They're totally different cars, the turbo and regular B. Firstly, decide why you want one in the first place. Speed? Fuel economy? Space?
My own opinion is that the Turbo has far too much torque for the B chassis to cope with, and even moderate acceleration off the line can get the old nanny-driver aid ESP all excited. This lack of traction totally removes the driving fun from the car for me. I've driven two different B 200 Turbos a total of about 500 km now and this is my conclusion.
So we opted for the non-turbo with the manual gearbox. This car is very adequately powered with "only" 134 HP. I drove it about 7000 km in 9 days with five grown people and their luggage last August and never was it underpowered, even over 3000 m elevation.
DEVOURS is also correct, there were some duff batches of early B Class cars whose opening panels suffer from severe rust. I'm not saying that the leased car is one of them, but it could be, so it's something to be aware of.
I would go for the 2008. Those techie gadgets will probably all be broken in ten years anyway, so buy the car for its intrinsic utility and it's all good.
Also, there should be plenty of other options for used ones out there. Demos are not always a good deal, because they tend to be abused by the test drivers (for example, hard acceleration and high RPM on a cold engine).
My own opinion is that the Turbo has far too much torque for the B chassis to cope with, and even moderate acceleration off the line can get the old nanny-driver aid ESP all excited. This lack of traction totally removes the driving fun from the car for me. I've driven two different B 200 Turbos a total of about 500 km now and this is my conclusion.
So we opted for the non-turbo with the manual gearbox. This car is very adequately powered with "only" 134 HP. I drove it about 7000 km in 9 days with five grown people and their luggage last August and never was it underpowered, even over 3000 m elevation.
DEVOURS is also correct, there were some duff batches of early B Class cars whose opening panels suffer from severe rust. I'm not saying that the leased car is one of them, but it could be, so it's something to be aware of.
I would go for the 2008. Those techie gadgets will probably all be broken in ten years anyway, so buy the car for its intrinsic utility and it's all good.
Also, there should be plenty of other options for used ones out there. Demos are not always a good deal, because they tend to be abused by the test drivers (for example, hard acceleration and high RPM on a cold engine).
