Mercedes-Benz · Saloon · 2024

Mercedes-Benz E-Class

It is the car of German taxis and corporate fleets the world over, and the reason is mileage resistance: these are machines engineered to pass four hundred thousand kilometres intact. Ride comfort is its business — suspension that absorbs without wallowing, seats developed with orthopaedic specialists, and enough silence at 130 km/h to hold a phone call without raising your voice. Against the 5 Series it is less sporting and more passenger-focused; against the electric i5 it offers the freedom of a five-minute refill. The 300 e plug-in claims 115 km of electric range, among the highest in the class, letting you run it as an EV during the week and a combustion car on long weekends. It is big: in town and in underground car parks the dimensions make themselves felt.