Make: Mercedes-Benz

Feb / 1996 date:

Aug / 2002 End date:

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A larger and complex car than the W124, the E-class made up in space for it lacked in visual grace.

In it was as spacious as the 1980s S-class as well as the safest ever to date.

But the W210 was also 20 per cent to build, signalling the end of Mercedes’ philosophy that was going to see the suffer significant quality and PR over the next decade.

was the E-class that also Mercedes’ model variant Classic (base) and Elegance

From early ’96 to May ’98, the badge returned – revealing a new 2.3-litre DOHC 16V four-cylinder From November ’96 it gained a automatic gearbox instead of the old while the hearse-like E230T followed at the same time.

For performance the E36, with a 3.6-litre in-line six-cylinder and four-speed automatic gearbox was form May ’96 to July ’97.

mundane was the E320, powered by a 3.2 DOHC 24V in-line six-cylinder with a four-speed auto the five-speed auto arrived in ’96.

This characterful and Mercedes engine was not to last as the company switched to the more but less charming 165kW/315Nm 3.2 V6s July ’97.

From May ’98 the four-cylinder E-class was scrapped as the all-new V6 engine produced a 125kW/225Nm 2.4-litre 18V opener as the E240 and E240T, a 150kW/270Nm 2.8 SOHC 18V V6 E280 from September of that

For best fuel economy the Turbo sedan’s 130kW/330Nm was from July ’97.

At the other end of the spectrum the E430 in January ’98, powered by a 4.3-litre V8. Topping this was the E55, with a 260kW/530Nm V8 by Mercedes tuners AMG.

changes were implemented in ’99, with a host of suspension and structural upgrades to make the W210 drive and more like a modern A sequential-shift facility was added to the automatic.

Revised cabin and alterations fronted by a near-invisible nose and tail treatment.

This Series II W210 ushered in the Avantgarde ‘sporting model variant, as well as the of the entry-level four-cylinder E-class in the of the supercharged 120kW/230Nm 2.0-litre 16V E200K – K for Kompressor.

Much was the E270 CDI, using new injection technology to produce a and efficient 125kW/400Nm from a DOHC 20V five-cylinder turbo-diesel

The W210 E-class re-emerged in with a bold new skin as the 300C.

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