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Mercedes-Benz E270 CDI Classic

Test date 14 August 2002  Price as tested £29,760

The E-Class and its forebears have always managed to combine luxury and utility.

They have always been stylish and desirable but spacious and exceptionally durable too, qualities which have kept E-Class sales steady as buyers of big executive saloons have had their heads turned by off-roaders, people carriers, coupes and cabriolets.

Over 1.4 million outgoing E-Classes were sold since its launch in 1995, and its importance to the DaimlerChrysler group cannot be overstated.

If Mercedes’ four-year, £1.2 billion programme to develop its replacement produces nothing more than a fresh version of the same concept it will have been time and money well spent.

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