Mercedes Gives Incentives To Buy Child Seats In UK

The new initiative sees motorists enjoy a maximum saving of £250 on Mercedes-Benz child seats as their child grows.

All the manufacturer’s child seats exceed current regulations and safety standards and core to their safety benefits is Mercedes-Benz’s pioneering Automatic Child Seat Recognition (AKSE). Another safety first for the manufacturer, AKSE features a transponder in the child seat to automatically turn the passenger airbag off when it is recognised as being in the front of a Mercedes-Benz and turns it back on when the seat is removed. This is unique to Mercedes-Benz and is not available on any other brand of child seat in the market.

The scheme starts with the BABY-SAFE child seat, which is suitable for ages up to approximately 15 months and for weights up to 13kg. At purchase, customers receive a voucher for £200 towards the next seat in the range – the DUO plus child seat.

When the voucher is redeemed, the price of the advanced DUO plus child seat is lowered from £449 to £249. Offering optimum protection in side-collisions and complete with ISOFIX mountings, the seat fits children aged approximately between eight months to four years and weighing from 9-18kg. As with the BABY-SAFE child seat, customers of the DUO plus child seat are presented with a voucher to use against the next seat in the range.

The KID child seat sees children through to the age where they are safe and legal to use of a normal adult seatbelt and a car’s standard seating. The £50 voucher lowers the cost of the KID child seat to £199. It is for children aged approximately 3-12 and weighing 13-36kg. Available as a raised seat section only and with side wings to protect the head and body, the KID child seat benefits from the same highly-developed features found in the other seats in the official Mercedes-Benz range.

The £200 voucher is valid for two years from the time of purchase of the BABY-SAFE child seat and the £50 voucher is valid for four years from the time of purchase of the DUO plus child seat. For the maximum saving of £250 customers can purchase all three seats in succession, but they can receive the £50 voucher towards the KID child seat if they buy the DUO plus child seat without having previously bought the BABY-SAFE child seat.

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