Top Gear’s guide to: Mercedes-Benz

Lord won’t you buy me a Mercedes-Benz? No? OK, well in that case find some money and buy one yourself. The line-up here features some of the most impressive cars on this or several other planets. Plus Stonehenge residuals. You can’t really lose.

9/10

Mercedes-Benz

S-Class

£74,400 – £187,135

Rivals are closer than ever, but S-Class remains our favourite luxo-barge. For now

9/10

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E-Class Estate

£39,555 – £95,305

One of the most practical, sensible and desirable large estates.

8/10

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C-Class

£28,695 – £76,513

Meet the new C-Class, same as the old C-Class: comfy, techy and classy

8/10

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C-Class Coupe

£35,025 – £78,803

A coupe that majors on comfort and luxury. Unless you go for the C63 AMG, in which case it's NUTS

8/10

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C-Class Estate

£31,785 – £77,713

Classy, sensible and easy to live with. Not the most exciting small estate on sale, but possibly the most well-rounded

8/10

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C-Class Cabriolet

£38,844 – £81,221

Mercedes nails it. The C-Class cabrio is pleasant to drive but majors on open-top relaxation

8/10

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E Class All-Terrain

£64,445

It’s not revolutionary, but in refocusing the dynamics to deliver a more relaxed driving experience, the All-Terrain is the most compelling E-Class estate out there

8/10

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G-Class

£143,305

The leaps forward in road manners, cabin design and quality take the G-Class from being an ageing anachronism to a car that can be considered alongside top end Range Rovers

8/10

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CLS

£52,530 – £82,825

Same waft, just with added style. A fine long-distance GT, if ever there was one.

8/10

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S-Class Coupe

£104,060 – £188,760

Great looking, stuffed with tech, implausibly fast. A private jet for the road

8/10

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V-Class Marco Polo

£48,770 – £59,185

Every bit as convincing as the VW California. What is loses in the finer packaging details, it makes up for in quality and design.

8/10

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V-Class

£48,770 – £59,185

A few niggles aside, this V-Class feels luxurious and worth the outlay. A fine, MPV/business-express.

8/10

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B-Class

£25,155 – £35,909

The B-Class is now a genuine contender – if an expensive one – in the family hatch sector.

8/10

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E-Class

£37,555 – £105,330

Mercedes has thrown everything it knows into the new E-Class. You can tell.

8/10

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E-Class Cabriolet

£45,295 – £69,135

Mercedes almost undermines its own flagship with new E-Class Cabrio. Close one

8/10

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AMG GT

£102,005 – £186,155

Dramatic, fast and useable, with Mercedes’ thoroughness and AMG’s sporting genes.

8/10

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GLS

£71,275 – £104,745

A very well executed big, luxury Benz. Lovely thing

7/10

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AMG A45

£22,855 – £39,200

An immensely fast and capable car to drive. But Golf R remains better to drive.

7/10

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GLA

£24,835 – £52,850

A likeable thing. Go for a higher powertrain and it makes most sense.

7/10

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GLC 63 AMG

£76,505

By no means perfect, but blessed with such character we can forgive AMG’s bombastic GLC

7/10

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E-Class Coupe

£40,800 – £65,640

Looks good, lowers the heart rate and comes with some reasonably cost-effective engines. A winning combination

7/10

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CLA

£26,825 – £50,365

Not much different to the A-Class, but that's OK. Why mess with a successful formula?