Category: Executive 
Price Range: £29,324 to £68,409
Refined, quick and prestigious; excellent new diesels; relatively low fuel consumption and emissions.
Rather conservative, not a sporting drive.
The consummate executive all-rounder, now more fuel-efficient and better value for money.
The E-Class is set to return best-in-class residual (resale) values; German forecasters predict a 62.5% return on original new price for the E250 CDI after three years, and British analysts are similarly optimistic.
The diesels will hold their value best, of course, and used buyers will prefer the traditional automatic gearboxes. The E500, however, could well be a big white elephant when it comes to resale time - especially in the glitzy white paint now on the options list. Best keep it conservative to preserve used values.
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wrote on 05 10 2007