ChuckinTucson

I understand that reducing the cap cost on a lease is a bad idea due to not being able to recover it in the event of a total loss (theft or accident), but does the same apply to the one-pay lease? Or is there another reason why you feel the one-pay lease is a bad idea?

RJC

No change for OCT (still at $5,000.00). It appears MB is waiting for Nov/Dec to step things up, which is not unusual for them.

Steinhart

thank you RJC, much appreciated

m3m3m3

What are the amex silverstar and guest appreciation bonus? And how much discount do each of them give? Thanks

dbtk

If you have an AMEX Mercedes-Benz credit card AMEX gives you $500 a year if you spend $5,000 within that year. Guest Appreciation Bonus is from Mercedes for attending one of their sponsored events. It has a shelf life of 180 days from date of event and is also worth $500. Both can be combined with most MBFS programs including LAP (Lease Acceleration) and MB Club discount.

Steinhart

does anyone know what the current lease pull ahead program is on the S class? last I heard they were allowing 3 months, it was 5 months before that, not sure what is it now, thanks

kath00

I was told 3 months just today...

But in the Spring of 2015 they told me 5mo. I guess it changes based on how badly they wanna sell cars.

scottg61376

Looking to pull the trigger, want to make sure I am timing this right with the dealer. Currently own three BMWs, planning on selling my '13 7-series and joining the MB world. Would think they would be very interested in me coming over to the other german team. Current MSRP in the 120-122K range.

dbtk

Scott, unfortunately currently there are no Conquest programs going on that I am aware of. MBUSA used to leverage Conquest programs to bring in car buyers from competing brands (BMW, Audi, Lexus, etc). I leveraged these programs a few times in the past as I also had other competing German brands. When I went in the other day, they were not offering the program.

icebeam

So basically the difference between a 2016 and a 2015 right now is 5k off and 6% better residual. Plus a little bit better MF

It also seems you can get 3-5% more off MSRP on a 2015.

Shame I can't find what I want on a 2015. All these factors equate to 200-300 less a month. White (exterior) on black (interior) loaded cars are hard to find

Steinhart

anyone have a guess, based on the past, what the lease pull through will be in November for an S ? it's currently 3 months (was 5 not too long ago)

RJC

Essentially and as it stands now, you may very well be better off with 10% on a 16 vs 15 on a left over 15.

Hope you can get close to what you want. We had to settle on a different exterior color than what we wanted to get the bengal red/black interior on our 16 S500 coupe that's coming rather than wait.

RJC

I'd venture to guess the incentives will be much better especially where there's lots of inventory like S's in the SE region...they might even go 6 mos on the pull forward program but that may be a bit optimistic.

RJC

Good to know...thnx for sharing.

300SE1993

Any latest data points on this? I am looking to buy, but want to maximize the discount. Is 20% off happening? more?

Steinhart

18% is the best I can do here, I'm negotiating a lease, so they either lower the price or lower the money factor, but not both, however all things considered I think there are good deals out there with the surplus of '15's, I'm currently negotiating and am at discount of 18% and MF .00037 MSRP 118k, however on another vehicle MSRP 108k same discount but MF .00087

dbtk

As another reference point, I was able to secure a one-pay lease with a MF .00001 and 15% discount.

rnpalmer

Offered 6 month early termination on a 15' with a 33 month lease today. It was a promotion
Cleveland Auto Group (Bernie Moreno)

Steinhart

just to clarify, was the 6 month early termination offered from Mercedes Benz Financial Services towards a new lease of a 2015 S Class?

I'm being told the pull ahead lease program is currently 3 months. I'm waiting until Nov 2nd to see if it might be more...

dbtk

Steinhart, the official MBFS program in October 2015 is 3 month pull-forward. I took advantage of this for my 2015 S.

rnpalmer

It was a MBFS lease. I'm waiting to order a '16 for European Delivery in the Spring.

Cheers,

RP

icebeam

As I'm sure some of you all know today is the last day of the OCT pricing. I'm hoping that the winter event starts tomorrow.

Current Trunk Money is

2016 S550 = $2,500
2015 S550 = $5,000

When these numbers change if someone could post the new ones that would be great.

Thanks

300SE1993

Can anybody post the November trunk money?

icebeam

I don't think it changed. They might be waiting for December to really step it up. Still waiting for my contacts to go to work to verify my suspicion

Steinhart

what is the lease pull ahead program for November?