BMW assures us the adaptive suspension setup and tune is identical ... Comfort is the main focus, clearly, for the E300, and the big Merc does it well. We weren’t offered a car without Airmatic air ...

The Mercedes Benz E-Class is a mid-sized luxury car, in competition with Audi's A6 sedan, BMW's 5-Series and the Lexus GS ... great fuel economy for a luxury vehicle, making due (in E300 guise) with a ...

Otherwise, even a simple-spec E300 provides a step up from what you might expect from ... While cross-shopping the E-Class and a BMW 5 Series would normally be relatively easy, the Merc’s $131,500 ...