Odd Mercedes pricing

[Caulkhead]

Can anyone tell me why a Mercedes C class coupe is more expensive than the eqivalent E class coupe? A C250CDi coupe is £33360 without leather and the E250CDi coupe is £32950 with leather.

[Goa'uld]

I also saw this when looking at my company car - the new 520d was on par with the 320d except the 5 had far better equipment as standard (leather, iDrive etc). Didn't make much sense to me either, I always thought there would be a much larger step up to the next size in a companies line.

[kambites]

Well there's no difference in size, so I don't really see a reason for it to be the other way around.

Anyway, isn't the Mondeo cheaper than the Focus?

[christofmccracke]

C class is newer model I presume there is more demand for it?
Still don't understand why merc made the c and e class coupe and the cl as they are all very similar in size

[kambites]

The CL is much bigger isn't it?

As for the other two, I think Mercedes would tell you that the C-class is a "sports coupe" and the E-class is a "GT". Same reason BMW make the 3-series coupe and the 6-series, pretty much.

[Caulkhead]

kambites said:

The CL is much bigger isn't it?

As for the other two, I think Mercedes would tell you that the C-class is a "sports coupe" and the E-class is a "GT". Same reason BMW make the 3-series coupe and the 6-series, pretty much.

I'd happily buy a new 6 series if it was cheaper than a 3 series coupe. . . . .

Just seems odd that the bigger car with leather is model for model cheaper than the smaller car without leather. As for the Focus costing more than the Mondeo, a Focus Zetec 1.6TDCi 5dr is £3400.00 cheaper than the same spec and engine Mondeo.