PCP / Lease Help - Urgent - Audi/BMW/Merc

[JKRolling]

Hi All

I really need some urgent help to identify the best deals in the market - I am about to hand a car back to BMW and need a replacement vehicle within 2-3 days.

I am handing a 3 series BMW sport back on a 2013 plate and require either another BMW 3/4 series (maybe the 330d msport), the new Audi A4 (maybe the new 3.0tdi sline) or a merc c250 (AMG line premium plus)

I am having such wildly varying quotes I have no idea on what a good deal is. I find it amazing with personal lease that specifying 10,000 miles over 2 or 3 years is a lot cheaper (£100's a month) that specing 5000 or 8000 miles and in some instances it is cheaper for 3 months down than 6 or 9.

Can anyone point me in the right direction for above cars? So far for the merc the best quote is 6 months down £310 a month, Audi is 6 months down £360 a month and BMW have not yet come back to me.

I have contacted a number of dealerships direct and have also contacted coast2coast who were refer me to a dealership but that was 2 weeks ago and i have heard nothing since.

Please help!!!

TIA - JKrolling

[Maz_uk]

A personal contract hire is cheaper, but not as flexible as you are stuck with the term and no option to purchase.

I've got my car on a PCP as I rarely keep them more than 12-18 months, however I PCH my wife's car as she's not interested in changing her car and we'll just hand it back and get another.

[JKRolling]

Maz_uk said:

A personal contract hire is cheaper, but not as flexible as you are stuck with the term and no option to purchase.

I've got my car on a PCP as I rarely keep them more than 12-18 months, however I PCH my wife's car as she's not interested in changing her car and we'll just hand it back and get another.

That's helpful so thank you very much. I will be happy to keep the car for the 2 year lease period so no problem with the lack of flex in the agreement.

I think what I really need to try and find out very quickly from the huge amount of knowledge gathered by all the members on here is where is the very best deal? Which dealer / 3rd party lease company etc as I am looking to do a deal withing the next 48 hours.

My preferred choice is the Audi 3.0 tdi S line Quattro. The one offered is with metallic, with 19" wheels and tech pack in the S Tronic variant and is coming out to mid £300's with a few months down (Not sure how specific i can be about the deals I've been offered hence the vague quote)

I need to understand if this is rubbish / good etc as the companies I have spoken to for PCH quote with such random figures it is hard to get your head around it.

For example, other than deposit / monthly / term / contract length should i be looking for any catches? I have also found out that from most suppliers the following is true which is very confusing to me and as i cannot understand the logic;

2 years are cheaper than 3 year periods
Specifying 10,000 miles pa against 5/8,000 miles pa knocks £100 a month off the lease cost but 12,000 puts £90 a month on it. Sometimes putting 3 months down is cheaper than 6 months upfront etc. I find it bizarre to be honest hence my confusion.

Can anyone help with advice regards to sourcing the very best deal in the market and suggest where from?

[anonymous-user]

Go to contracthireandleasing.com and search there.

Check the lease bargains thread.

Then check what you can get the same car for on finance via a broker site like Drive The Deal or CarWow.

Lease bargains generally come up when you can be flexible on make and model and also be patient but ready to move quickly on a good deal. It's rare that PCH is the cheapest way to get a car if you want a specific make and model in a specific timeframe as you're relying on there being heavy incentives in place to get them leased.