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.
It's not cheap to buy but, in return, the E-Class should at least hold its value reasonably well. Bear in mind, though, that ticking too many boxes on the options list will not see their value retained when you come to sell. Fuel economy is competitive for petrol and diesel engines, but for company car drivers, the diesels' lower carbon-dioxide emissions mean they will incur the least tax. Servicing costs should be well contained.
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wrote on 05 10 2007