Mercedes E-Class

Sixth-generation executive saloon and estate ramp up the luxury and tech Walking out of our hotel in the heart of Vienna’s historic Petersplatz square, a fellow journalist and I head towards our press car for the day, the all-new, sixth-generation Mercedes-Benz E-Class, and attempt to open the door.The salient word here being ‘attempt’, because it’s only when the retractable door handles fail to deploy from their recessed cubbies that we realise we’re trying to jump inside a Mercedes S-Class support car.Mistaking one car for another is a rather embarrassing faux pas for an automotive journalist, but in our defence Mercedes has designed the new E-Class to resemble its big brother quite closely.E220d estate impressions by Greg Kable