Mercedes C200 SE Auto - £21,295 - brand new. Good deal?

[daemon]

Brand new C200 SE Merc Auto on drivethe deal for £21,295 OTR. Black or white.

Comes with Artico Leather (so basically man made leather / modern day vinyl), 16 inch rims.

https://www.drivethedeal.com/SpecialOffers.aspx?gc...

Brand new car, available for September delivery on a New “67” Registration. You will be the first registered Keeper.?

DriveTheDeal said:

Available in either Solid Black or Polar White with Black Artico leather interior.

This model carries the following features as part of its standard specification:

16" alloy wheels – Multi-spoke design
Headlamps – halogen with integral LED daytime running lamps
Rain-sensing windscreen wipers
Reversing camera
SPEEDTRONIC cruise control
Tyre pressure monitoring system
Seat Comfort package – driver and front passenger seat
Audio20 CD with 7-inch colour display
DAB digital radio tuner
The Mercedes-Benz dealer is able to install Mercedes Garmin navigation at an additional £500.Please note your requirement for this on your order or enquiry.

The quoted prices include a £4,770 Deposit contribution conditional upon you taking out PCP or Hire Purchase finance at 4.9% APR. Please note if you do not wish to take out this finance please add £4,770 to the price quoted.

12 months road fund licence is included as standard. All cars must be delivered by the 30th September 2017 to qualify for this offer.

Seems like an exceptionally good deal, but 16 inch rims, artico seats, entry level four pot petrol and solid paint make it all seem a bit "poverty spec".

So whats the thinking - is this VFM or just the wrong car at the right price?

I've no plans to buy one, but just curious what people think....

[daemon]

Yes, my thinking too. Its cheap for a reason. Wrong engine and wrong spec.

They seem very impressed with the deal over on Hot UK Deals though...

http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/drive-deal-mercede...

[daemon]

angels95 said:

"Please note if you do not wish to take out this finance please add £4,770 to the price quoted."

Thats easily surmounted though - take out the finance, get the manufacturers contribution then pay off the finance.

[daemon]

charltjr said:

Doesn't seem to be much wrong with the spec of the SE to me, it's got everything you'd need and a fair few trinkets. The higher spec level cars don't seem to add much which is actually functional, it's mostly cosmetics.

The vinyl seats and 16 inch alloys would be a show stopper for me. Also at this offer price they only have solid white or solid black.

It'll look like this....

Edited by daemon on Sunday 9th July 10:42

Edited by daemon on Sunday 9th July 10:43

[daemon]

Any amount of 19 inch AMG replicas about if thats your bag. Would help it a bit.

I'd rather have a used one in the right spec for that price, rather than a new on in the wrong spec.

[daemon]

charltjr said:

daemon said:

The vinyl seats and 16 inch alloys would be a show stopper for me. Also at this offer price they only have solid white or solid black.

According to the spec sheet the Artico "leather" is what you get in every car in the range until you get up to the A43 AMG (Artico and microfibre cloth) and C63 AMG (Nappa), so the SE spec makes no difference to the seat material.

The wheels are pretty appalling though

Interesting. Maybe i'm being unnecessarily harsh on it then. Funny, there was a bloke getting in to a C220d SE as a hire car the other morning when i was parking at the airport and i was for a second tempted to ask him could i have a look inside, but it was 05:30 in the morning and i didnt want to come across as a weirdo so i thought the better of it