ROAD TEST
Mercedes-Benz E400 is worthy of a second glance
Mark Smyth became reacquainted with a Mercedes-Benz and found it is still admired
It has been a long time since we had a Mercedes-Benz on test, so long in fact that we were starting to wonder if we were going to have to lie to Mercedes SA and tell them we are Motoring Influencers. Some might say we are influential but don’t ever call us influencers. Seriously, don’t. Fortunately and because we never lie, we did not have to go that far and while the last car we had on test wearing the three-pointed star was an E-Class back in August 2016, we were happy to see another E arrive in the car park. This time it was the E400 4Matic convertible. It was kind of like meeting a friend you haven’t seen for a while, a friend who still looks as good as ever. Except in this case the convertible version looks even better than the sedan, in the same way the S-Class coupe looks much sexier than the saloon on which it is based. It did not take long to find that others agreed. I have a thing called the second-glance test. It’s not scientific. Drive past people on the street and then ...
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