Mercedes-Benz E43 2016 Video Review

Richard Berry road tests and reviews the 2016 Mercedes-Benz E200 and E220d with specs, fuel consumption and verdict at their Australian launch.

Even if you don’t drive a Mercedes-Benz, you kind of do. You see Mercedes-Benz has pioneered so many innovations that are now found in every new car. There’s anti-locking brakes, independent suspension, the multivalve engine, traction and stability control. All these milestones came after Mercedes-Benz invented the first diesel car, the first electric car, and that’s right it patented the first car, too.

As for the new cars we’ll all be driving in the future they will start to become partially automated, they’ll see the road not as the long black bit with white lines, but how you do – recognising trees, buildings, other cars and people and where it fits safely in there. How do I know this? I’ve just driven the latest generation Benz E-Class. This model has a lineage that goes back to a time when people were mainly driving horses and as each E-Class generation has arrived it’s pioneered more innovations that set new standards and then become the norm.

Read the full Mercedes-Benz E-Class E200 and E220d 2016 review.