The 5 Series and E-Class have been executive stalwarts for nearly 50 years - how do they stack up in 2024?
This match-up feels like a bit of a barometer for the car industry. We’ve done BMW 5 Series versus Mercedes-Benz E-Class many times before – the first instance I can find in the Autocar archive is from 1976, when they were there as supporting characters in a Rover SD1 test. Various trends, types of cars and entire car makers have come and gone, but this pairing has felt like such a constant.
Many PHEVs don’t feel like they’re making all the power they’re supposed to unless you’ve got your foot to the floor, but these cars can deploy their electric motors early and often. It gives the effect of strong thrust without sending the petrol engine screaming to the redline – after all, neither of these 2.0-litre four-cylinders are a patch on the straight sixes of old.
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