Category: Executive 
Price Range: £29,324 to £68,409
Roomy, refined, beautifully built and blessed with fine V6/V8 engines and an exceptional diesel, the E-Class also holds value very well.
But it's pricey, some variants are poorly specified for the money, and the four cylinder petrol engines aren't great.
A wise choice, if not always an exciting one.
Although very much in the tradition of Stuttgart's executive class saloons the E-Class - which comes with four, six and eight cylinder engines - stands out from the crowd with its trademark circular headlights. It's a great motorway machine, with a restful gait and impressive refinement. Likely to be long-lasting and to retain its value, it is nonetheless not quite as polished as its BMW 5-Series compatriot, despite the improvements it received in 1999.
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wrote on 05 10 2007