kiet1005

The car is arriving later this week and this is the price they gave. What do you guys think?

C400 $48,590
Polar White
Sport Cranberry Red Leather
Summer High Performance Tires
Blind Spot Assist $550
PARKTRONIC with Active Parking Assist) $970
Interior Package: Leather Upholstery $2,300
Lighting Package: Dynamic LED Headli $800
Multimedia Package: High-Resolution $2,690
HANDS-FREE ACCESS Package: HANDS-FRE $250
Panorama Sunroof $1,480
Head-Up Display $990
First Aid Kit
19-Inch AMG Alloy wheels w/ High Perfor. $500
Black Ash Open Pore Wood

SUBTOTAL $59,120
DESTINATION & DELIVERY $925
TOTAL $60,045


PURCHASE OPTION
Vehicle Price $60,045.00
Discount(s) ($8,845.00)
Net Selling Price $51,200.00
Sales Tax $4,615.20
Fees* $551.75
Sales Subtotal $56,366.95
Out The Door Price $56,366.95

icycrazydesi

that's a great price for a loaded car like that, my car MSRP was a little higher but I only got total discount of about 6K and I bought it. I definitely left money on the table but that's a great deal you got there, go for it.

hollakid619

I'm coming from a 2007 ML350 (W164) and brought a 2015 C300. I should be picking up over the weekend. It was a Courtesy Vehicle Program (CVP) vehicle with about 2,000 miles on it.

Polar White
Black MB-Tex
LED Headlamps
P1 Package $2,120
Rearview Camera $460
18-Inch Twin 5-Spoke Wheels - $500
Panorama Sunroof - $1,480
Burl Walnut Wood - $325
Heated Front Seats - $580
SUBTOTAL - $45,865
DESTINATION - $925
Courtesy Vehicle Program Discount - ($10,000)
TOTAL - $36,790 + tax
The lease worked out to be around $390/mo w/ $15,000mi/yr.
Full warranty, of course.

InTheBenz0

care to elaborate on the CVP program? Never heard of it for MB... I know BMW has something similar.

c21bill

Mine is a C300 Sport, 4Matic, Airmatic, Parktronic, Palladium, Red/Black Leather, Black Ash, Premium 1, Heads Up, Hands Free, Lighting, Multi Media, Power Shade, Driver Assistance, Keyless Go, Heated Seats. MSRP is $59,675, sales price $53,432. (10.4% discount from MSRP). Also got .99% financing for 36 mo. Very happy with deal.

hollakid619

It's the loaner vehicles/demos. I picked up mine a couple days ago, it had 4,096 miles on the clock. I purchased the maintenance plan and threw it into the monthly payment, just to ease my mind when the time comes. It upped the price but since some of it is residulized, I saved a couple hundred bucks... allegedly.

InTheBenz0

Thanks for reply. Did you have to buy the 1 from your dealer, or is it a whole dealer auction and they found you one with specs you wanted?

BMW dealers go to auction and actually buys the demo cars and can lease them. The car didn't have to be a demo just at that one store.

Do you know if its like that or if you had to lease a demo that your dealer had as a demo of their own.

hollakid619

Leased it directly from the Mercedes Benz dealership. It seems to be something they do with the majority of their loaner vehicles. It worked out to be equipped with almost everything I wanted, and at that price I was more than willing to go without a couple things.

ManiacGT

For the UK peeps among us, and those interested;

My work on a discount so far has been for;

C200 (2.0turbo petrol) AMG Line Estate/Wagon
Premium Plus pack (pano/keyless etc) + Automatic Gearbox & Analogue clock
Brilliant Blue
Light Grey Leather
Black open pore ash wood trim
Privacy Glass
AIRMATIC agility package
Air Balance
LED Intelligent light system

List is just under £40,000 . circa 20% discount so far gets this down to £33,000

Not bad.

Mr Enigma

Maniac - that's impressive! How did you manage to get them to 20% off?

ManiacGT

I know. I feel a touch guilty now as its taken so long to get here I'm now looking at the cost of it all and having second thoughts. I already have a car, a BMW Z4 that's paid off. The other half already has a four seater car, but its tiny, a Toyota IQ and we use this for us and our two dogs. But I liked the idea of having something luxurious and more practical than both, for days away and more general use so I could 'save' the Z4 from it being a daily driver. I can afford it, but I look at the overall cost and think, that could be money to pay off a chunk of the mortgage and retire a bit earlier!

Anyhow that aside, I think its the combo of my stubbornness, quoting drivethedeal and it being a car already ordered (though I can change its spec) ready for the new plate delivery in March.

Oh god, what to do...

Mr Enigma

At that price it makes the decision harder as well... Good luck on the decision!

I'm waiting on details for the C450 so that will be when I make my decision of waiting for that or the C200. I imagine the C450 will have less of a discount than the C200...

unprocessed

Through negotiating a price via email, is it normal for a salesman to essentially refuse to provide an itemized OTD price breakdown (discount off MSRP price, tax, dealer fee, etc)? One dealer I'm working with flat-out said he's not going to help other dealers by providing the OTD breakdown.

solarflare

Usually, I negotiate directly with MSRP price and exclude other items. The reason is because OTD is just MSPR +tax and general fees. Those are equal for any dealer. If you want to compare price, then compare OTD for both dealers. Then they are on equal footing. In the end, you will get a document that shows you what you paid in itemized section. At least, that was my case in California.

miketc

Not normal, this is when I flat-out tell him to go to take a hike.

unprocessed

He also keeps asking when I'm coming to the dealership, which is annoying. I didn't expect that kind of customer service from a MB dealership.

joshg1001

It doesn't matter if they work at Honda or Mercedes or Bentley, they are all car salesman...

I have encountered tons of salesman that dont talk serious numbers until they know for sure they can get you into the door.

solarflare

Just go there, its no big deal. Have your number in mind. Then spend an hour. You can always just walk away if you are not happy. Getting the best deal is not the objective. The objective is to get the car you want for the price you want to pay. You can tell from the forum post the average discount off MSRP. Do some research of your area should give you an idea of out of door requirements.

You probably should update your profile with your locations. Its easier for other to tell what are the other factors.

I bought my BMW X5 on internet. The guy was honest to me from the beginning. That was rare though. I had literally go out of my area to southern california to find that kind of sales person. All the local ones were pretty much giving crapping numbers.

richardamp

I personally wouldn't go in. I made it clear in my emails that I had already test driven and knew exactly what I wanted to let the dealer know I had no reason to come in. If the dealer won't deal over the Internet then you likely won't get a great deal in person either. They know it's to their advantage to have you at the dealership, so why give them that advantage? At the end of the day they are selling commodities and you just need to find who can give you the best price, which is best done not going to a dealership. I negotiated purely over email and after a few back and forths during the course of the day I got 17% off. Really easy and convenient.

miketc

Agreed fully, tell him the only way you'll go in is to pick up the car. The last four cars I bought, I did not met my sales rep until the day of my delivery. Also tell him you're very happy with the services from their competitor so you have no intention of visiting him.

Kahuna2205

Due to take delivery of my UK C250 AMG Line Premium Plus, end of March/ early April

Standard Prem + package which includes:

Full Comand
Burmester Surround
Panoramic roof
...and a few other nice options

Gone for Palladium Silver (But wondering if I should have gone for Iridium...or even Diamond)

Dealer Discount £3,378 +VAT
Finance deposit allowance £1759 + Vat
Total £6164 discount which I'm pretty damned pleased with.

MRRP £39,308-
After discount £33,200

Shakeit

Got a price for a RWD c300 sport with listed msrp $49245
Premium pkg
Multimedia
Blind spot
Open pore black ash trim
Sunroof
Heated seats

After 1 email, no haggling, it was $38,111. $42,014.94 out the door. Am I missing something? Is the price difference between awd and rwd really that big of a difference? This is in the LA area btw

Just looking for some advise from the forum. First post!!

Raido31

Seems like great deal. What dealership is this and who did you talk with?

Vihzel

Wow that is an amazing deal! I plan to purchase one that is pretty much identical to yours when I move back to LA. May I ask where and with whom you spoke?

bartola

they will deal like that all day long on lot cars. similar was offered to me. Ended up going to Beshoff (SF bay area). Internet manager, hassle free, will give you whatever deal you want even on an order.

build for my car (300 RWD, sport, with airmatic, pp1, full adaptive led, camera, shades, palladium, etc) 50,050 - 41,000 - for an ordered vehicle.

two other dealers said they will match but not on order.