Hi all, I’m evaluating a lease offer on a lightly demo’d GLC 350e and would love your feedback. This is my first time leasing. Details below:
Vehicle & Location
Model: 2025 Mercedes-Benz GLC 350e 4MATIC (PHEV). It is the standard basic model
Location: Car is in New York but I live in New Jersey
Demo Mileage: 3,500 miles
Payments & Upfront
Monthly: $399
Due at Signing: $4,812.29
Includes first month, acquisition fee, doc fee, registration/title, all sales tax and and effective cap-cost down of around $2,390.
Does $399/mo + $4,812 DAS for a 24 mo demo lease on a GLC 350e sound good or bad? Would you push for any additional discounts or have any advise?
I’d ask them why theyre pricing a used loaner as a new car first. I doubt you’ll get a good deal at this dealer, best to go with another dealer or a broker. Aim for 10-15% off especially if it’s a loaner.
I was thinking the same thing. I looked it up and saw mixed reviews about whether it should be cheaper, so I wasn’t totally sure. I’ll bring it up to see if I can get a deal.
It’s a bigger difference since the taxes aren’t in the broker deal. I figure I’ll have to pay about $90 extra a month, not counting the broker’s fee, not bad though. I also checked out the GLC 350e base model, and the deal is around $15 cheaper, but it will cost more with the broker fee.
Once you adjust mileage, remove MSDs and add the tax rate the deal is within a total $743 of OPs deal. So they’re not really too far off from this broker offer but definitely should be getting a better discount on a loaner.
Broker deal becomes $12,477 plus $799 fee. OPs deal is $13,989.
OP if you can’t get to at least 13-16% pre incentive on a loaner I’d go with one of these broker offers on a new model.
I just ran an apples to apples comparison between the broker’s deal versus the Mercedes dealer on this 2025 GLC 350e base model. The numbers I got are as follows:
Broker total cost: $15,371 (including fee)
vs
Mercedes dealer total cost: $14,388
So, to get to the Mercedes dealer total cost, it looks like they’re kinda giving a discount on the price or the money factor, or maybe both. I still don’t have the lease worksheet, but I should get it soon.