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2012 Mercedes-Benz C200, C250 dodge Luxury Car Tax

MERCEDES-BENZ C200
By Tim Beissmann
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The addition of start-stop technology to the four-cylinder petrol models in the 2012 Mercedes-Benz C-Class range will save customers money on fuel as well as reduce the tax they pay at purchase time.

The upgraded sedan and Estate variants of the C200 and C250 are now rated below the 7.0 litres per 100km threshold for fuel-efficient vehicles under the federal government’s Luxury Car Tax (LCT).

Dodging the LCT translates to a $300 saving for C200 customers and a $2300 saving for C250 buyers.

Under LCT regulations, vehicles priced over $57,466 are considered luxury cars and are subject to the tax, which is payable on 33 per cent of the GST-exclusive value that exceeds the LCT threshold. Vehicles priced below $75,375 that use no more than 7.0L/100km are exempt from LCT.

The 2012 Mercedes-Benz C200 and C250 sedans are now officially rated at 6.8L/100km – both down almost 10 per cent from 7.2L/100km. The C200 and C250 Estates now use 6.9L/100km, down from 7.3L/100km and 7.4L/100km respectively.

Mercedes-Benz Australia managing director Horst von Sanden said it was pleasing to help Australians evade the tax.

“Our position on the Luxury Car Tax is well known; we do not believe or accept that any vehicle purchaser should pay LCT as it is a tax on technology and safety. No other so-called luxury purchase is subject to such a regressive, discriminatory and inequitable tax,” von Sanden said.

“No one likes to pay LCT and in this case we have passed on the BlueEFFICIENCY fuel savings so that LCT now means Less Car Tax.”

The four-cylinder petrol models join the C200 CDI, C250 CDI and C350 CDI diesels in offering standard start-stop engine technology, which switches off the engine when the car comes to a stop and automatically turns it back on when the driver goes to take off.

The C250 Coupe will get a similar upgrade from March production. Mercedes-Benz Australia’s David McCarthy said pricing details would be confirmed closer to the arrival of those cars, which are expected in showrooms from early May.

McCarthy said the entry-level C180 Coupe would not adopt start-stop technology at this stage, but said he was hopeful it too would benefit from the fuel-saving feature in the near future.

2012 Mercedes-Benz C-Class manufacturer’s list prices (excluding government and dealer charges):

  • C200 sedan – $58,600
  • C200 Estate – $60,600
  • C250 sedan – $65,600
  • C250 Estate – $67,600

Read CarAdvice’s review of the Mercedes-Benz C-Class.


 

  • Nathanf2000

    what about the coupe version?

    • Anonymous

      Hi Nathan

      I’ve updated the story with news on the C-Class Coupe.

      Cheers
      Tim Beissmann

  • Rick

    These base 4 cylinder euro sedans (Merc, BMW, Audi) have no right to be priced anywhere near the LCT threshold in the first place …….

    Should be high $40′s tops.

    • Sygyu

      and all these days they have been blaming the LCT for the inflated prices of their cars. 
      rip off price’s yet people will still buy

    • Phil

      Why would they make them cheaper? Merc sells about 500 C sedans and 200 coupes here every month (at the more expensive old prices!).

      This is not a local car manufactuer struggling by on government subsidys…..Mercedes is here to actually make profits.

      • Karl

        The EU automotive tariffs are double that of Australia and they still get German government money.
        At least the Germans are smart enough to realise the value of having an automotive industry.

    • Anonymous

      Sure, let’s make them high forties. Every unsold Calais and FG6 will be buried overnight in their holding yards. On the subject, Alan Kohler showed a graph on the ABC just recently showing that the percentage of a base Falcon’s price is now the highest it’s ever been against a base 3 series Beemer’s price. My February 2002 WHEELS shows me I can have a mid range Golf GLE auto for $33,890 plus onroads, scarcely different to today’s price. That’s tariff reduction in action for you, I guess, among other things.

      • Karl

        Yeah, because Merc are pricing their cars to be kind to the locals.

    • Blair Waldorf

      If you complain about the price of something, it’s because you can’t afford it. Mercs will never be cheap, move on. (that said, i currently cant afford one, but i dont complain)

      • Chis_chappell

        “complain about the price of something, it’s because you can’t afford it”

        Totally incorrect and a foolish statement. If you believe it the market economy where demand and supply  meet at equilibrium, It’s easy to see when the supplier and government are taking advantage.

        And I comfortably afford a new Merc and better

    • Blair Waldorf

      If you complain about the price of something, it’s because you can’t afford it. Mercs will never be cheap, move on. (that said, i currently cant afford one, but i dont complain)

  • Guest

    Just in time for the C250 to match the new BMW328 which is exempt from LCT due to fuel consumption below the threshold. Now, both are exempt.

  • Talkscheap

    yes butthe C250 is cheaper than the BM

  • Lloyd

    Buy a c class and look forward to leaking cam magnets, busted engine mounts, front rotor change after 50k kms, $1200 to change passenger door lock, faulty air con evaporator requiring dashboard removal (evaporator cost at Mercedes $2,700, from distributor in Sydney $1,500, from Germany $400 delivered), failed MAF and oxygen sensors at 130k kms.

    Give me a Japanese engineered car any day.

    • AJ

      Don’t know where you bought your car from, but I’ve been driving a C-class since 1995, have changed it every time a new model comes out, just got my C250 diesel last week. Never had any problems with any of our cars. Not a single issue. Just traded in my 2008 C-class with 180,000 km on the clock for the new C250 CDI. Did not have a single issue with it.

      I’d rather walk than drive a Japcrap any day.

  • http://www.facebook.com/kally.hayer Balwinder Hayer

    Nice car