bpsorrel
MB Enthusiast
- Joined
- Mar 11, 2009
- Messages
- 6,027
- Location
- UK and Russia
- Car
- '21 C300 Coupe, '20 SLC Final Edition, Peugeot 208 (hers!) and a new Ford Kuga in Russia
Autocar tester loves E Class estate!
'cos its got a nice big boot for the shopping.
....and those Hawk-eyed ones amongst us will notice it came out top on driver leg room of the cars they tested....
I'm going to have a look at one when the ML goes for service on Monday.
I'm going to have a look at one when the ML goes for service on Monday.
OP
OP
bpsorrel
MB Enthusiast
- Joined
- Mar 11, 2009
- Messages
- 6,027
- Location
- UK and Russia
- Car
- '21 C300 Coupe, '20 SLC Final Edition, Peugeot 208 (hers!) and a new Ford Kuga in Russia
Talking of MLs, I'm having a long term test in an ML320 cdi in a couple of weeks with the aim of maybe changing my S211 for it... I'll report my conclusions (with pics) when I'm done.
hawk20
MB Enthusiast
They do mention the offset driving position in the general review of the new E class (even though they omit this from the estate review partly becuase it is much less obvious with the automatic set-up). Slipshod work by the design department IMO when there is so much CAD software available that there is no excuse for failing to work out a design that allowed the pedals to be in the right place in both left and right hand versions.
As for the claimed flat load floor -go try it. It is not flat and cannot be so without the rear squab folding as it does in the much better designed 211 E class estate. And no mention that at the forward end of the load floor there is now a large gap before the front seats for objects to fall in. And nothing to stop stuff in the back sliding into the drivers and passenger seats. Written I felt by someone who does not regularly use an estate car.
In the 211 version the squab folds forward and provides a firm bulkhead for stuff to press up against without hitting the seats. Dearer but better IMO.
As for the claimed flat load floor -go try it. It is not flat and cannot be so without the rear squab folding as it does in the much better designed 211 E class estate. And no mention that at the forward end of the load floor there is now a large gap before the front seats for objects to fall in. And nothing to stop stuff in the back sliding into the drivers and passenger seats. Written I felt by someone who does not regularly use an estate car.
In the 211 version the squab folds forward and provides a firm bulkhead for stuff to press up against without hitting the seats. Dearer but better IMO.
Last edited:
scumbag
MB Enthusiast
- Joined
- Feb 20, 2005
- Messages
- 3,321
- Location
- Abu Dhabi. UAE
- Car
- Its German, has a round badge, reminds me of a Mercedes. Satan fuelled
If it has the same load area cover as mine, then it does have a device attached to the back of the rear seats which has a netting which comes out and connect into slots in the roof. Both when seats are up and when folded. this does the work that you are saying.
And it will have floor hooks for the baggage nets, which you should use to prevent items in the boot sliding about anyway.
I think you need to go have another look at one just to check if it has the same as the C Class load area cover. I might not have.
I sat in a manual 212 E class .. it was shocking. The clutch pedal is much too far to the right, it is in line with the steering column!!! Even an Iraqi car company can do better than that!
What are they doing? Producing a manual version which no one will buy just to reduce average CO2 emissions?
Have seen manual 212 E class cars sitting unsold for months. No surprise at all.
hawk20
MB Enthusiast
In a way, yes. But only becuase they won't cull the slipshod people in the design department who keep being told a third of the world's cars are RHD and they keep saying 'Oh sorry sir, I forgot.' Doh!
It is not just this E class where RHD is clearly a late afterthought. Remember the GLK debacle. Remember no 4 matic E class models in RHD. And on and on.
