Best lease car deals available?

[RYH64E]

MrOnTheRopes said:

olly22n said:

Where are these Mercedes c class deals?

Without pointing at one broker in particular.. www.contracthireandleasing.com is a good place to find them. Mercedes have been running very good deals on pretty much all their range during Feb.

I don't know about the C Class deals, but the E Class deals are significantly more expensive than they were last Autumn.

[TheBroker]

There's been a big change on MB deals as they have now punched a nice hole in the UK market.

3 years ago I did an S-Class for a customer @ £530/month, renewal is about £150/month more! Ouch!

Part of problem is mb has revised /fully updated it's model range so prices are up and demand is strong enough for finance companies to keep the prices up. Residual values are also not as strong as funders are protecting themselves.

[Blown2CV]

TheBroker said:

Blown2CV said:

dude you're the one who started off with the "i've got deals but i can't tell you what they aaaaaare PM me PM me PM me" bullst. A better way of promoting your site would be to just post your own deals without saying they're from your company, you know like pretending you're a normal person, and not try and draw attention to the fact that you're a broker. Bit of a social media fail there. Sometimes it's necessary to go off topic to bring it back on. Any genuine PHers got any good deals they've seen lately, and actually want to post on here?

Suggest you read what I wrote

08:21
There are a number of good deals out at the moment, you just need to know where to look, or know someone who does!

I suggest you sort your attitude too, why do you feel it necessary to flame someone who is writing non offensive helpful posts. Yes I could pretend to be some nobody and constantly refer to deals but that would be disingenuous, only for someone to cotton on and expose a lie! My business has been built on a reputation of integrity which is rare. I'm not here to pretend I'm something I'm not but if someone wants helpful advice from an industry insider they know where to go, if someone wants to be petty and immature perhaps I can tell you where to go...

Now for everyone's sake get this topic back on subject and stop sniping unnecessarily

Sorry do you mean "some nobody" posting deals, like everyone else in this thread? I hope this goes well for you from now on then.

[Vaud]

TheBroker said:

There's been a big change on MB deals as they have now punched a nice hole in the UK market.

3 years ago I did an S-Class for a customer @ £530/month, renewal is about £150/month more! Ouch!

Part of problem is mb has revised /fully updated it's model range so prices are up and demand is strong enough for finance companies to keep the prices up. Residual values are also not as strong as funders are protecting themselves.

Thanks, that explains a lot. Same I guess for the A6?

[RYH64E]

The E350 AMG Line Estate with Premium Plus that was widely quoted on here in the Autumn was <£300 (6+23, +VAT), Tilsuns currently have the exact same car (both 9G auto) for £447 (6+35, +VAT). That's up 50% in just a few months.

[AKA PABS]

I have been looking at lease deals for a while and it really seams to be a bad time for a bargain, I think this is backed by the complete lack of deals currently being posted.

[TheBroker]

A lot of the time the silly deals come because certain suppliers to certain brokers offer additional support to deals on certain cars to hit certain targets, sometimes our suppliers will offer an extra £3-4k against certain models.

As a broker it's all about sourcing the vehicle with the best residual value through the best funder supplied at the best price!

That's why sometimes I can supply a MB c class or even e for less than a mondeo!

[RYH64E]

anonymous said:

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There's a 3 month lead time on most of the Mercedes deals, people ordering today won't be registering in March.

I think that the secret to getting a good lease deal is to be as flexible as possible with make/model, having the patience to wait for a good deal, and taking the deal when it's on offer. There have been some real bargains posted on here in the last 12 months, but they don't seem to be available for long.

[talksthetorque]

This came through the email on Blue Chilli Cars today. I have no idea who their target audience is. Might be ok with a bigger mileage ... I suppose

Vauxhall Insignia
2.0 CDTi SRi Nav 5dr

Business & Personal Contract Hire
£1,584 + VAT initial rental
48 month agreement
8,000 miles per annum

£175.99+VAT

So who - for the next four years - needs a Diesel with Sat Nav to do 8k a year?
If you do 8k a year you don't need a diesel and it's my guess you know where Lidl is and your parents live.

[RYH64E]

The excess mileage charges are usually pretty reasonable, I think I'm at the upper end of the scale at £0.12/mile and some deals are only £0.06/mile. If I go over by 10,000 miles (and I probably will on a 10,000 mpa deal)that's only an extra £50/month over 2 years.

[TheBroker]

It's all to hook people in with a headline rental. We don't advertise such deals as they're meaningless!
CH&L is full of headline deals which then are rubbish for real world deals as the brokers bump up the price.
We don't market on CH&L as it's simply a race to the bottom of the barrel by internet & bedroom brokers who you can never, nor would want to, meet.

[anonymous-user]

There are actually plenty of good deals out there at the moment, Seat Leon FR, Skoda Yeti and Scout, Merc C-Class and SLK, Fiesta ST, Nissan Juke, the thing is you have to be flexible and go for the best deal available at the time in a particular segment.

The car you really want might not be cheap at the time, but something else which is a good equivalent probably is.

[TheBroker]

Skoda Rapids & SpaceBacks are good too
Tiguan is crazy cheap
We had the silly Golf R deals but they're all gone now!

Shopping and patience will put you in good stead!

[dakingz]

kuga's are cheap too... kia sportage....

Edited by dakingz on Saturday 28th February 20:01

[snobetter]

Anyone have experience of salary sacrifice car leasing?

[jjr1]

I totally agree with the above about accepting a similar model or manufacturer. I decided on December I needed a diesel car for 20,000 miles per year. I managed to get a c250amg salon for £380 per month 6*23.

Similar BMW or Audi were nowhere near that price.

Now as my car is about to be delivered the Mercedes are way more expensive and the 4 series BMW looks good value.

Lease = Flexible for the best deal

[TheBroker]

snobetter said:

Anyone have experience of salary sacrifice car leasing?

We don't yet operate any of these schemes with our customers as they don't always work out best.

If you are offered fully expenses car inc personal fuel, there is a poss it's not worth while!

To see if it is or not do the following:

Determine fuel benefit tax implication
Calculate your monthly personal mileage
Take your fuel benefit and divide by your mileage.
If it comes in more than 20p then this option is not for you!

[Park]

A guy I work with gets an allowance and he would be worse off if he took the company chariot. Also our place now has the Eco warriors running it so nothing decent is on the list

He ended up getting one of those great deals on a BMW 125d as he likes to get the tail out

[Blown2CV]

snobetter said:

Anyone have experience of salary sacrifice car leasing?

The concept is good, but generally the deals are so st that you may as well just go source a private lease yourself.

[Transiter]

TheBroker said:

Fact is there is often a bedroom broker willing to do a deal for peanuts because they are not a proper broker, so you end up with shoddy service or sharp practices, you get what you pay for and sometimes if a deal is too good to be true, it's not true

Unless I'm being a bit thick and missing something, aren't you a bit of a bedroom broker as well?

5 mins on the net suggest your (current) company is 1.5 years old, your registered address is a PO box, your previous leasing company doesn't have a working website and well, your current website isn't exaclty professional.

Edited by Transiter on Sunday 1st March 02:02