251 registrations

Awash for sure but also with Mercs and BMW. That's what happens when previously aspirational brands decide to cheapen their brand by selling entry level models and specs. Proper merc start at E Class, proper BMWs at 3 series, proper Audis at A4,5 and I don't mean the poverty spec ones either. All these brands, and to an extent several others, have dumped their premium exclusivity to bring Joe soap on board and fool him or her into believing they have a real premium product when in reality they bought a poor value hyped up shadow of the real thing.

it’s exactly this.

The cars are still premium in terms of their gap to the categories above and below, but the entry level prices are now faaaar higher than they were, and almost all new car purchases are on some form of financing.

I think what the other poster is getting at is that in the (long distant) past, if someone had a new merc or whatever, you can assume they had the physical cash to buy it on day one and drive it away.

You could say the same about Rolls Royce - in the 80s or 90s anyone with a RR had the £150k to buy it and it was the epitome of richy rich.

These days every wedding chauffeur or fancy hotel has one, paid for on a monthly.

More accessible doesn’t mean less premium, but it does mean less unique or rare.

"Proper merc start at E Class, proper BMWs at 3 series,"

Why is that a Proper Merc starts in the D segment but a BNW in the C segment of cars? I had an uncle who thought the same about Mercs by the way that if it was not an E class or higher it was not a proper Mercedes lol.

I remember a review of the C-Class when it came out in 1993.

"A tad too much car for a tad too little engine" was how the journo described it at the time.

I agree that the C class is a bit meh, but the original C class coupe is a bit of a classic in the making imo.

New 7 series,

RS3

Well wear . Who would of thought . End of an era

Great car, looks great. Congratulations.

Lovely. Well wear.

If its the audi . I would say tralee

Saw a 251 C G wagon in Bishopstown about a week ago. Didn’t think the owner would go for a C reg on a car like that.

are you it was a G class ? i havent seen one at Merc dealers or around Cork

there is a black GLS that resides on the northside of cork city - big house but the Merc. is worth as much as the houses near it !