Mercedes-Benz E-Class Estate review

For over half a century now, Mercedes has been skilfully blending luxury and space with a large estate model proudly wearing that prestigious three-pointed star. In fact, there have been five of the larger estate models in total, of which four have been badged, in one way or another, the Mercedes E-Class Estate.

And in so doing it set a trend; one that left other premium producers floundering for years until Audi finally evened up the score with its estates, such as today’s A6 Avant, and BMW with its 5 Series Touring.

Right, that’s the history lesson done and dusted with. Now let’s focus on how good the E-Class Estate is; after all, tradition is all well and dandy, but here at What Car? it’s overridden, as always, by sound objectivity.

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