What conditions must your ideal car meet? Every time I ask my friends around me in this chat, they can always list one, two or three, but there are more or less about the engine displacement, rear drive and price.
All the questions about displacement point to 2.0T, which is the current mainstream power demand, and has also been made into high and low power versions by car companies that can play. Often pay attention to the power of consumers in the purchase of cars, are the power demand priority, then if you want to buy the model does not have a 2.0T engine, only 1.5T engine + 48V mix system, do you still buy?
This question has plagued a friend of mine for a long time, and it has to be talked about last year. (Note: This story is based on a real case)
Mercedes-Benz C-Class did not drive enough, will the car change still be considered?
Let me first elaborate on the background, this is a former owner who once owned the fourth generation Mercedes-Benz C-Class. He bought a Mercedes C-Class 200 L in 2015 and spent about 400,000. But fast forward to 2018, I got the notice of the company's dispatch to go abroad, and there was no specific time to return to China at that time, and it was conservatively estimated that it would start in 5 years.
Therefore, my friend Xu Nan gave his relatives the car he had just bought for two years and the number of kilometers was less than 30,000, and the specific amount was not known, but it should be about 300,000, anyway, it was quite cheap. His normal return time should be in 2023, but due to the epidemic, he returned early in the summer of 2021.
After selling the old Mercedes-Benz C-class, after returning to China, he did not have a car to drive, and his parents' cars were also used at home, so he began to think about buying a new car after returning to China last year, with a budget of about 400,000 yuan, and the demand for buying a car was fast enough to be fun. Because the current new Mercedes-Benz C-Class was only listed in August last year, Xu Nan paid a lot of attention to this car, and after the new car was listed, he went to the Mercedes-Benz 4S store to walk around, but did not show the car; and then went, there was no preferential information, no license plate could not be test drive.
Two times in a row did not get the full experience of the new Mercedes-Benz C-Class, Xu Nan was a little anxious, and then talked to me about it. In addition to the Mercedes-Benz C-Class, he also considers the BMW 3 Series, but if mercedes-benz is suitable, the first choice is to buy a Mercedes-Benz.
So this time the car selection experience is from the old Mercedes-Benz C-class to the new Mercedes-Benz C-class, why is it so operated?
I arrived at the shop three times before I booked the car
We both went to the same Mercedes dealership three times in total, the first time was shortly after the market, and there was a show car to sit in after arriving at the store, but the car was not energized and could not be test-driven. Can only be a static experience, and can not talk about preferential information, the unified caliber is "there will be no discounts at present."
The second time was at the end of November 2021; the offer was still no, but fortunately, it could be electrified and test-driven, which was not a small gain. Neither Xu Nan nor I have been exposed to this new car, and the advantage he has over me is that he has the previous generation of Mercedes-Benz C-Class, and it is easier to see changes in new products.
The shape design of the appearance varies from person to person, some people think it is good to look good, some people feel ugly, this matter is dominated by subjective factors; the workmanship materials in the car are not said, the progress is too much, especially the intelligence of the atmosphere lights + the machine system in the car, which is the biggest change to Xu Nan's car experience. Moreover, the rear seat is also a little better than the original riding experience, but this is not important, the back of his car often does not sit people only put debris.
At that time, the test drive in the shop was a high-power version of the 1.5T engine, with a maximum power of 150 kW and a maximum torque of 300 Nm, which was higher than his previous generation of Mercedes-Benz C-class 2.0T engine data. The higher engine parameters, translated into actual driving, although the power is stronger, the overall performance makes him quite satisfied. Coming out of the store, Xu Nan said this sentence: "If the new Mercedes-Benz C-Class has a discount of 20,000 to 30,000, I will definitely buy, absolutely buy."
The third time was in mid-January this year, and we came to the store after comparing the BMW 3 Series. At this time, the new Mercedes-Benz C-Class already has a discount, the whole series of 35,000 yuan, which makes us both very surprised; the current car situation in addition to the entry-level version, the rest of the configuration has a current car, even if there is no existing car and so about 15 days have arrived. In the end, Xu Nan paid a deposit and booked a white Mercedes-Benz C 260 L Sport Version, with a cash discount of 35,000, a purchase tax of about 28,000 yuan, about 3,000 yuan on the license, and about 11,000 yuan in insurance, and the price after landing was about 370,500 yuan.
Xu Nan changed back to the Mercedes-Benz C-Class, why didn't he choose the BMW 3 Series? Let's talk.
Drove the Mercedes C-Class and forgot about the BMW 3 Series?
When I went to see the BMW 3 Series, it was before Xu Nan drove the new Mercedes-Benz C-Class, so he was still more concerned about the Mercedes-Benz C-Class with a 1.5T engine. He also said that his previous generation of Mercedes-Benz C-Class was the best song of a 2.0T engine (personal opinion), and said that he really should not sell that car.
Because I didn't touch the new Mercedes-Benz C-Class real car at that time, and out of doubt about the 1.5T engine, I accompanied Xu Nan into bmw's 4S store. With a budget of about 400,000 yuan, Xu Nan can easily get the BMW 3 Series 325Li xDrive M sports suit version, the discount is about 20,000 yuan, and if it is all down, it will be stable within 400,000. The current car situation is very unfortunate, because it is the BMW store in early January, in time to sell a batch of 325Li high-end models at the end of last year, because this model is not very good to sell the goods is not too large, the amount of low-equipped or medium-equipped models. Therefore, it takes about 1 month to wait for the car, and the car in transit has been booked by the customer.
Before test driving the new Mercedes-Benz C-Class, Xu Nan will also be slightly inclined to the BMW 3 Series when he buys a car, at least he has a 2.0T engine to choose from, whether it is high power or low power? Fast enough, fun enough. The test drive arranged by the store staff is a 2.0T low-power version of the BMW 3 Series, the overall test drive link can not be faulted, back to the store feel that the chat is almost almost fixed, but Xu Nan still has a little reluctance about the new Mercedes-Benz C-class.
The reason why I did not make up my mind to buy BMW is that there is still a glimmer of hope for mercedes-Benz 1.5T + 48V light mixing, after all, the engine parameters are better than the BMW 3 series low-power 2.0T engine, Xu Nan hopes that its actual performance can exceed the low-power 2.0T engine of the BMW 3 series; at the same time, there is also hope for the new Mercedes-Benz C-class discount, thinking that it can be discounted in the terminal market. So I told him to wait half a month to see, if not, the car was fixed before the Spring Festival.
After waiting for half a month, it was the third time we went to the Mercedes-Benz store, Xu Nan test drove a new car as desired and felt the power of this light mix, and also had a 35,000 discount. Although it is a 1.5T engine, the maximum power data has exceeded the data of the BMW 3 Series low-power 2.0T engine; although the displacement is small at first, Xu Nan still feels good after driving, plus there are good offers, which is really appropriate (personal opinion).
After that, there was also the above car purchase experience, from the fourth generation of Mercedes-Benz C-Class to the new Mercedes-Benz C-Class, hesitating BMW in the middle but finally choosing Mercedes-Benz. Xu Nan said to me, "Although the displacement is small, it is not so obvious when it is open, and it is almost the same as 2.0T, fortunately, it was not "on the head" when it was not preferential.
summary
Xu Nan bought a car starting point, that is, this car is fast enough, what rear space and what configuration is not particularly concerned at all, about 400,000 luxury brand configurations are not bad, nothing more than the difference between some optional items. Then the power has become his main car purchase demand, in the same price of the two products to choose a better power, that is naturally the new Mercedes-Benz C-Class.
Pay attention to the problem of retention rate, BMW 3 Series 2020, the landing price of new cars is about 351,600 yuan, and the price of used cars after driving 27,000 kilometers is about 288,000 yuan. Mercedes-Benz C-class 2020 model, the landing price of new cars is about 347,000 yuan, and the price of used cars after driving 15,000 kilometers is about 272,000 yuan.