Woppum Posted May 25, 2006 Report Share Posted May 25, 2006 I have posted this on another forum to incase you see overlap, but im just intrested in seeing what your views are on this company... I saw an advert for this company last week which stated that they could both achieve a 10% discount on the new Bentley GTC and a delivery within 4 months of the cars release. So I just had a look on the website and they say they can get a new M5 within 4 months and a discount of 13%!!! So of course I phoned them up and a very well spoken French bloke answered who stated they are a very large European Yacht and car leasing company. The way they achieve these figures is because their fleet department buys a lot of cars from the dealerships... To me this doesn’t make sense, why would the dealerships offer 15% discounts on highly demanded cars? The company I work for buys a lot of BMW's and Minis, yet I wasn’t able to jump the queue or get a discount. It all seems a little fishy to me, in the case of the GTC, Bentley haven’t even released an official price yet!!! Anyway I asked them what they could do on the E92 M3 and they are going to get back to me. Here is their website : http://www.eclasslondon.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Booster Posted May 25, 2006 Report Share Posted May 25, 2006 Look like a load of sharks to me! Wouldn't trust them as far as i could throw them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
randellp Posted May 25, 2006 Report Share Posted May 25, 2006 Well, given that half their website (the yacht part) is still under construction, and the fact they only have 6 cars in stock, it doesn't sound too hopeful to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woppum Posted May 25, 2006 Author Report Share Posted May 25, 2006 Apparently they have been in business since 1997... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Booster Posted May 25, 2006 Report Share Posted May 25, 2006 Pay your deposit and never see it again! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Booster Posted May 25, 2006 Report Share Posted May 25, 2006 Status: Active Date of Incorporation: 13/02/2003 Country of Origin: United Kingdom Company Type: Private Limited Company Nature of Business (SIC(03)): 5010 - Sale of motor vehicles Accounting Reference Date: 30/09 Last Accounts Made Up To: 30/09/2004 (TOTAL EXEMPTION FULL) Next Accounts Due: 30/07/2006 Last Return Made Up To: 13/02/2006 Next Return Due: 13/03/2007 Last Members List: 13/02/2006 Previous Names: No previous name information has been recorded over the last 20 years. Overseas Branch Details There are no overseas branches associated with this company. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woppum Posted May 25, 2006 Author Report Share Posted May 25, 2006 Yep reminds me of eurospotscars.com the old Pagani place. Hudsons have now taken it over, but Euro went for broke with thousands and thousands of £'s worth of deposits.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5to1 Posted May 26, 2006 Report Share Posted May 26, 2006 [ QUOTE ] I have posted this on another forum to incase you see overlap, but im just intrested in seeing what your views are on this company... I saw an advert for this company last week which stated that they could both achieve a 10% discount on the new Bentley GTC and a delivery within 4 months of the cars release. So I just had a look on the website and they say they can get a new M5 within 4 months and a discount of 13%!!! So of course I phoned them up and a very well spoken French bloke answered who stated they are a very large European Yacht and car leasing company. The way they achieve these figures is because their fleet department buys a lot of cars from the dealerships... To me this doesn’t make sense, why would the dealerships offer 15% discounts on highly demanded cars? The company I work for buys a lot of BMW's and Minis, yet I wasn’t able to jump the queue or get a discount. It all seems a little fishy to me, in the case of the GTC, Bentley haven’t even released an official price yet!!! Anyway I asked them what they could do on the E92 M3 and they are going to get back to me. Here is their website : http://www.eclasslondon.com/ [/ QUOTE ] Well it is plausible for them to jump the queue and even get a discount, if they are a large fleet buyer. As a big customer (private or company) you will always get a degree of goodwill, and manufacturers will undoubtdly be happier if you use it to jump queue's or get one of discounts. Better that then demand a bigger discount on your fleet purchases. However, selling the cars on in this way would surely be frowned upon. I can't comment on E-Class, other then to say I have seen their adverts over the last couple of years. However, in my experience most company's that list savings on desireable cars are importing. And many unscrupolous ones will quote short lead times knowing full well they are never going to meet them. I've had it happened to me once, by a company recommended to me by somebody. And it leaves you in a difficult position. You've waited four months. Do you go elsewhere and start at the back of the queue. Or give them another couple of months. In the worst case they don't even meet the lead time of reputable company's. Horrible feeling when you've paid more in order for earlier delivery, and the cheaper cars start turning up first. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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