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This is the new Mercedes E-Class Estate and the big news, literally, is the boot. A huge, cavernous, sofa-swallowing boot.
At 1950 litres is will have more load space than any of its rivals when it goes on sale early next year. And, like the outgoing model, it has a party trick - an optional third row of seats that fold flat into the floor, making it a seven-seater. There's even a secret compartment under the boot floor in which to store gimps and other bits and bobs.
It has a more spacious interior than the outgoing model, giving your head and elbows and other bodily extremities some extra space.
And to make sure you don't plough along with the boot weighed down and the bonnet pointing to the sky, the E Estate has automatic self-levelling suspension as standard to keep you nice and horizontal.
Expect the usual array of engines, from an E250 four-cylinder diesel kicking out just 150g/km CO2 to a meaty 5.4-litre V8 with 388bhp.
Let's hope the 6.3-litre AMG version arrives soon. In the meantime, you can read our drive of the saloon version...
E-Class Estate: it's big
New E-Class Estate gets seven-seat option and bigger boot than all its rivals
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Musashi commented on this article
at 04:02 pm on 05 August 2009
Can't wait for the AMG. My current lease runs out on 2011...
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jak92 commented on this article
at 05:31 pm on 05 August 2009
looks nice. lol @ the gimps in the boot!
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Mikeado commented on this article
at 06:21 pm on 05 August 2009
"There's even a secret compartment under the boot floor in which to store gimps" - My goodness, what do Mercedes owners get up to?!
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JOHNJOE commented on this article
at 08:36 pm on 05 August 2009
all the details above are not suprising i have the old e class estate from the w124 series mine is a 1988. it really is a huge car and it has seats in the back that fold flat into the floor and a citroen style self leveling rear suspension (all factory fitted when the car was new). the reason i did not move to the eclass estate after it was because i felt a drop in quality. my car was built like a tank and in the 20 years of ownership and after covering 350,000 miles there have been very few bills, i just decided to spend £2000 on the car and had everything spruced up like new door seals, new gaskets on engine, new filters for oil and fuel, and new suspension bushes etc. the car felt like new. so if this new e class is as well built as the old one i would not mind buyuing it. i would finally be able to change to a new car as good as the old one.
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johnb2k9 commented on this article
at 08:37 pm on 05 August 2009
nice car.AMG even nicer:-]
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