Category: Executive 
Price Range: £29,324 to £68,409
Comfort, road behaviour, safety, intelligently thought-out, overall quality, spacious load bay.
Cost (especially when adding from a long list of options), ride quality in town, patrician image.
Now back on track, the E-Class's numerous changes should win back the Merc faithful.
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 make for a cosseting ownership experience, but you won't see their value of the extras 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 also be well contained.
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wrote on 05 10 2007