C class 2018 facelift

[deason]

Hi,

Sniffed about a C class today, the sales guy was quite honest and said one was due out soon.

So...is this going to be dramatically different on resale eventually and better to wait?

[nej606k]

I was at a local Merc dealer today enquiring about the facelift model and they swore blind that it was coming in 12 months time. I knew they were lying. Some gen here:

https://www.carwow.co.uk/news/mercedes-c-class-fac...

[deason]

I kind of know the guy TBH and he was a bit less coy, said that the last refresh was 2014 and its usually every 3 years.

Question is do i go with one and risk it being worth f all against the newer models. I've got this with my A4, i was about 6 months off the new one arriving and price of it now against settlement is just rediculous.

[Aletank]

I was interested in one in December 2016, CarWow was offering 30% discounts.
I ended up buying a F10 BMW 520d M-SPORT for a similar discount (£12.5k).
When the F11 came out in March, I would of been looking at £10k+ more to have a similar model.

Edited by Aletank on Sunday 20th August 17:44

[FunMeterAMG]

Thanks for heads up, new it was gonna happen, just was waiting. When PCP my car, 2 year was cheaper than 3 yr. y a good margin, so I knew back then something was going to happen in 2018 for the c class.

If your financing, I'd get the current model. It's great and contributions are high.

[Fast Bug]

I sell MB and we haven't been given any dates, we all know it's coming just not when. I'm not 100% that we'd get it before the end of this year though as we've been told we'll have details of the new A and CLE (CLS replacement), but not C Class. But then they can be a funny bunch somethimes!

[deason]

How on earth would 2 years be less than 3 on PCP? Am i missing something here or just been ripped off by another german auto maker.

On this one I expect the only people who know are the higher echelon in mercedes dealerships and HQ It's a public listed company and these sort of things naturally hit sales of the old shapes.

I liked the current model, it's Nav/Tech is my worry though, has it gone through an upgrade since 2014 or has it always been this COMAND thing?

[nej606k]

It's going to be launched in March 2018 at the Geneva Motor Show.

https://www.autocarindia.com/car-news/mercedes-c-c...

[Fast Bug]

We'll see it towards the end of Q2

[Palmball]

deason said:

How on earth would 2 years be less than 3 on PCP? Am i missing something here or just been ripped off by another german auto maker.

If the increased forecasted residual value on a 2 year term (vs a 3 year term) is significantly more than the sum of the monthly payments on a 3 year term, then the 2 year will generate cheaper monthly payments.

2 year deals are often the cheapest when either a large deposit is made and/or if a car is forecasted to continue depreciating a lot as it gets older.