Mercedes GLC 2023

Chisser

A new model is available to order but difficult to choose between the diesel (£52K/52 mpg), petrol (£54K/37 mpg) or plug in hybrid (£62K/565 mpg i.e. 70 miles electric only range then petrol).  All very over-priced I know, and all will attract £500 road tax for 5 years though the latter will be city/London-friendly. I drive about 10K a year, some motorway miles but almost all journeys <70 miles.
Which represents the least poor value given future attitudes to ICE cars/resale values?
There is a good chance that some cities will charge to come in them for the first 2 vehicles in the future.
I'd keep for about 7 years.
I cannot find an EV I like.

Aletank

Diesels used to be more expensive than petrol's, why has this suddenly changed ?

Mr.Generous

Aletank said:

Diesels used to be more expensive than petrol's, why has this suddenly changed ?

Probably less demand now as everyone realises conjestion/pollution charges are going to be aimed at diesel's more and more.

I do like the Merc GLC's but they look like 30-40k motors, I wouldn't have guessed over 50k.

Herzlos

Aletank said:

Diesels used to be more expensive than petrol's, why has this suddenly changed ?

Demand. Almost everyone wants petrol these days.

OP - On your mileage I wouldn't bother with the diesel, and I'm not convinced you'd get enough fuel saving to save the the £8k price difference between the petrol and petrol/hybrid given the high electricity prices at the moment. But if you're saving the congestion charge regularly that'll change the equation.

The petrol/hybrid is going to be worth a larger percentage of the new value after 7 years, but I'm not sure it'd make much difference in absolute terms.

Ectophile

I would think that a PHEV with a decent electic-only range would hold its value better in the longer term.  But unless you have somewhere to charge it, you're going to be paying the fuel bills to drag around a flat battery most of the time.