmission=Automatic&onesearchad=Used&onesearchad=Nearly%20New&onesearchad=New&page=1
Nearly new Jag
http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201703193441891?radius=1500&sort=price-asc&year-from=2017&postcode=pa328xp&advertising-location=at_cars&transmission=Automatic&make=JAGUAR&body-type=Saloon&onesearchad=Used&onesearchad=Nearly%20New&onesearchad=New&price-to=22500&page=1
Nearly new 320d M Sport
http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201702031958822?onesearchad=Used&onesearchad=Nearly%20New&onesearchad=New&transmission=Automatic&year-from=2017&advertising-location=at_cars&price-to=22500&postcode=pa328xp&make=BMW&body-type=Saloon&sort=price-asc&radius=1500&aggregatedTrim=M%20Sport&page=1
As well as my first hand experience of working with both 'behind the scenes', every reliability survey finds the same.
Has it dropped further or am I missing delivery or something?
And well, yes i can compare it to used, because if i spending £21K on a car and thus could only afford a poverty spec new Merc then i WOULDNT buy it, given the myriad of nearly new choices you'd have.
Its all very well it be a "new merc for £21K" but drive it out the showroom and its a "used poverty spec merc".
If you're going to buy a Merc, buy a nice one. If you cant afford a nice one new, buy a used one. If you must have new and cant afford a nice one, dont buy one.
We bought a AMG A45 for,with a load of extras slightly over £40K. If our budget had been say £19K, we wouldnt have bought a 100BHP A160 SE, just because its a merc. Maybe some people would be impressed by an A160 or a C200 SE but ultimately to buy it, it has to impress us and frankly neither an A160 or C200 would do that.
However my post is not a ridiculous post - its common sense. Whilst its a "cheap" Mercedes, who really wants to drive about in, relatively speaking, a poverty spec Merc on 16 inch wheels and vinyl seats? And how many of the HOT voters (myself included) will actually go out and buy one?
And no, i didnt say anything like "go out and spend twice that on a different Merc instead" i said that if you really want a merc, buy the right one, and if your budget doesnt stretch to the merc you want, dont buy it - there are plenty of other decent cars about with the right spec.
And that applies to whether your budget is for new or used.
And ironically - whilst slating me you're of the same mindset - you wouldnt personally drive this you'd rather pay more for an AMG trim variant.
Will be it a Merc? No. Will it be a better car? Quite possibly. Will it be a better spec'd car? Yes. Absolutely.
Right price, wrong engine, wrong trim level and wrong spec as far as i'm concerned - which is most likely why they're having to discount them so heavily to get them moved on.
https://broadspeed.com/new_cars/Audi/A4/Choose_Number_Of_Doors/Saloon/
For something with a sportier slant but a little smaller, they'll also sell you a A3 TFSI Sport Saloon with sports seats and 17 inch alloys for similar...
https://broadspeed.com/new_cars/Audi/A3/Choose_Number_Of_Doors/Saloon/
For something as big or maybe even a bit bigger, Volkswagen will sell you (via Broadspeed again) a 2.0TDI SE Business Passat Auto for the same money. Much better spec, doesnt have vinyl seats and has 17 inch alloys, parking sensors, radar cruise and touch screen NAV.
https://broadspeed.com/new_cars/Volkswagen/Passat/Choose_Number_Of_Doors/Saloon/
The first place i check if we're buying a new car is all the main brokers online, then ask my local dealer to pricematch or we'll buy from a broker.
Not difficult.
Its the wrong car at the right price. They're being sold off cheap, but even at that you can buy a year old one on autotrader for £16K+ from a dealer, meaning a trade price of £14K, which suggests they're unloved on the used market too.
http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/brand-new-vw-passat-1-4-tfsi-s-15-911-5-698-saving-drivethedeal-com-2736356
Probably wont "beat" the heat of this because for some people the Merc badge trumps the wrong spec, but to me the Passat @ £15,911 makes for a more honest package than this at £21K odd.
from what i read its next year sometime but doesn't mention anything about the screen gone intergrated into dash only the trackpad changing to the s class style.