I think there’s nothing wrong with shopping the car instead of the deal, which seems to be the part that some people are getting hung-up on. Yes, the G70 is 650 a /mo, but so what’s the average lease of a comparable C43 or S4? What about S5 Sportback? S5’s lease for 800’s/900’s and THAT’S insane to me.
OP did good on selecting the car and he’s accepting the price of entry. However, this does not mean that you can’t shop the BEST deal on the car you want. If a G70 3.3T can be had for 600 a /mo, why spend 700?
I am with you in regards to the OP. Better to get the car you want for more money than to get another just because it is a “deal”. You’ll have more money in your bank account, but you’ll probably always be wishing you spent more every time you get in your car.
I hate that the C-43 is plagued with elitist bullshit about “real/fake” AMG.
The people who make the car call it a AMG C-43 and that’s what I call it.
It’s just a name but the engines are made by AMG. You can think of it as a faster C300 or a entry level AMG.
I personally think it’s great because I prefer the looks of the C coupe over the E coupe but I wish it had more power and that’s where the AMG C-43 comes in. I just like the car regardless of badge/name. In 3 years we’ll see if I get a C-43 coupe instead or the new Genesis coupe.
AMG Sport. MB marketing ploy to drop the Sport to increase sales. AMG didn’t design the car. The engine isn’t handbuilt AMG engine. It’s best to be informed. You were already under the impression it’s an AMG engine.
So are you saying that AMG has 0 involvement with the development of the 3.0T inside the C43? Not one engineer/designed from AMG has any say or input into the design/accessories on any of the “lesser” badged AMG vehicles?
Kind of like the discussion of the non-M Cars being badged with M-sport accessories and tuned engines. M Sport division was expanded to do work on non-M cars to compete better in the growing field of sport vehicles and to appeal to a much wider audience.
Sure, the 3.0T isn’t a handbuilt engine by a single AMG engineer, but that does not mean AMG itself did not have input into the development of those vehicles. It’s not a C63S or an E63 or an AMG GT, sure.
Same applies to the “S-Line” badging on Audi vehicles.
I didn’t say zero involvement. I’m fine with it being AMG Sport because that’s what it is. An MB car with AMG enhanced components. If I buy the car I personally wouldn’t go around say I have an AMG because I would sound misinformed.
Even last year M2, enthusiasts having trouble calling it a true M car because it has a tuned 335i engine. This year the M2 Competition finally has a true M engine.
I’m saying the AMG or M Dept run their own projects and these Sport models are not their projects.
