Warranties on cars registered late?
Mercedes-Benz Brookwood have a 350SL £43k first registered November 2011 that arrived in the UK November 2010 and placed in their showroom for 12 months with zero miles driven. Sold to a private buyer November 2011 and now on sale with 10,000 miles and £3k options .
Mercedes claim it is only 1 year 7 months old starting from registration. It is however over 2 years 7 months from manufacture and arrival in the UK. They tell me the manufacturers warranty lasts until November 2014. The car will surely have aged in those first 12months but Mercedes insist it was a new car in November 2011 as far as they are concerned. Is this normal practice? 12 months depreciation on such a vehicle is pretty heavy.
Mercedes claim it is only 1 year 7 months old starting from registration. It is however over 2 years 7 months from manufacture and arrival in the UK. They tell me the manufacturers warranty lasts until November 2014. The car will surely have aged in those first 12months but Mercedes insist it was a new car in November 2011 as far as they are concerned. Is this normal practice? 12 months depreciation on such a vehicle is pretty heavy.
Asked on 23 June 2013 by Ian Bennett
Answered by
Honest John
If they sold it as a new car in November 2011, and they agree to treat is as a new car then for warranty purposes, then that's clear. Obviously much better it sat in a showroom for the first year of its life than sat outside on a car lot or in a compound. This will have minimised its deterioration. But it is still a November 2010 car. Glass's prices a 2010/60 at £34,250, and a 2011/61 at £39,000, so however you look at it, at £43k it is overpriced.
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