Shop more online, you will feel that luxury brand models are everywhere, not to mention Cadillac, Volvo, even Mercedes-Benz, BMW is not a difficult thing to buy. In fact, in real life, it is still not easy to buy a luxury car, and even a happy event that is worth "showing" in a small circle. However, since K Jun won this Cadillac XT5, whether it is stringing or kicking, it is inevitable that he will "show his face". It seems that he has long forgotten the regret of giving up on Mercedes-Benz and BMW more than a month ago because of "shyness in the pocket". (Note: This story comes from a real case)
Save half, "make up" half, 400,000 yuan budget is still difficult?
As an "indigenous", although K Jun also set up a small family, the demand for a car between the two families was not so great. However, at his strong request, the family still made a car purchase plan with him. The budget is how much he can save, and the family will equally "subsidize" how much. And he believes that since it is to buy a car, it is not a luxury brand to buy, and strive for one step in place. Therefore, these years of stringing are not so active, and the small two finally saved a small 200,000 yuan. The family also fulfilled its promise and made a total of 400,000 yuan to buy a car.
While saving money, K Jun also pays attention to potential models that can be met by the budget, and it has become commonplace to look at the road and go home to visit the forum. In the end, his conclusion is that in addition to the brand to be luxurious, the model should also be "atmospheric". In short, it's big, and to be clear, it's about looking at the luxury SUV models on a budget. However, the 400,000 yuan car purchase budget actually appeared in the situation of "high or low".
Taking the BBA of the first echelon as an example, the guidance price of the Mercedes-Benz GRC and BMW X3 entry-level models has basically "eaten" the budget. Add in the hard expenses of buying a car, and it is appropriate to exceed the budget. If the discount is larger, there may be room for negotiation, but the preferential range of the two cars at that time was only about 12,000 yuan and 18,000 yuan respectively, and it was not enough to pay the purchase tax. Although it is only a few tens of thousands of yuan over budget, for him who has painstakingly saved half of his budget, he will not be hot-headed for a while.
In the end, K Jun still chose to compromise, and the compromise was very thorough. He did not even consider the Audi that was "sandwiched in the middle", but directly "pulled the price-performance ratio full" and chose the Cadillac XT5. The cash concession of more than 70,000 yuan when picking up the car is indeed very tempting. Even if you choose the four-wheel drive luxury type, the final landing price is "only" about 330,000 yuan. He can also balance a small amount of 70,000 yuan into his pocket, wouldn't it be beautiful.
But when I revealed that the Mercedes-Benz GLC he was looking at at the time was now getting bigger, his "joy" seemed to disappear in an instant, and then he seemed not to care about inquiring about how the current offer was. In order to fulfill his "wish", we went to a Mercedes-Benz 4S store to see what would happen if the Mercedes-Benz GLC was "in hand" now.
The 45,000 yuan reduction has not yet bottomed out? Pick up the car before the Spring Festival
We didn't hide it either, and when we came in, we went straight in and asked about the mercedes-Benz GLC offer. The salesman introduced that at present, the store to the library is basically the new Mercedes-Benz GLC model after the redesign. As for the discount, it is now possible to achieve a cash discount of 45,000 yuan. Hearing this, K Jundu was confused, but he was still not dead hearted and wanted to find the field on the "current car problem". Sales are also quickly "appeased" to, although there are not many cars now, but if you book, you can mention the car in about a month and a half. If you count it, it will be around the middle of January next year, at least before the Lunar New Year.
Looking at our "hesitation", sales also "privately" revealed that there is still a possibility of loosening this preferential margin. If we wait, it is still possible to have a few thousand yuan more discounts, but before the Spring Festival, it should not exceed the 50,000 yuan discount range. After saying this, K Jun's mentality was even more "exploded". Because, even if it is roughly calculated according to the preferential margin of 45,000 yuan, the Mercedes-Benz GLC 2022 model with a guidance price of 399,800 yuan is remodeled glc 260 L 4MATIC dynamic type, and the "naked car price" after the discount is about 354,800 yuan. Coupled with the estimated purchase tax of 30,000 yuan, as well as about 7,000 yuan of insurance costs and about 1,000 yuan of license plates and other costs, the final "landing price" of the model is about 390,000 yuan, just enough to be stuck in his previous budget.
Power, space is almost the same, choose Cadillac XT5 do not regret?
However, although it barely meets the budget, this calculation is after all a "beggar version" of the Mercedes-Benz GLC model, compared to the four-wheel drive luxury model of the Cadillac XT5 he purchased, the landing price is still a lot more expensive, and the product power must be stronger? First of all, on the books, the cadillac XT5's power parameters seem to be stronger. However, from the actual experience, the tuning of the low-power version of the Mercedes-Benz GLC is not inferior in comparison, especially in terms of transmission logic, which seems to be more silky.
In terms of size, the "three dimensions" of the Cadillac XT5 seem to be larger, but the wheelbase of the Mercedes-Benz GLC is much ahead. In the end, in the experience, in fact, the two cars give people a similar feeling, and it is more than enough to meet his needs. The cadillac XT5 is not a "complete victory" in terms of cost performance. Even considering the price difference, compared with the four-wheel drive platinum type of cadillac XT5, it is slightly inferior to Mercedes-Benz GLC in terms of lcd instruments, central control screens and other technology configurations. However, the Cadillac XT5 is significantly better than the Entry-Level Model of mercedes-Benz GRC in terms of active safety and driving assistance functions. Then consider the brand power of the two cars, recognition and other factors, has mentioned the Cadillac XT5 K Jun can really do not regret it?
Write at the end:
Thinking of this, I decided to "make up a knife", and this "knife" is the retention rate. From the Internet search information, a Mercedes-Benz GLC 2018 GLC 260 4MATIC luxury type, about 4 years on the brand, the mileage of about 50,000 kilometers, the price of used cars is about 330,000 yuan. And a Cadillac XT5 2018 28T four-wheel drive luxury model, about 4 years on the brand, the mileage of about 50,000 kilometers, the price of used cars is about 225,000 yuan.
As the two cars are very close to the model in age and condition, and the landing price of Mercedes-Benz GRC is still higher, this will be more disadvantageous when calculating the annual loss cost. But it turns out that the Mercedes-Benz GLC is significantly better than the Cadillac XT5. But K Jun even regretted it was useless.