New E63s: Good AMG Dealership Recommendation (not Inchcape)?

[Andy M]

I'm giving serious consideration to selling my M5 and buying a new E63s Premium, but it appears every Mercedes dealership nearby where I live in the north west is owned by Inchcape.

I've had a couple of bad experiences with Inchcape dealerships (Jaguar and VW) and would very much prefer not to give them my business. I'm willing to travel for the right deal.

Can anybody recommend a good dealership?

[popeyewhite]

What does "Premium" denote?

Incidentally Macclesfield MB seems OK. Expensive, but hey... .

[Andy M]

popeyewhite said:

What does "Premium" denote?

Incidentally Macclesfield MB seems OK. Expensive, but hey... .

The Premium Package (£2,595) adds:

Panoramic sliding sunroof
Adaptive Highbeam Assist Plus
LED Intelligent Light System - high-performance headlamps
Burmester® surround sound system
HANDS-FREE ACCESS

[popeyewhite]

Andy M said:

The Premium Package (£2,595) adds:

Panoramic sliding sunroof
Adaptive Highbeam Assist Plus
LED Intelligent Light System - high-performance headlamps
Burmester® surround sound system
HANDS-FREE ACCESS

Burmester sounds nice. Well I imagine it does. The standard stereo is very poor. All the others I got with mine as standard. Sun roof creaks BTW, it's quite annoying.

[Andy M]

popeyewhite said:

Sun roof creaks BTW, it's quite annoying.

I'd reject the vehicle if it creaked - I have a (bordering on irrational) hatred of creaks.

[popeyewhite]

Andy M said:

popeyewhite said:

Sun roof creaks BTW, it's quite annoying.

I'd reject the vehicle if it creaked - I have a (bordering on irrational) hatred of creaks.

Warm day = plenty of creaking as the rubber is a bit more dry. It's a known irritation but they don't all do it.

[Dark Star]

MB Newcastle or MB Teeside both good for new sales and service.

[Andy M]

Thank you both

[daveenty]

Depends whereabouts in the North West you are, but I use Mercedes Whitefield (North Manchester) who are owned by LSH Autos. I also happen to know that they had a demo in stock last week if that would be of any use to you? As it happens I didn't get mine from them as another dealer (Colchester) had a better deal for me which made it beneficial to do a 500 mile round trip.

The Premium pack is, at least to me, essential with all the stuff it brings with it though it should be standard on a car like this really and not an extra £2.5k.

Oh, and my sunroof doesn't rattle at all, though the exhaust did when I bought it...

ETA: CarWow were doing some excellent discounts on these the last time I looked, noticeably East Coast (Hull or Grimsby) and S Wales.

Edited by daveenty on Tuesday 26th September 11:21

[Andy M]

daveenty said:

ETA: CarWow were doing some excellent discounts on these the last time I looked, noticeably East Coast (Hull or Grimsby) and S Wales.

Cheers. Do you know what percentage discount they were offering via CarWow? I've signed up and am awaiting offers.

[playalistic]

On a C63 I recently got 15%.

[daveenty]

Andy M said:

Cheers. Do you know what percentage discount they were offering via CarWow? I've signed up and am awaiting offers.

At the time it was around 11% off, specced exactly how I wanted it. I ended up with a demo instead which was the same spec as I was after.

[MOD500]

popeyewhite said:

Warm day = plenty of creaking as the rubber is a bit more dry. It's a known irritation but they don't all do it.

Have you tried applying this type of product, might help creaks?

https://www.amazon.co.uk/SONAX-GummiPflege-0499100...

[popeyewhite]

MOD500 said:

Have you tried applying this type of product, might help creaks?

https://www.amazon.co.uk/SONAX-GummiPflege-0499100...

Not seen that before, I'll order some. Thank you.

[rickh]

Im a broker of new MB Vehicles, A deal I can do to give you an idea, brand new E63 Mercedes-AMG S Premium 4MATIC+ Saloon Automatic (2018MY) with Night pack and AMG Exhaust system, Factory Order.

List price is £93,477 I have £7048 discount on that so our price is £86,429.00 otr delivered.

Drop me a Dm if you required any more info.

Rick

[chiefski26]

As above try Car wow and a couple of other brokers to give you a benchmark, you should achieve a minimum of approx 15% off.