For The E-Class does what Mercedes does best – comfort, refinement and safety. Fuel economy and CO2 emissions are good, too.
Against If you're looking for the thrusting drive of a BMW 5 Series or the innovative cabin design of a Jaguar XF, you'll be disappointed. The E-Class is thoroughly conservative.
What Car? says
What the engineers and designers have done with the E-Class is to create a good Mercedes-Benz. They've not tried to copy anyone else and they're not pretending the car is anything other than what it is: refined and comfortable.
There are 23 Mercedes-Benz E-Class versions available
Buyer's notes
Target Price team says:
The E-Class is Mercedes' biggest money-spinner, so it's only to be expected that the company should take a safe, conservative line whenever it introduces a new one. Amid all the Blue Efficiency technology to cut fuel consumption and CO2 emissions, and the innovative safety features such as the driver drowsiness detection system, you get a car that feels much like a polished version of the model it succeeded.
Is this a bad thing, though? Many buyers don't want a thrusting sports saloon masquerading as an executive car: they just want something that will make journeys relaxing, calm and comfortable; with top-notch safety equipment should the worst come to the worst. That's exactly what the E-Class delivers.
If there's any disappointment it's that there's no real flair to much of the car. It's a Mercedes through and through, but innovative thinking seems to have stopped with the safety and fuel-saving work.
Reader test team says:
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