A great car that was once the fastest production diesel car, it has a stonking 3 litre chain driven bullet proof engine, with a whacking great turbo! Its also sooo smooth to drive and very good on fuel for a big car.

One of the last MB cars hand-made in Germany, best car I ever owned, including later year MB cars. If you own one, KEEP IT. If you are looking for one and find it, BUY IT! If you do standard maintenance, the cars will last forever, high miles are no issue. Enjoy the car!

This is my third Benz; I like it very much. While it is over a decade old, the previous owner was very good about care and maintenance so it is in very good shape. It is a high-end luxury car so the power and handling isn't what you'd expect from a sports car but it moves when it needs to and it handles very well, especially with the 4-wheel drive. I used to commute quite a ways every work day and it made that a pleasant experience; now if it could only do something about the other drivers on the road, it would be perfect! Oddly enough, it is often a boring experience; there just isn't a lot of tweaking and fiddling with controls to do. You mostly set things and they just work. Lots of nice little touches that are now standard on lesser cars (interior lights that fade out; exterior lights that stay on a bit so you can see your way, dual zone climate control, etc.). I was wary of the "new" styling but I really like it now; the current crop of Benzs look like the standard melted jelly beans.

In 1999 Car and Driver said this is the fastest sedan ever to drive the face of the earth. It looks elegant and nobody expects it to have the massive power that it does. It is faster than a corvette and does it while hauling 5 passengers! Last car AMG built before being purchased by Daimler! Now AMG makes cosmetics and sport packages this was a the last of the true AMGs! This is classified as a SuperCar like a Ferrari or a Porsche would be. Truly amazing power and handling from a naturally aspirated engine!

Excellent for Mercedes Beginners, super fun. The economy in the city is crap but very cheap on the highway or open road....really fast!! What´s best is that classic E class look and the durability of the engine is very impressive.