Many of today?s mid-size luxury sedans fetishize sportiness, but there are still hordes of customers in this space for whom sports-car-challenging Nürburgring lap times, quick steering, and firm suspension tuning matters little. These folks would be well served by the newest Mercedes-Benz E-class, which boldly goes its own way by placing comfort before sportiness. Our first encounter with the 2017 E-class took place in crowded Lisbon, Portugal, and largely focused on its arsenal of semi-autonomous and active-safety technologies. We?ve since had a much longer run at the new E-class in U.S.-spec E300 4MATIC form in California and, having already covered its self-driving features and tech in great detail from Portugal, this review homes in on the Benz?s merit as an automobile?one driven by a human. READ MORE ??
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