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Mercedes-Benz E-Class vs Nissan GT-R

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

$79,800 - $259,900

2022 price

Nissan GT-R
Nissan GT-R

2022 price

Summary

2022 Mercedes-Benz E-Class
2022 Nissan GT-R
Safety Rating

Engine Type
Turbo 4, 2.0L

Twin Turbo V6, 3.8L
Fuel Type
Premium Unleaded/Electric

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

12.0L/100km (combined)
Seating
5

4
Dislikes
  • Awkward boot arrangement
  • Limited electric range
  • Fiddly multimedia

  • Discontinued in Australia
  • Lagging behind active safety
  • Dated digital graphics
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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2022 Nissan GT-R Summary

Even on its Australian swansong outing, the incredible R35 GT-R continues to perform beyond expectations.

Released in late 2021, the final batch of specials spearheaded by the T-spec in regular GT-R and SV in flagship Nismo guises sold out quickly and are already commanding twice and even thrice their recommended retail prices in private hands.

Nobody ought to be surprised. From its glitzy 2007 Tokyo Motor Show debut (on the eve of a global recession at that), the GT-R has been nothing less than an automotive force of nature, moving with calamitous calm to the beat of its own twin-turbo and all-wheel-drive thrum, like nothing else matters. The R35 has seen off countless assassins in its time, including the Lexus LFA and Honda NSX II.

Some 15 years later, this is what a GT-R in T-spec trim feels like in 2022.

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