Take out the service plan with MB, first service is £300 second service is £500

or get it serviced at an non mercedes garage that use mercedes genuine parts.





yes you can do that, its in the BVLA

in before 'but you dont get to keep it'

yes.

good deal if you are set on this car.

Really good deal so voted hot. It's a looker especially on AMG but it's not a good drive.

136 BHP from a 2.1 litre diesel is a bit poor. Is this the one with the Renault engine?

Great deal. Heat added.

Is this car any good? I read various views from the motoring press some good some not so good.

would have gone for it if auto

still good deal though

AMG spec looks nice and sporty, but drive is awful. If you can find a decent lease on the Mark 7.5 Golf GTD, go for that instead.

Tomorrow is the first working day of Q4, so may see some new deals launched. The last two quarters have seen some discounted Golf GTi deals with limited availability.

Is this good? I pay £214 PM for a bmw 118d 2013 plate!

I've had a couple of these as courtesy cars whilst my E-Class was being serviced and honestly couldn't recommend them. They might look nice, but it's nothing like driving a Mercedes in my opinion. Too many assists, uncomfortable seating position, lacking in power, and ugly interior. I think I'd only remotely consider an A-Class if it were an A45, and even then, I'd have to be getting a seriously good deal.

Not a bad deal, I was on the lookout for an A class a few months ago but the right deal never came up. Just received my Audi A4 S Line for £1260 up front and £210pcm. Thrilled with it.

Likely to see all the council chavs with this

You get the media screen but not the satnav on this model!

About the ride, I agree that it feels nothing like a proper Merc. It drives like a Renault. The A45 is fun though. Anything less, I wouldnt bother.

Get in on these cheap diesel leases now! .... Won't want to be getting a diesel in a few years time.

We have lease cars and get it serviced by kwikfit for £150 for a Mercedes service. Not had any issues at all with merc warranty, lease t&c’s!

I love the way every alternative/comparison model made in this thread is for a German thing of some sort.

Sheep.

complete waste of money leasing a car best buy one a few years old

Buying a depreciating asset is a 'waste of money'. If you have cash, there are much better ways to make it work for you.

Besides, if you want an older car - that's another discussion all together.

Great deal, I had this exact car when it first launched but on a PCP cost me around an extra 5/6K over the term.

is this not AMG in general?

Prove it with the same model, I’d love to see your calculations. But of course there are no calculations as it was a pointless and thoughtless post.

I've never seen a "no deposit" deal before. This is extremely good value. Regardless of what it drives like etc. It's very competitive. If people can show us better alternative deals, then i would like to see them. If you drive around in an old car right now for example. Buying a brand new car like this is always going to be an improvement.

All these are based on 9 months deposit up front. Calculate the total cost over 2 years.

I'm pretty sure you can just add the Garmin card - its around £40 on ebay. It just plugs in and off you go.

No. I'm 48 and we've an A45.

the 1.4l petrol...is it nippy enough - engine size put me off a bit as I do a lot of motorway driving but I know petrol engines have come on leaps and bounds

Edit - just see you replied to similar already cheers

Last but time I enquired about a deal they came back with a quote 30pm more :thinking:

HOT!

I live in one of those new build estates and well..........Gary Puddlesworth has just got a new A Class and been the cock of the walk......oh i can't wait to see his face when i get the AMG model. Of course i can only afford it through a lease mind you......like 99% of us brits. "TALLY HO OLD CHAPS!"

Need to pull up in a German whip

Check my post above. Can get a SEAT Leon Cupra for around the same money. Having driven both, my money would be with the SEAT every day of the week.

And if Mr Puddlesworth has bought his and you've leased then you're the clever one because in two years time when it's time to upgrade good old Gary is going to have the dreaded depreciation bill.

Poor Gary P.

Only fools BUY new cars*







*unless it appreciates

Leasing seems the way to go vs buying a new car, unless you get a big discount from a broker. E.g new Honda CRVs and Nissan Micras can be bought with upto 25% discount.
So many people still walk into dealers and pay close to list price. If buying a new car you should be getting between 10-25% off. If not then lease.
This seems a good deal

Nope, the 200d (2.1L) is the first Mercedes own engine in the diesel lineup of the A-Class, anything above a 180 in the A-Class is. I drive a 200d as my daily car myself and can say even on the motorways it is a fab economical engine!

Obviously has nothing on the actual AMG Engines though! :P

Don’t get drawn......

If you have your heart set on a A-class then this is a deal as they normally cost £1-2k more than this over the term.

But as a few others have said they look great, but drive meh. If your still considering one test drive it against its rivals. Ideally when leasing try not to be model specific, voted Hot as it is a good price for a A-class. Although apples and pears I went for a Leon Cupra for £250pm.

I have one of these, the auto. I have not spent half my disposable income on it and I'd of had the A45 if I didn't use it for commuting. Just salty because you cant afford one.

Hello HUKD'ers,

Any suggestions as to where I can get a Personal Lease within the next 5 weeks or so please?

Majority of these deals have a long waiting time.

Thanks.

Go onto a car leasing comparison tool and choose the in stock option

Not from a modern diesel engine of that size. The Golf GTD generates 380Nm from a smaller engine.

Was a big fan of this car when it first came out. Decided to get a near brand new one beginning of this year to replace my A3...to cut long story short 7 months later traded it in for an A5 cab. As someone has said above it's just got a Merc badge on it. Audi all the way!!

To be fair though, the GTD is a performance Golf. Superb car though. Absolutely love it.

But AMG is Mercedes' high-performance division. Agree about the GTD. Love mine too :grin:

I have the A200d and I had the GTD on a rental this week, I cant lie and say I dont love the GTD, but it is more expensive and the Merc interior is so much nicer, to spec the GTD to where I'd want it were talking A45 money.

Financial q3 for many companies.

>"Fuel delivery: Turbo"

From the website. Who actually wrote that

This isn't a "real" AMG though, it's an AMG Line; essentially all the show, with none of the go. Mercedes will happily sell you an A-Class with the same engine and same power output in basic SE spec.

The only other Golf which shares the GTD's engine is the even more expensive AWD Alltrack Estate.

Why do you need service NEW car? Cold from me anyway cos you could get Golf R for that leasing money.

Lol, they're one of the cheapest hatchback leases you can get. You're exactly the kind of person I'm talking about who thinks they're a big man for owning a basic cheap mercedes. FYI I own a BMW M3. The number of 18 year olds in AMG Line A classes who have tried to race me is laughable.

Yep, Audi all the way, great choice :smile:‌ :smile:

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That is true, but in terms of car manufacturers sales campaigns, definitely Q4 in all cases

Having driven this car in auto form I wholeheartedly disagree. The auto box was terrible in the one I test drove. For clarity the car I bought is an auto with a MUCH better gearbox. I wasn't impressed with the A Class at all

does this come with Dacia engine?

Had one of these as a courtesy car a few months back. The model I had did have the Renault kangoo engine and although it was economical it was as bland as hell to drive and couldn't wait to hand it back.

AMG Line is a trim level. Just like M Sport is a trim level for BMW.

Own an appreciating asset,
Lease a depreciating asset.

Its as simple as that.

Good deal for the car - £6k for 2yrs motoring isnt bad at all.

Hot for the price, but never been a fan of Mercedes. Call me old fashioned, but prefer the old traditional Handbrake. I don't like the Octopus pedal thing they have going on with their cars.

Why have cars become so low? Is it because they are all diesel now?

Back in the days a 2.0 Honda was a power machine, I recently took a company Merc C class 2.0 diesel and it was incredibly slow. Was surprised how poor the acceleration was, my 1.2 Polo 2004 plate is faster at take off and wouldn't even cost a £2k now.

You can always go for the Seat Leon FR184. Same engine as the GTD and a fair bit cheaper.

Combination of a greater focus on emissions and significantly heavier cars due to the amount of tech going into even the cheap hatchbacks. Back when fuel was cheap and people didn't really care about emissions, it was about getting as much power out of the engine as possible. And cars were light since they weren't packed with as much tech, luxury or safety features.
Nowadays you have cars which are much more comfortable and luxurious, but severely underpowered unless you buy a sportier version. But then if you do that then the government throws as much tax at you as possible, to the extent that it's barely worth it. Don't even get me started on insurance costs.

I am considering a e class estate leasing. Would you recommend e class estate?

How is your age relevant to question

I was told that there is a lot of these on the road as they're particularly fuel efficient, so companies who provide company cars will use them in bulk.

It's a lovely looking car, I don't agree with other comments slating the interior, it's nice inside and out, especially with the sport seats, but it's massively under-powered and an underwhelming drive.

Please note, I don't know the first thing about engines, but I was told by the servicing manager from one of their major flagship stores that the car was purposefully underpowered so they could put more torque into their higher end vehicles and not have to increase their fleet emission rating. And confirmed they use renault engines.

Avoid if possible. Looks good but not worth it.

You savage. By the way what you doing on hukd if you own an m3? Surely your toilet paper is made of new £10 notes. :grin:

M3 is a nice car however the bills that it can throw up are ridiculous. Probably why your on here lol.

Soooo many reasons why that is a false statement - Too many to list on here.

2009...??!! That's a super recent article then... I feel one of those classic HUKD "time machine" heckles coming on...

You know Mercedes used to build cars for high-ranking Nazi officials back in the 1930's & 40's, should we take that into consideration as a "moral dilemma" when considering this deal also? :thinking:‌ :thinking:

machods what the point. do these cars include insurance as well.

Well if they've been going that long, I can't imagine much progress in the last 8 years...

German cars are not up to standard, stop making excuses for them.

Paying 6.5k for the priviledge of not owning your own car?

Took mine to quickfit £99

I can't comment on the newest model of E-Class, as mine is a W212, the previous model. I have however driven the newest C-Class, which I couldn't really fault. I'd imagine if it's anything like the previous generation, the E-Class will feel much less cramped. The interior is a little nicer too, although I'm not a fan of the two large screens in place of the speedo. If your budget permits it, I'd go for the E350d as they're big heavy cars. The E220d is probably perfectly adequate if your not too worried about power, but sometimes I feel like I could be doing with a just a little bit more than the 204bhp the E250 produces. If it's your first Mercedes, I doubt it'll be your last. It's hard to drive anything else once you're used to the comforts!

Of course, I forgot... technology hardly advances at all in the space of nigh on a decade, does it...?? :unamused:

Which "standard" are German cars not up to then?? Are we talking a legislative standard here or a standard of your personal opinion? Also at what point did I make an excuse and what was the excuse?? (as you can tell the confusion is snowballing for me at this point.. :thinking: )

It's only the 1.4 that has the Nissan/Renault bullet proof,low fuel consumption engine

They are still unreliable just like they were 8 years ago (and 8 years before that) and there is no excuse for poor dependability in this day and age, especially when being overcharged for pseudo luxury products.

Oh, and the 2009 model of A5 was still being built and sold in 2016. The new one is unlikely to fair any better, but it's perhaps too early to know for sure.

But sometime I would worry the size of E-class would be too big for to handle especially for my wife. So C-Class estate is actually in my radar too. Though some cheap material uses in the c-class really kind of make me resist it a bit...

Being smart with money is a good characteristic regardless of how well off you are. I generally come here for tech deals but I like to check out these lease deals out of curiosity.
And yeah the M3 is a money pit. Insurance is the biggest killer, but it's so fun to drive. I dont buy anything I can't afford to run. Otherwise I'd have bought an F Type. Maybe in a few years.

It did take me a bit of getting used to to be honest, although I did have a 2-seater convertible before. My E-Class saloon is slightly too long for the average parking space, something I always notice at Tesco. The estate is a little longer again, so definitely something to keep in mind. The parking sensors and camera will make life a lot easier though.

Given that we're discussing two year leases in the main - do you have any other articles to show that German car drivers should be concerned?

"They are still unreliable" - So that's a fact? Based on which statistical data was this fact derived as at the year 2017? I just sold an e350 cdi (coupe) I had owned for 4 years and never had a single issue in terms of mechanical or electrical faults. My mrs had the use of a C220 cdi (company car) for four years which covered 60k and never experienced an issue and now she has a c350e plugin hybrid (company car also) for the last 18 months and wha' d'ya you know...? no issues there either.

Not saying they never break down of course (ALL CARS CAN) as I'm sure there may be someone else out there who has been unlucky and had several issues. But if they were as bad as you say, then surely between the 3 mercs we've had and collectively covered over 100k miles, surely we should have had at least one fault on one of them...??!

Should have studied harder at school then. If you have £30k in a peer to peer lending site earning 12-14% interest over 2 years, it makes this a free car. Only mugs buy.

I thought these were meant to be quick? 2.1 litre and more than a 9 secs 0 - 60? Seems the AMG badge isn't all it's cracked up to be!

Oh!!! How did I forget!!?? (...It's a complete shed, that's how I forgot cough, cough lol) My mother in-law drives a 2005 plate Mercedes A class (1.6 petrol I think...) she's owned it from new lol!! And basically it's the mule of the household in that we use it for things like tip runs, taking the dogs to the vets (big dogs that shed plenty of hair) and anything that involves donkey work or something dirty (ahem). It's an awful car IMO though, uncomfortable, slow, ugly (shocking amount of usable space though).. No offence to anyone that owns one :blush:

Never broke down, has never had any major components changed like (gearbox, etc). Has had bits done for regular maintenance purpose of course but has all been cheap stuff. The ONLY 2 FAULTS it's had and still has, is the A/C stopped working, needs a new part but we can't be ars*d to fix it. And the rear driver side passenger remote door lock is jammed and doesn't lock properly..... that's it after almost 13 years of weekly abuse.

Asking if it's a renault engine is legitimate.

Big mistake from Mercedes to keep on producing engines above the 2.0 mark, which means more expensive tax in a lot of countries. Hard to justify such a decision.

VW is getting more power from a 1.9 engine 10 years ago

Renault and bullet proof in the same sentence...

Thats nice mate.

voted cold from me, this Mercs quality is questionable, too stiff a ride over bumps, very limited rear view your better off looking through a letterbox, and no rear parking sensors. Can't see over the front bonnet and cant put your arm up on the window sill as it's too high. Plus the stuck on touchsreen is just screaming out to a chav to rip it off. The back side looks like a nissan almera with its bubble lights. :disappointed:

I agree that in terms of economical and tax costs these large engines are not the way to go. However, Mercedes as a brand was never marketed as being economical. It has always been THE pioneer luxury brand, I can honestly say they're slowly going back to hold that status.

An electronic handbrake on this, surely?

No, sticking an "AMG" badge on the back of a regular A class diesel is not going to make it one jot quicker.

Its badge engineering - like BMW with the "M Sport" trim level.

AMG will have had very little to do with this car

Because the "question" was "is that not AMG in general?" which was a response to "Everytime I see an AMG Line version one of these driving about it's a youth who has spent half his disposable income leasing this thinking he's a baller because of the badge"

I stand corrected. However 48 is young :wink:

It's like when you see a 318d or 320d with m sport badges, quite sad really. Nearly as bad as back in the 90s when kids could put lexus rear lights on their saxos and corsas.

I guess your point is any issue will be covered by warranty? Yes, I'm sure at least most of them will.

However, consider;

Losing power in the 2nd or 3rd lane of a Motorway
Pulling out a junction or roundabout, and the car failing
Your wife/girlfriend/children waiting on a hard shoulder for assistance
Taking time off work to get warning lights attended to, or other problems resolved

Yes, all of the above does happen to European cars - you all know and accept that these kind of things happen to Renaults and Fiats, but for some reason won't have it that German cars are equally troublesome, despite looking 'posher'. There are tonnes of surveys and reports out there that back up what I am saying, it's really not my opinion or imagination.

That's all terribly convenient isn't it?

And to be fair, I was attacking the Audi A5 in particular, as one contributor was telling us all how amazing it was.

But, in direct response to your request, in 2016 Merc did pretty well, only just behind MG and Citroen - what do you want for £50k :smile:‌ :smile:

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If you had said the 116D or the 118D then fair enough but the 320D is still a 190ps car with a 0-60 in the region of 7 seconds so hardly a slow car. Granted it's nothing M Performance but these trim levels sell.

AMG, M Sport, R Line, GT Line, S Line etc. have kind of always been around, but they didn't used to be official Manufacturer's designations - we used to call them 'lookalikes' - 1.1 Escorts that looked a bit like XR3i's and all that :smile:

Real AMGs are pretty expensive, both to buy and to run. The average under-25 year old couldnt dream of leasing and running/maintenance one. If I see a real AMG, aside from the CLA or A class AMGs as they're still quite cheap, I'd think you're pretty well off.

That;s not really the point, 300Nm is plenty enough for public road driving is what I was saying. The extra 80 you talk about is of little use unless you are playing top trumps or need to compensate for something. These are not cars I would choose to tow caravans, but it would manage it.

Does anyone know if it is possible for me to be with registered keeper for insurance reasons as I am 19?

The lease company is the registered owner and registered keeper.

nah, chavs pay money? when they can rally about for free in their nanas zafira on motability?

Keep your eye out for 2nd hand car threads. This thread is for a lease deal and obviously of no interest to you.

LOL.. Thank you :smile:

Yes, they do. But they are just trim levels.

Not sure what you're saying, but I don't like button or pedal handbrakes.

I don't know what this car has, but I know mercedes have the pedal handbrakes in many of their cars.

I got the A180d AMG-line with night-pack at the end of last year for £225/month. It's a really great car with lots of stuff coming as standard. Apple Carplay is incredible, and it's quite peppy when you put it in sport mode. You do see quite a lot of people with A-classes these days, but still relatively few AMG-line A classes, which is cool.

You said "I don't like the Octopus pedal thing they have going on with their cars."

I pointed out that this car (i think) has the electronic handbrake.

HTH.

Its not nice to drive. Had one as a courtesy car, thought the 200 engine would be comparable a little to the 220. Nope, feels like its a 1.4. If you like driving, do not get this car!

Not voting cold as the deal is not particularly bad.

Rang up just now and they said the offer is over?

Ah okay, I was just checking. You replied to me not knowing (for sure) the answer, so thought the question mark mean't you 'preferred' the electronic handbrakes on that car. To be honest, I don't really like the button handbrakes either. Flintstone-mobile for me please! :grin:

LOL. Yes, ultimately its more to go wrong. I treat them with the suspicion they deserve....

Is it a Merc or Renault engine?

Can you please let me know of any decent Audi A3/Audi TT Deals? My friend is after one and has been on lookout for a good deal and not seen anything for a while...thanks in adv

It's was originally a Nissan engine

I buy my cars outright so don't always go for brand new rather near new 6 months old. ive been lucky with buying in January dealers were trying to flog 66 plates just before 17 came out so secured myself a good deal and a decent spec car.

Completely disagree. I have a C220 coupe, partner has the A200. The A200 is quicker, more economical and handles better than the C220.

The deal is no longer on the website and they didn’t get back to me so possibly ended?

OK can you let me know where you buy Audi car from and which one you've bought and price paid thanks

I just see diesel as a liability these days. Gov always thinking of taxing them out of existence, especially labour if they get in next time..

It's a lease. Who cares.