With Winter incentives expiring, when is the next time period we will see 12%+ discounts? I noticed the discounts of all my local dealers are $2K less now taking out the winter incentives. Any guidance?

 

On of the local dealers called me yesterday saying that the 2014 incentives had been extended until tomorrow Monday Jan 5th, however they wouldn't even come close to the deals posted here. The best was about 10% off with fleet discount. They argued that employee discount is 10% when I showed a 20% deal that had been posted. One dealer even tried to charge a 0.0021 money factor. What's amazing to me is how they can say this stuff with a straight face. It would appear that west coast dealers have a different relationship with Mercedes that those in the midwest. It really illustrates the power of these boards and I applaud those who have shared the details of their deals.

 

I have been a BMW guy for many decades. However, when I saw the new C300 I knew immediately I would have to give in to my wife and buy a Benz. So, I spent the 3 weeks looking for a 2015 C300 4matic. Here is exactly what I wanted.


Iridium Sliver, Black MB Tex, Gloss & Aluminum Trim, Premium Package, Rearview camera, Heated front seats, 18" Twin 5-spoke wheels, Garmin Map Pilot and NO sunroof.


After dozens of phone calls and texts, I got exactly the car I wanted at an amazing price. I started out by going the Edmunds.com route to get an idea of how these cars were being priced in my area (San Francisco Bay area). I got some good prices but one discount blew me away, $7900 off MSRP. I called the dealer and sure enough, all his C300's were priced at $7900 off MSRP. Instead of jumping at that price I shopped it around to several other dealers. One went to $8000 off right away. I then shopped that price around by email and phone calls. Once I had 4 dealers all offering $8000 off, I then visited each internet manager. From the get-go I made sure they knew the car I wanted. It was a tough find and along the way they offered a lot of alternatives but I held my ground. Finally, one dealer offered $9000 off MSRP. They had a car close to what I wanted but I declined. The same day I got a text from the original dealer telling me he was able to dealer trade for the exact car I wanted but it was in transit and would not arrive until 12/30 or 12/31 (original promotions end date). No car arrived on those dates. I was working a deal on the car that came closest to what I wanted on 12/31 when we got news that MBUSA had extended their sale through 1/2/15. My car showed up the evening of New Years Day! Made it with a day to spare.


So here is the deal I got. MSRP for the car is $45,455 without the $600 Garmin MAP PILOT. I got an unexpected $250 savings on the wheels since MBUSA is doing a special promotion on them called PM2 Package. The car is EXACTLY as specified above, including the Garmin MAP PILOT SD card (which works well, btw). My purchase price, including the Garmin SD card was $36,955 plus T&L. So, I got a Mercedes Benz for the price of a VW. I'm happy! Thank you, Barry Flores at RAB Motors!


Now, I'm shopping for a Mercedes Benz ELW, 6 years or 100K. So far, I've got a low price of $2150 for 6 years 100K vs 7 years at $2900 from Sandra Snyder at Eurocars in Bethesda, MD. My dealer said they can't touch that price. If anyone knows of a better deal, PLEASE let me know.


Always looking for the best deal!

 

congrats on your car...great deal

 

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By all means, take your deposit back if you do not believe Mercedes is up to the quality control you expects. If you can refuse delivery after inspecting the car and get your money back, that may give you a bit more time to decide.

This is a deal discussion for the post. Lets keep it on topic.

 

Picked up C300 4MATIC on Dec. 30th.
MSRP: $51,965 - Palladium Silver/Sport Black MB-Tex/Black Ash Open Pore Wood; Blind Spot Assist, Pano Roof, 18" AMG 5 spoke wheels incl. with the Sport Package, P1, Multimedia, Heated Front Seats
Down Pmt: $2,500
Discount: $10,000 even
Dealer threw in 3 yrs prepaid maintenance and all weather floor mats
3 year lease, 7500 miles/year - pmt. came to $500 even incl. tax.

 

this is a great deal. can you share dealer's info and sales person plz.

 

Be careful of just negotiating the price of the car on the lease. Dealers will make up for it by adding extra onto the acquisition fee($795) and marking up the base money factor rate like on a C300 (.00136-3.264% and .00126-3.024% with autopay). Talking about money factors, I have seen a dealer actually quote someone a .00230 money factor (5.5%) on a C300 and said that is the best rate with tier 1 credit.

So when you negotiate, please verify what money factor you are getting. The money factors do change every so often, but this is just one more thing to do your due diligence on. In California, the money factor is not even shown on the paperwork.

For those of you have gotten deals already, and want to find out what money factor you have, follow this formula:

(gross capitalized cost + residual value)x = Rent charge/lease term

solve for X, that will be your money factor

Some of you might be in for a big surprise...

I hope some of this insight will help everyone get a better deal. The new C class is a game changer.

 

USAA incentive up to $3500.

 

The lowest price I was able to find for ELW for the C-class for 7/100K was $2700 and there's no tax.

 

Thanks for sharing. Two questions. Name of person/dealership offering this price? Did you happen to get a price on the 6yr/100k warranty?
Thanks!

 

Hmmm, what's the money factor and residual on your lease? I leased a c300 for 36 months/12k miles/yr in November with an msrp about $1k less than yours, also put down $2,500 and with prepaid maintainance my payment came out to $481/mo. I received a discount of "just" $7k, wonder why you're paying more for less miles and a larger discount? Did you have a trade?

 

I am looking to buy a c300. please can you tell me which dealership gave you that discount. thanks

 

The factory went for quantity over quality in the states and some dealers lots have multiple cars of nearly identical (yet basic) builds. The problems with the QC and overstock are well known.

Update for in Florida at least, which doesn't sound as aggressive as other areas, you can expect around 5-10% off for a build down here with ~70day lead time, or 15% if one on the lot. If you can live with silver, black mbtex, pano roof, premium and Command with no other options, every dealer has tons of them, I'd shoot for 20% including rebates.

 

First post, glad to be a part of this community, here are the details for my deal (LA Area):

2015 C400 Steel Gray - 19" Blck, Pano, Ash wood, Sport pckg, Multimedia pckg, Hands free

MSRP $55705 + ttl
Negotiated OTD $50500 (all via emails)
Savings over 16%
Purchased during winter sale

Visited the following dealers: Torrance, Encino, Buena Park, Long Beach

Just received the basic carrier and deluxe rack for Mammoth this weekend, will post pics.

 

Would love pics. I have a Steel Gray with the 5 spoke AMG 18s, and the one thing I regret is not getting the 19s.

 

So I'm in the UK.

I got a C250 Estate AMG Line Bluetec Premium Plus Pack, with privacy glass. OTR price was over £41,000. I got the car for £35,500 roughly. Making the total discount about £5,500 or 13.5%.

The car was one in stock with another dealer, so I took delivery of the car less than a week after ordering it.

 

Paul, was that including the dealer's deposit contribution to finance? I think this stands at approx £3,500.

 

Which dealer did you end up going with?

 

Yes. Total price for finance was £36k

 

So total to pay over the four years including the interest was less than the list price.

 

Curious is anyone else got numbers as crazy as I did. I was told these were teir-1 numbers.

Money Factor: .00156
MSRP:51956
Initial Cap Cost:44248
L.E.V %: 46% (54% Residual?)
36/12,000 miles
Payment almost $700 a month

How are you all getting payments in the mid 500s? No money down also.

 

thats a pretty low residual, but they are set by MB financial