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Mercedes Benz E55 AMG (2001-2003) Review

Category: Exotic Sports 3.5 out of 5

Summary of the Mercedes Benz E55 AMG (2001-2003)

Price Range: £29,324 to £68,409

Assets

Lovely engine, sharp brakes, estate's practicality

Drawbacks

Looming obsolescence, high price, saloon's looks

Verdict

The estate makes more sense than the saloon

Mercedes E-Class Estate Review

Running Costs2.5 out of 5

This model will be expensive to fuel and insure, though if you can shell out over Expect the estate in particular to be in great demand on the used car market, so values will stay strong, though in a few years' time either model will make a storming secondhand buy. It's difficult to justify spending so much money on a car that's about to be replaced. The estate is the more complete package, but the Audi S6 Avant 4.2 quattro is nearly as quick, a newly-launched model and costs around

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Latest Readers' Drives About the Mercedes E-Class Estate

stuartianmac
wrote on 05 10 2007

Sport is not normally a word you would associate with the E, especially in non-AMG standard form, bu...

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