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Mercedes Benz C230 Tops The Most Popular Leased Luxury Car List For September
LeaseTrader.com, the company that helps consumers facilitate car lease transfers, announces its monthly Index for September , with the Mercedes C230 Sport Sedan again topping the list of America's most preferred leased vehicle.

The Mercedes C230 Sport Sedan is an excellent entry-level luxury car offers the typical Mercedes-style characteristics of prestige, safety, luxury and comfort. The car's excellent design, featuring low hood line, arced roof line and triangular taillights, defines its presence within the auto industry.

"The Mercedes C230 is a car that is in the sweet spot right now among customer demand," said Sergio Stiberman, CEO and founder of LeaseTrader.com. "The entry-level luxury category is extremely popular right now with people who love to lease. And Mercedes has favorable options when it comes to leasing, which is another reason why it's so popular with our customers."

LeaseTrader.com publishes a monthly Index of Americas most preferred vehicles for lease transfer. The Index is based off user activity on the Web site, which includes thousands of today's vehicles in almost every brand, make and model.

Following are the top-ten most popular transferred lease vehicles in America during September, according to user activity on LeaseTrader.com:

1. Mercedes C230
2. BMW 3 Series
3. BMW X3 3.0i
4. BMW X5 3.0i
5. Mercedes CLS500
6. BMW 530i Sedan
7. Mercedes CLK350
8. Land Rover LR3 SE
9. BMW Z4 3.0i Roadster
10. Infiniti G35 Coupe


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Mercedes Benz C230 Tops The Most Popular Leased Luxury Car List For September



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enthusiastx11enthusiastx11 - 10/9/2007 12:21:28 PM
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and what it shows is that european cars have such extraordinary residual values that smart people can't help but lease them. ; )

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SpicyMikeySpicyMikey - 10/9/2007 12:39:23 PM
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^^ True. They can't compete value wise with Asian cars so they subsidize them with crazy lease residuals and money factors. At least that way they can try and build brand loyalty and maybe get you in next time to buy something. I looked at an BMW X5 last month. Residual was 60% on 36 months. No way it would be worth that much as a trade in. Ya do the numbers and you are almost forced to lease it. Unfortunately it was still $950/month for this $70k X5. A comparably equiped MDX was $650 a month without a crazy residual. I don't get it. You gotta really see value in the brand itself not just the metal.

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JRobUSCJRobUSC - 10/9/2007 12:15:17 PM
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that's the OLD C-class, and it tops the list because dealers are giving them away with the new ones out now. The new C-class lease is crazy expensive, I have a buddy who works at Mercedes.

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enthusiastx11enthusiastx11 - 10/9/2007 12:22:15 PM
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the C230 is the old one houston.
shows how little you know.

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EL34EL34 - 10/9/2007 12:06:28 PM
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A lot of professional people such as I lease nice cars for the tax write off.

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M35MTM35MT - 10/9/2007 12:21:53 PMView My AgentSpace
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You must be self-employed, no?


EL34EL34 - 10/9/2007 12:40:27 PM
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I'm a real estate agent.

I work for a Broker, but the IRS sees me as self employed.

Tommorrow I'll be at the Anaheim Convention Center for the California Real Estate Expo 2007.

I know agents that lease Mercedes, Bentleys and Lamborghinis.


JRobUSCJRobUSC - 10/9/2007 12:21:40 PM
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the title of this thread is misleading. That's not a list of the most popular NEW leases for September, it is a list of the most popular vehicles ALREADY LEASED for people to swap into or out of on LeaseTrader.com.

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david999david999 - 10/9/2007 2:56:57 PM
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Exactly JRobUSC. To me this is more indicitive of the fact that people are out there who want to get out of these car leases, and are able to find new suckers by giving them incentives to take over their lease.


M35MTM35MT - 10/9/2007 12:24:00 PMView My AgentSpace
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Leases on entry level luxury cars (especially euro makes) is a no brainer for most consumers. They get the badge, styling, etc. for the price of buying an entry level Accord/Camry. The only thing the C230 lacks is performance, with a 0-60 of 7.9...with the manaul...otherwise a nice car.

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EL34EL34 - 10/9/2007 12:41:32 PM
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And when a new model comes out they can trade in their lease for the new car :)


M35MTM35MT - 10/9/2007 12:59:24 PMView My AgentSpace
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And if their loyal to the brand (which I'm sure you meant) and there's a few lease payments left, usually those can be waived and they'll get you right into a new car. I almost leased a C230 (looked at a IS250 as well). I decided to choose both ownership and performance over luxury and leasing...because another $1200 in my car and I've got 300hp! :p


chuck717chuck717 - 10/9/2007 1:35:00 PM
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C230 sport is a nice value, solid and a AMG package makes this a #1 choice and i can see why.

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theoptimisticpessimisttheoptimisticpessimist - 10/9/2007 1:44:30 PM
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Holy crap, BMW owns this field.

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S4cabriofoxoneS4cabriofoxone - 10/9/2007 5:12:46 PMView My AgentSpace
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Maybe because they were offering $50 lease deals?

I'd rather have the new C300... or a C350... or a 335i... or an S4.

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autoproautopro - 10/9/2007 6:28:29 PMView My AgentSpace
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Due to immense pressure from who else Lexus the germans can't compete head to head they have to resort to buying business to keep market share.The only problem is you can't do this for ever,sooner or later you have to make some money.Of course if your a consumer it' doesn't matter to you if the MFG> makes money or not,so you lease the car because it has a chicken foot on the hood.

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