A-class resale values

[bzmith]

I've just bought a pre registered A160 Avatgarde for my wife. It's called an "Autumn" and was a special edition of which MB only made 500 in a special colour called "Canyon".

The car is great but I am concerned about its resale value. The MB contract with Easyjet may lead to oversupply of used A-classes and I see recently the 3 year retained values in What Car magazine have been revised from 45% (not brilliant for a Merc) to an unacceptable 38%......despite my dealers assurances when I bought the car that resale values for the revised A-class would be strong. Resale value was the main reason I went for the Merc brand.

What is your view on resale values and what are Mercedes doing to protect the value of the A-class.

I am already seeing A-classes on the forecourts of non MB franchises: Are these Easy cars I wonder?.

I wrote a comment about it on my dealers customer satisfaction questionnaire but got no reply.

Can anyone shed any light on this?

Brian
Glasgow

 

[Andy]

Hi Brian,

Theres not much one can say. Its all about shifting metal. I here what you are saying about your A class's but I wouldn't count on having high residules. I attend quite a few auctions and the Easy Renta Car vehicles are there in considerable numbers at various auctions around the country in high numbers every week. At lest 15 at each auction times say 3-4 auctions across the country every wk. It dosn't take a mathematican to do the figures. Easy Jet are intending to increase the numbers they have from MB so I can't see the problem getting any better.

Regards

Andy @ www.mercedesservicing.com