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Mercedes-Benz E-Class vs BMW M5

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Mercedes-Benz E-Class
Mercedes-Benz E-Class

$79,800 - $259,900

2022 price

BMW M5
BMW M5

$110,900 - $110,900

2018 price

Summary

2022 Mercedes-Benz E-Class
2018 BMW M5
Safety Rating

Engine Type
Turbo 4, 2.0L

Turbo V8, 4.4L
Fuel Type
Premium Unleaded/Electric

Premium Unleaded Petrol
Fuel Efficiency
2.2L/100km (combined)

10.6L/100km (combined)
Seating
5

5
Dislikes
  • Awkward boot arrangement
  • Limited electric range
  • Fiddly multimedia

  • Hefty price hike
  • Design, inside and out, could be more adventurous
  • Still no phone mirroring
2022 Mercedes-Benz E-Class Summary

For all the glitz, glamour, and breadth of the Mercedes-Benz passenger car range, it's nice to see the E-Class sedan, to many, the Mercedes-Benz, still persevere.

While Benz has re-invented its small cars and SUVs multiple times to stay up to date with global trends, the E-Class has soldiered on for the brand's faithful in the same form it always has, only now the time has come for its gradual steps into electrification.

Dubbed the E 300 e, this plug-in hybrid variant aims to offer some of the experience of an electric car with all of the experience of Mercedes’ renowned executive sedan.

But does this electric update improve the core Mercedes experience or only work to compromise it?

I took this latest version for a week to find out.

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2018 BMW M5 Summary

Remember back when people were saying the BMW M5 would lose a little something by shifting from its traditional rear-wheel drive set-up to all-wheel drive?

It would drain a little sparkle, maybe. Or some excitement. It would become more predictable, more placid - hell, even boring.

But hindsight is always 20/20, and we know now that switching to AWD has done nothing but allow BMW to funnel even more power into the tarmac, with the German brand upping power outputs and dropping lap times in one fell swoop. 

Consider the M5 Competition, then, BMW’s way of delivering the ultimate 'I told you so'. Because it’s not just the most fun, most potent AWD M5 ever - it’s the best M5 period.

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2022 Mercedes-Benz E-Class 2018 BMW M5

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