Category: Executive 
Price Range: £29,324 to £68,409
Comfort, road behaviour, safety, intelligently thought-out, overall quality, spacious load bay.
Styling a little dull, rear room a little tight, irritating brake pump noise, expensive options, not the most dynamic drive in its class.
A complete car, but an expensive one, and not without minor irritants.
Top marks from independent crash testers EuroNCAP means that the E-Class is one of the safest cars on the road. It also debuted a number of new safety features when it went on sale, including a rollover detection system and software to deploy appropriate safety systems, while it also has full length head airbags and side airbags, electronic stability control and Sensotronic brake-by-wire brakes that get emergency brake assist. 'Dynamic headlamps' that follow the angle of the steering wheel around corners at night are also offered.
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wrote on 05 10 2007