Deal Check: 2025 Mercedes C43 AMG

Year, Make, Model, and Trim: 2025 Mercedes C43 AMG 4MATIC
MSRP: $70,620
Sales Price: $62,500
Months: 48
Annual Mileage: 7500
Monthly Payment: $818
Drive-Off Amount: $0

The residual for 48 months is 52% which is $36,722.40 for 7,500 miles per year

The money factor used is .00186 which is 4.46% (I am tier 1 credit and they claim this is the base rate from MB financial)

The acquisition fee is $1,095

Region: Cambridge, MA

They started at $65k selling price and $773.50 monthly with $5k down. Negotiated to $0 down and $818 monthly. Maintenance included, no additional fees (tax, acquisition, documentation, etc. are all baked into monthly).

They’re refusing to come down further from $818 monthly with $0 drive off. Should I take it?

Did you check if mf is correct?

Yes, I asked and they replied in writing “The money factor with MB Financial is the same for tiers A1-2, that is the tier we are using.”

These are way cheaper when you time it right

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No. You need to find the base MF rate either here via Super Supporter or go to the Edmunds lease forum for your make/model and ask them. Dealers can mark the base rate up. You should also learn how to calculate the lease payment/DAS by yourself. Go to the Wiki here and learn.

Is this the only car you want? I personally don’t see the allure in paying $800+/mo for a C43

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Can they just lie like that, saying they are not marking it up when they are? What is super supporter? I’ll check out the wiki, thanks for the tips.

No, I’m open to alternatives. Any recommendations? I liked the C43 a lot, but I’m not married to it.

You’re not kidding, that’s almost half. Thanks for the heads up.

I feel like these mega-sales on the 8-series would result in a deal that rivals your C43. May need some more footwork to find a hack, but hackable ICE are hard to come by.

You’ll want to sign up as a LH Super Supporter so you can see the incentives, money factor, residuals, etc to try and package a deal together. @li8625 knows how to get 30 percent off and buy rate money factor on 8-series.

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Less than 20% off is a crime

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They can do whatever they want if you aren’t educated on the lease.

Dealers pretty much lie all day long lol. I’d look around more.

476/mo with 6500 DAS on a 24 mo term is around 750/mo effective for a loaner. Think 60 bucks a month more for a new car is prob a better deal

If you click through you’ll see $5500 of that is MSD.

Oh woops yup missed that ok my bad thought that was separate for some reason

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I like the C43’s but, check out the Genesis G70 3.3T. Don’t know how much they’re going for, but I think they’re worth a look… Good luck!

I’m also in the market to lease one of these, this is a lot better than what I’ve been able to get so far.

You need a new dealership. New London doesn’t sound like a place to score a deal. Uppity Brits.

Yea simple it’s because 0 drive off is ridiculously cheap of you why would you expect anything less on a $70,000 car a 72,000 MSRP M340 is almost impossible to get below 900 so what makes you think you can get a better price?