New E-class coupes hardly...
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depreciate.
Am I missing something here. A 2009 E350cdi sport with 10,000 on the clock is abount £32k+ on autotrader/piston heads. That is a car about 1.5 years old. the price at the showroom is £36k so the car loses about 2.5k p.a. That is nothing compared to the BMW's of the world, who lose about 4-5k min p.a.
Am I missing something here. A 2009 E350cdi sport with 10,000 on the clock is abount £32k+ on autotrader/piston heads. That is a car about 1.5 years old. the price at the showroom is £36k so the car loses about 2.5k p.a. That is nothing compared to the BMW's of the world, who lose about 4-5k min p.a.
Lostprophet said:
Do you think that is because Mercedes are controlling the stock, i.e used coupes are only really avaliable through the dealers. A few that filter through to indies are prices only slightly less than the dealers.
I suspect that is probably why, as there really aren't many about. I suspect once the cars are 2 and 3 years old and the lease companies get rid of them a lot will appear in auction houses so more will filter through to indies.
I have been observing a Audi S5 which has been on sale at an indie for 6 months. It was up for £28k to start with... 6 months on it dropped to £24k. I suspect as no one was buying it.
I dont think it will be that bad for the E-class, but prices are likely to fall quite heavily at the 3 year stage.
I have been observing a Audi S5 which has been on sale at an indie for 6 months. It was up for £28k to start with... 6 months on it dropped to £24k. I suspect as no one was buying it.
I dont think it will be that bad for the E-class, but prices are likely to fall quite heavily at the 3 year stage.
There are quite a few used ones on autotrader. I am unsure as to the waiting list period now 18months after the release... It will settle down I think over the course of this year.
It is probabily demand outstripping supplies. Once it slows down, prices will start to fall. The issue is the dealers will hold the prices up as much as they can to create artificial levels. Buyers will ask for discounts and dealers will probabily bend over to sell the cars. Also, the longer a car is on a showcourt the more allowance a dealer has against the car, hence more margin for discounts!
Indies tend to react quicker to lack of demand by dropping prices.
These are my assumptions. I maybe wrong.
It is probabily demand outstripping supplies. Once it slows down, prices will start to fall. The issue is the dealers will hold the prices up as much as they can to create artificial levels. Buyers will ask for discounts and dealers will probabily bend over to sell the cars. Also, the longer a car is on a showcourt the more allowance a dealer has against the car, hence more margin for discounts!
Indies tend to react quicker to lack of demand by dropping prices.
These are my assumptions. I maybe wrong.
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