Buying a station wagon in the United States is an exceedingly niche thing to do – especially if that wagon isn’t a Subaru Outback. The numbers are bleak: JD Power says that wagons made up just 1.4% of overall vehicle sales in 2018, the vast majority …				
					
					
							
									
						
		
								
		
						
							
					We’ve seen lightly camouflaged prototypes of the Mercedes-Benz E-Class and AMG E63 for a year now; it’s been so long that many predicted Stuttgart’s bread-and-butter sedan to debut this year as a 2020 model. Both cars have been spotted navigating German streets, their minimal changes still …				
					
					
							
									
						
		
								
		
						
							
					I wish there were more cars like the Mercedes-Benz E 300 de. After all, a diesel plug-in hybrid offers all the cleaner, tax-busting benefits of pure-electric power for short journeys and inner-city hops, plus diesel economy when you hit the motorway.   We hardly need to …				
					
					
							
									
						
		
								
		
						
							
					Mercedes-Benz has sold more than one million examples of the tenth-generation E-Class since its launch in 2016, so this facelifted version has a lot riding on its shoulders from a commercial perspective. It’s a comprehensive update, too – Mercedes has fiddled with the E-Class’ engines, safety …