@Lou it was wrong of the dealer to tell you the £500 AP discount in other dealerships were coming out of customers GCB?
it’s actually a dealer contribution or some give it as a cash back.
It is nothing to do with Mb the discount at all they pay the £500 discount to mb on your behalf, if the AP was £3k then you’d pay £2.5k but mb would still get 3k and not all dealers can offer it.
was not easy to get the £200 of the honda but it had risen £600 in two 1/4’s before i could actually order it and it was too much then as when i test drove it the ap was only £999 but i could not order then.. had to wait till jan.
It’s mainly big dealer groups that get big discounts for ordering cars in bulk and often they have to sell them before the month is up or they start to get charged interest from say bmw (it’s how the car industy works) plus insentives to sell a certain number so they can afford to then offer a £500 discount. often it’s says from stock to be registered before x date.
https://www.motaclarity.co.uk/news/motability-deals often shows the latest deals about.
The gcb is paid to you after you hand back the car from mb and the dealer takes the ap on mb’s behalf so it’s a clear lie..
Also you could order a car from any dealer but normally you’d have to go there in person twice once to do the paperwork and to order and then to collect the car, but you can service at your local dealer or another if you wish.. right now due to lockdown you can order ob=ver the phoneand email stuff to them.
hope that helps clear that up.. i know some travel a few hundred miles to get a deal and in you postion you ready to order and recieve asap as it’s your 1st car so as i said before that maybe a better option than a factory order.