Island Life Magazine Ltd October/November 2009 | Page 43

MOTORING

life

Mercedes E-Class
Coupe shows its breeding
THERE are cars which like to show you

For when you ask the E-Class Coupe

The Sat Nav is easy, and the radio learns

what they’ve got, unbuttoning their shirts

Sport to shift speedily you can almost feel

to reveal their rippling torsos. You step

it leaning back and relaxing – as without

on the gas to see how they perform and,

any apparent effort it takes off, into the

a celebrity but it has the naturalness of

noisily and showily they burn rubber,

stratosphere.

a woman who is completely unaware of

almost curling a self-satisfied lip as they

The brushed stainless steel pedals could

very quickly what you like to listen to.
It has every right to adopt the stance of

her beauty. This is more than class: it’s

hug the corners. Medallion man is alive

evoke the boy racer in you, as could the

and well, and although you can’t help

gear-shift paddles on the steering wheel

being impressed with the performance

for super weaving – but actually the

EFFICIENCY Sport , with its 6-cylinder, 231

you rather wish you weren’t.

torque is such that there’ll be few times

hp 7-speed automatic . RRP £35,280.

And then there is the Mercedes E

when you use them. Push a button and

-Class Coupe. A car of such great beauty

you’re in sports driving mode – you can

that it has no need to try to impress.

feel the suspension harden underneath

Curvaceous, its racy touches like deep-set

you.

slanted headlights don’t undermine its

breeding.
On test was the diesel E350 CDI Blue

Test drive at Esplanade, Medina Avenue,
Newport. Tel: [phone]

You knew you were going to enjoy the

authority on the road. Choose your alloy

ride because there is nothing that jars

wheels from four understated designs,

about this car. As you nestle into the deep

and ditto the exhaust tailpipes, and your

leather and turn the key, the seatbelt

car leaves an almost tangible sense of

offers itself to you: when your passenger

grace – as you sail past the hoi polloi.

gets out the belt withdraws, so neatly.
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