shmern

Sad news for me in that the lease company came back to me with increased costs today, £70+ per month dearer, only explanation was the car prices have changed. Means I'm cancelling the order for the C350e with a heavy heart and going to my second choice hybrid Golf GTE, which is around £120-130 per month cheaper.

I know its no C Class.... but not worth additional £5000 over 3 years

Im away to weep in the corner

Mooose

I hope the GTE works it for you mate. It was my first choice until my wife insisted in the upgrade!

shmern

Well its ordered and good news is it'll be delivered Mid/Late July !

I'll report back.... but not much as this is a Mercedes Forum

wivenhoe

How about this for clarity from Merc UK Customer Service of the current situation regarding delivery of the C350e !

My question - Would you please tell me what the current official line is with regards to UK delivery of the C Class C350e Plug In Hybrid. There are reports that there are manufacturing difficulties and so no cars will be delivered to the UK before Oct.

Their response - I have forwarded your question on the delivery time of the C-Class C350 Plug In Hybrid to my colleagues in our technical department. They have advised that a multitude of reasons are factored into the delivery date of each vehicle. Therefore they have advised that the Retailer you have arranged to purchase the vehicle from will have the most up to date information on the expected delivery date of your vehicle.

Tash1977

I have the invoice of my car from Mercedes with me. I can't show it here but it's is on the invoice production date 20/10/2015 delivery date to port 02/11/2015 and delivery date 2 09/11/2015. This invoice is from my retailer. The e mail in which retailer send my order form n invoice also wrote that to allow them 5 days on top of delivery date to prepare the car. I hope this helps. Can anyone else provide date told to them by their retailer or dealer for delivery. Have anyone else received an invoice from Mercedes or r they just relying on the dates their lease company are telling them

mardeman

I joke with our fleet manager every day asking when the cars will arrive.


When he ordered them he was told 'end of the year'


as they are leased cars, any ideas as to who we can chase as I don't know which dealership it is coming from.


We are using Albion vehicle contracts

Driver5

Any more orders ?

Veegtec

Instead of picking up the new C350e this week, Mercedes has given me a loan car (CLA 220 CDI) for "until your car is delivered". That date seems to be in October now, but even they are not confident with that.

I tried to grill them a bit more, but they don't know anything. I ordered mine on March 8.

Snudge

I ordered mine on the 20 May and was originally given a delivery-to-dealer date of 7 Oct. This has now slipped to 7 December.

Spookie321

Ordered mine on 19th June, just been given delivery date to dealer of 22nd January (2016 I assume!). Initially I was told that MB were not taking any more orders, but then came back and order was completed, along with application to Gov for the £5k grant. Two days later the Government announced grants would only be honoured if already made and cars delivered within 9 months - phew that was cutting it close!

simon.willis27

I've been chasing my c300hybrid today .... Further delays !!!!!!

When I complained they pretty much said ... Well at least you haven't ordered a c350e .... Otherwise you'd be looking at 2016 ....

Driver5

No deliveries of RHD in UK until 2016

Do you have documentation stating this or was it just verbal ?

Which Dealer said this ?

Thanks

simon.willis27

I have an e-mail from a mercedes main dealer which states:

The C350e has been withdrawn from ordering in the UK as they can not supply this year due to technical difficulties.

simon.willis27

Sorry they didn't say about existing orders in the system ..... But the indication was that deliveries wouldn't start in the UK until 2016 ....
The fact that they didn't even want an order for a c350e suggests they either don't know, don't want the grief or would rather you ordered something else!

Driver5

i get you, fact is a dealer only gets the cash flow once the day is delivered.. so its in their interest to get you into something else i guess...

BA7070

I ordered my C350e on 15th of April 2015, after being messed about by one leasing company who quoted and they would not standby the quoted price. We gave the order to a second lease company, who gave us an estimated delivery date of September 2015.

The latest news from the lease car company is the the car will be delivered on 4 December 2015. They inform me that my car will be one of the first C350e built, as MB production of this model does not start until September.

Has anyone had a C350e order delays? Has anyone had formal confirmation of the final true delivery date?

dominicbatty

Hi guys, I said I'd keep you guys updated on delivery of my C350e. Vehicle was originally in March through Daimler Finance and originally expected in September. Just had an update from Daimler Finance today, vehicle is due into UK port 4th week of August, delivery on a 65 plate 1 week later. they usually come straight to us from the port instead of going via the dealership so looks like they have pretty much met their expectations for me.

Can't wait to send this E-class back and have my BIK drop from £300+ to about £70 ... :-)

Snudge

Great news, was worried at one point that none would arrive this year! Keep us posted.

mardeman

Heard from our lease company that they are expecting our cars to arrive 9th December.


would expect that we would take delivery a couple of days later.


They were ordered early may.


Hope this is accurate.

Snudge

You ordered the same time as me and have a similar delivery slot, so let's see who gets theirs first

mardeman

We have also tried to order two more C350's today, but been told by the lease company that no more are available for the UK.


My fleet manager is NOT happy!!!!!!

dominicbatty

Update today into production 14th August in the UK 1st Sept. Chassis number will be issued next week.

Driver5

good stuff

nally1986

Has anyone got a definite delivery date for the C350e. I ordered in March and was told Oct 2015 but it is now estimated to be Dec 15.

JuliusCaesar

Last week I asked my Company to order a 350e Estate (Brilliant Blue, no extras) through Lex Autoleasing. Lex have actually agreed a lease price for the vehicle with my Company, so there will be an order placed in the next couple of weeks, once my HR dept gets into gear. Popped into MB Newcastle upon Tyne and was advised that there will probably be 9 months wait before delivery!