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satnav screen? Flash 10-spoke alloys, stitched leather seats, soft 64-colour interior light strips, five driving modes and DAB radio?
“Stop it! Stop now! They don’t need it,” screamed Mr BBC. The whole BBC shambles is a disgrace and if it carries on we’ll all end up in cars “by BBC”.
Still, at least my little list of things that owners of the Merc by BBC will not get shows what a great car the E Class is. All these features come as standard on a huge car that, to be fair, isn’t cheap at a bit more than 40-grand.
Even so, Merc had managed to add another £11,000-worth of extras to the car they loaned me.
Would I really pay £2,795 for even flasher seats, a vast glass sunroof and a neat electric boot lid? Well I wouldn’t, but at least I would have had the option.
The BBC, on the other hand, just takes things away without asking if you minded.
The E Class is undoubtedly a fantastic car. It’s so posh that when you open the doors it feels as if you’ve entered a palace. Everything about it screams high-class at you, from its beautiful silver and black
dashboard to colossal near four-feet deep boot, that stretches out to almost seven feet when you fold the rear seat backs flat. That’s the reason people buy estate cars.
Personally I found the suspension to be a bit too soft and floaty in “Comfort” mode but that was simply fixed by moving it to “Sport” mode which was the ideal mixture of both settings and didn’t break your back.
Some may say that the diesel engine sounded a touch rough when you put your foot down but it’s unlikely that E Class estate owners will ever be in a hurry.
Anyway, buying a different engine wouldn’t allow you to cruise in silence at 70mph with it barely working at 1,500rpm.
The E Class is beyond any question a superb piece of work. It’s fantastic.
Oh, did someone mention work. That’s just another thing that the BBC don’t do properly any more. ENGINE: TOP SPEED: MPG: CO2: