Hi, Sorry for the late reply to this, I have been incredibly busy.

Leasing charges have dropped over time, athough they are not as silly as they one were several years ago when just about anyone could get a Mercedes ML.

The reason why is, funnily enough, partly due to Mercedes wnting to punch a hole in the UK market to unseat the likes of Audi and BMW, as well as the other non-European brands. This in turn sparked Audi (BMW less so) and the rest of the market to react and push down prices on certain models as well.

Tied in with this is the more recent reduction on cost of borrowing for the banks etc (very low interest rates) and it is also self perpetuating as brokers like us get more orders we have more buying power to command better deals on cars and rates and so it goes.

Also, you will see deals around now as the Euro5 engines are phased out ready for Euro6 in september (dealers will need to get shot of the old vehicles), which means we will continue to get better rates.

The advent of Euro6 will however see an increase in pricing due to increased production costs (AdBlue for diesel engines etc).

Moving on to the 3+ vs 9+ arguement on a contract.

The benefit of a 9+ is essentially less interest to pay, but not that much.

Unless you want to reduce your monthlies considerably with a bit initial payment (dont forget its not a deposit), tick with a 3+ (unless its a specific deal).

Thank you for your message.

No we are not from a different planet.

Euro6 took over as the compulsory standard for cars in Sept 2015, not 2014 as you incorrectly stated. So in part we are both a little inaccurate, and I apologise for my inaccuracy there.

However, the last of the Euro5 vans need to be registered before the end of August 2016. I know this as we have sealed a number of last minute deals on the cheaper Euro5 vans (of which there is now very limited stock) before the Euro6 vehicles are compulsory in September. I was recalling this fact as I was writing my response forgetting the difference in applicability of the rules between vans (2016) and cars (2015).

Feeding back to the person who asked the question, whilst RT correctly stated the Euro5 cars are 'long gone' there are still plenty of savings to be had on vehicles as we approach the '66' Plate as manufacturers seek to get as many registrations as possible.

Edited by TheBroker on 12/07/2016 at 17:05