Mercedes-Benz E Class, 2009 - 2016
553Rating5.013% better than average rating of competitors (4.3)Review number: 3 10% better than average rating of competitors (4.5)0% worse than average rating of competitors (5.0)0% worse than average rating of competitors (5.0)0% worse than average rating of competitors (5.0)10% better than average rating of competitors (4.5)RecommendsYes 33% No 67%
The new Mercedes E-Class delivers the luxury, elegance and ambition of the S-Class - features that have always been famous for this brand of cars. The industry is as tight as ever and the new model will have to compete with serious competitors - the BMW 5 Series, Audi A6 and the great new Jaguar XF. The new E-Class has taken on more angular shapes similar to the previous C-Class model, but has retained the four-headlight style at the front, yet the overall look doesn’t look harmonious. At the end, a more conservative style was chosen - here we see slightly more angled lights of the usual shape. But even if you don’t like the car’s design, you can’t underestimate the E-Class’s drag coefficient, which is extremely low at just 0.25. This will make the car even quieter and more economical. Inside, the designers worked better than creating the outside - here all the best ideas are borrowed from the S class. There may be too many buttons on the dashboard, but the quality of the materials and assembly is impeccable. Although the body has become 30 percent stiffer, there is an even greater gap from the environment when driving the car. It is a step towards class-leading BMW 5 and Jaguar XJ models. As befits a car, it has the power of a wide range of technologies, such as an infrared camera, a system that signals signs of driver fatigue, as well as a system that switches lights to low beam as soon as it captures the lights of a car coming from the front. Traditionally, the most powerful version of the AMG SL63 is also produced, which has a 6.2-liter V8 engine. For the first time (together with the AMG version of the C-Class), AMG is changing its philosophy, which will focus not so much on engine power as on improved vehicle handling.