Can somebody explain the C63 AMG to me ?

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Ok these retail from 51k new.

So what on gods green earth causes somebody to think, that a 2 year old model, in the wrong hand drive, is worth practically the full RRP of a new one ?

http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/1315959.htm

Its Left hand drive for goodness sake. Who wants to pay the same price new, for a 2 year old car with left hand drive with 8000 miles on the clock. yes its got parktronic and nav which probably make the full RRP of this particular car slightly more than 55k

but c'mon. Its only depreciated £1000 in 8000 miles and 2 years ?


and this one

http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/1382468.htm

£47,000

again 2 years old and 11,000 miles this time.

how come they depreciate so little ?
 
Some people are clearly very optimistic when it comes to selling cars.


Either that or they are plain stupid :)
 
over 18 months old if you want to be pedantic.

Thats still a long time to not loose any (or barely any) money. Dont new cars depreciate most in their first year ?
 
Well maybe because the used market isn't flooded with them. So prices can hold fairly well.

Truth be told they should be less when you look at the price of M3's and RS4's in the used car market. But comparably, there are more M3's on the road than RS4's and their used car prices reflect this.
 
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The dealer selling the LHD C63 also lists it as having a 6.3 litre engine, despite the fact that it's a 6.2 litre engine

I doubt if he really knows what he's doing!
 
Will said:
I'll tell you one thing about it...it makes the E92 M3 look a bit limp wristed!
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well no...

Its only 0.2 seconds faster to 60 and only 0.3 seconds quicker over the 1/4 mile. Hardly the biggest of differences in a straight line.

http://www.evo.co.uk/carreviews/cargrouptests/227415/mercedesbenz_c63_amg_v_bmw_m3_saloon.html

And then theres the fact that the m3 is about 3 seconds a lap quicker round silverstone.

Its a teeny bit down on power, but makes up for it with vastly superior handling.
 
daveydave said:
Well maybe because the used market isn't flooded with them. So prices can hold without fairly well.
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Probably this, people have held on a bit longer and created a dealer shortage. Not sure about the first one, but the second one has COMAND, CF inlay, HK speakers, Parktronic 19's etc so probably in excess of £55k...so ~16% over less than a year and a half is pretty good.
 
they were still using boggo 5 speed 'boxes until quite recently
as was Brabus in their 800bhp monstrosities
 
the merc AMG unit does have full manual control though. You can change up and down etc.. without issues. Its a very good tiptronic box by all accounts.

Certianly never gets any criticisms in the reviews.
 
ajgoodfellow said:
The dealer selling the LHD C63 also lists it as having a 6.3 litre engine, despite the fact that it's a 6.2 litre engine

I doubt if he really knows what he's doing!
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Tom Hartley is minted - multi-million pound car dealer. Deals in lots of expensive metal. Look at the rest of their stock:

http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/list.asp?d=3236

Given they've got an Alfa 8C, Phantom, 599GTB and more, I'd wage they know the market for high-end cars better than most OCuk posters... ;):D
 
MrLOL said:
well no...

Its only 0.2 seconds faster to 60 and only 0.3 seconds quicker over the 1/4 mile. Hardly the biggest of differences in a straight line.

http://www.evo.co.uk/carreviews/cargrouptests/227415/mercedesbenz_c63_amg_v_bmw_m3_saloon.html

And then theres the fact that the m3 is about 3 seconds a lap quicker round silverstone.

Its a teeny bit down on power, but makes up for it with vastly superior handling.
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TBH I think at least 70% of drivers that own these cars won't be able to exploit these little differences in handling.
 
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