My E220D AMG Line went back last week after 30 months of lease (I extended it for 6 months) so thought I would write a summary of the car.
It was a lease car, £3000 down and £314 a month for 24 months then circa £260 (I think) for the last 6 months. That worked out cheaper than it would have done had I bought it brand new, even with a sizeable discount at the time I leased it (I explored that route).
It was fundamentally a decent car, nice to sit in with a nice interior and decent enough spec (I added noting but black paint). It did not drive that well, the steering was lifeless, the brakes lacked any real feel and it wallowed along compared to a BMW 5 series and even an A6, both of which I had access to during my E Class ownership. In the driving stakes it came third to those but it was on most surfaces smooth, quiet and easy to live with which is exactly what I wanted.
Run flat tyres and poor damping did make it a REAL pain on bad surfaces and would corrupt the ride quite badly. It was also not very fast but again more than enough 99% of the time. It stood up well when attacked by a 3 series Christmas before last and bar the odd bonnet sensor telling me the bonnet was open (just slam it from 5000000 feet fixed that) and the seatbelt sensor sometimes not noticing you were actually wearing your seatbelt, it was pretty faultless too.
I shall replace it in due course when the world starts moving again but would not buy / rent another. Sat Nav is dire though, just hated the entry of stuff to the extent I would stick it in the MB App and send it to the car....from the drivers seat!
Now I read that back it wasn’t very thorough a road test.
7/10
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