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Mercedes-Benz E-Class Estate S211 facelift

Mid-Size Wagon

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Product Overview

Mercedes-Benz E-Class Estate S211 facelift is an executive station wagon in production from 2005 to 2009. It was available with a range of V6, V8, and inline-4 engines that displaced 1.8 to 6.2 liters.
At the point of this facelift, Mercedes already discontinued inline-6 engines. Along with it, the venerable M113K supercharged V8 was dropped, too. In its place, Mercedes introduced another legend, the M156 naturally-aspirated 6.2L V8. This is the first engine developed from the ground up by AMG and features many high-performance elements. Unfortunately, it suffers from premature cam wear and broken head bolts.
Another change is the introduction of 7-speed 7G-Tronic automatic transmission. Unfortunately, this transmission was very troublesome at launch and never quite caught up to the 5G-Tronic in terms of smoothness and reliability.

Ratings

What we found

Neofiliac score 85%
Pros
  • Multi-link suspensions all-around
  • Superb M156 engine (though not very reliable)
  • Same elegant stylin
Cons
  • M113K is discontinued
  • 7G-Tronic not the best in this stage

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Specifications

Variants shown:
E 200 CDI
E 200 CDI MT
E 200 Kompressor
E 200 Kompressor MT
E 220 CDI
E 220 CDI MT
E 230
E 230 MT
E 280
E 280 4MATIC
E 280 CDI
E 280 CDI 4MATIC
E 280 CDI MT
E 280 MT
E 320 CDI
E 320 CDI 4MATIC
E 350
E 350 4MATIC
E 350 CGI
E 500
E 500 4MATIC
E 63 AMG

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