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E numbers

8 10

£39,680

2.0T 4cyl

191 bhp

9spd auto

7.3 secs

53.3 mpg

139 g/km

FOR World’s best 2.0-litre diesel engine. Outstanding economy

AGAINST Facelift tweaks make the E’s interior rather annoying

This is not the Mercedes E-Class you buy because you one. This is the E you buy because you require a 750-mile range from a single tank, or because you think ‘AMG’ is some sort of chemicals corporation, or because you haven’t actually bought one at all. Your company has, and you’ve just got to shell out for the CO tax. Not much, in this case. It’s the E by numbers.

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