The Mercedes E-Class Coupe: A Luxurious yet Unconventional Driving Experience

As I settled into the plush seats of the Mercedes E-Class Coupe, I couldn't help but feel a sense of excitement and anticipation. The sweeping pillar that adorned the dashboard seemed imposing at first glance, but as I clicked up to watch my 360-degree passenger ride video, I realized that its sheer size made it difficult to see out the back window. The view was indeed limited, but that didn't detract from the overall sense of luxury and refinement that permeated every aspect of the car.

The steering wheel felt a bit too rubbery in my hands, and while it did have a satisfying "click" when I shifted gears, I couldn't shake off the feeling that it wasn't quite as sporty as some of its rivals. The suspension was firmer than usual when the car was put into sports mode, but it didn't quite live up to the promise of a truly thrilling driving experience. Nevertheless, I did appreciate the subtle noise flow and satisfying "thunk" that accompanied every gear shift.

As I hit the twisty roads, I discovered that while the E-Class Coupe wasn't exactly a handling enthusiast's dream, it was still capable of delivering a smooth and comfortable ride. The seats were truly exceptional, with a level of luxury and support that would put even the most discerning passenger at ease. And when cruising on the motorway, the car proved to be a tranquil companion, its engines humming along quietly as we glided through the traffic.

In terms of engines, I was presented with three options: a 2-liter diesel, a 2-liter turbo petrol, and a 3-liter diesel with all-wheel drive. While the diesel engine was certainly an attractive option in terms of economy, I found myself drawn to the sporty appeal of the 2-liter turbo petrol. Its smoothness and responsiveness made it a joy to rev up, even if it did sacrifice a bit of outright performance.

However, not everything about the E-Class Coupe is without its quirks. One feature that particularly grated on my nerves was the simulated "sport mode" that seemed designed to make gear shifts feel more dramatic than they actually were. I couldn't help but feel that this was a cheap trick, and one that took away from the overall sense of authenticity.

In addition to its driving characteristics, the E-Class Coupe also boasts some rather...unusual design choices. For example, the piece of flimsy plastic on the door bin seemed utterly out of place in a car of this caliber. And while I did appreciate the subtle color options available for the interior trim, I couldn't help but wonder why Mercedes had seen fit to apply its signature logo to every single window of the car.

Finally, there's the question of weight and complexity. The doors on this car are truly massive, and they seemed to weigh an awful lot when they were closing. But it was the reversing camera that really stole the show – a 360-degree view that made parking and maneuvering in tight spaces a breeze.

In conclusion, while the Mercedes E-Class Coupe may not be the most exciting or sporty driving machine on the market, it is certainly a luxurious and refined companion for long-distance cruising. With its comfortable seats, smooth engines, and attention to detail, it's a car that would be right at home in the UK countryside. So should you avoid it? Not necessarily – but do keep an eye out for some of those... quirks.

Annoying things about the Mercedes E-Class Coupe

While the E-Class Coupe is undoubtedly a luxurious and refined machine, there are a few features that failed to impress me entirely.

One of my pet peeves was the use of cheap, plastic materials in certain areas of the car. The door bin, for example, seemed woefully out of place among the rest of the dashboard trim. And while I did appreciate the subtle color options available for the interior trim, I couldn't help but wonder why Mercedes had seen fit to apply its signature logo to every single window of the car.

Another thing that grated on my nerves was the "sport mode" feature that seemed designed to make gear shifts feel more dramatic than they actually were. It's a feature that felt overly artificial and forced, and one that took away from the overall sense of authenticity.

The door handles on this car are also quite heavy – I'm not sure what the designers were thinking when they decided to make them so substantial! But thankfully, there is some compensation for this in the form of cleverly designed air vents and subtle color options.

In terms of practicality, the E-Class Coupe fares relatively well. The 360-degree view camera system is a game-changer for parking and maneuvering in tight spaces, and the seats are truly exceptional. However, the car's rather flimsy plastics and lack of attention to detail in certain areas do make it feel slightly less than perfect.

Overall, I'd say that while there are some annoying features and quirks to be found in the Mercedes E-Class Coupe, they don't necessarily detract from the overall sense of luxury and refinement that permeates every aspect of the car. So if you're in the market for a comfortable and refined long-distance cruiser, this might be worth considering – but do keep an eye out for those... imperfections.

Additional features:

* 360-degree view camera system

* Luxurious interior trim options

* Smooth engines with subtle noise flow

* Comfortable seats with attention to detail

* Unconventional design choices (including flimsy plastics and lack of attention to detail)

Rating: 4/5 stars

Recommended for: Long-distance cruising, comfort-focused driving experiences.

Not recommended for: Enthusiast drivers seeking a truly thrilling ride.

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kis standard you've got these rather nice sports seats with leatherette covering I mean it's not real leather but it's what it feels good enough and this one's got this wood veneer in it I mean wood kind of awful in cars but this is absolutely gorgeous there's lots of countless car as well so you get things like NOK an electric steering column as standard you get electrically operated seats are heated as well like I say fully loaded the only slight problem is the infotainment system so most cars come with an 8 inch screen this is actually the upgraded 12 inch system with Command online and you get that with a 6-cylinder engine the v6 petrol and you do want upgrade to this if you have one of the 4 cylinder cars because it just looks great and you can get it with this smart looking digital drivers display now if you click up there you can actually my full in-depth video review of this infotainment system one thing I should point out though is that these controls its touching sitive controls on the steering wheel do take a little bit of getting used to and it's it's an alright system to use it's not as easy to use as it is good to look at unfortunately but on the whole yeah lovely in here and there some decent practicality with their big door bins and a little bit of room under there will it fit know which have shown that now and there's some more cup holders here which are big enough fatter bottles now one of the prongs with coupage is that there's not room in the back of them that sloping roofline does affect the old Headroom I'll just get this at the white I'll try to get this other way so you can see what's going on now let this see come back electrically it's not the fastest but it's nice and smooth so here we go look I've got enough legroom even if I sit up straight I have got enough Headroom however if someone's ever six-foot they will find their head touching the roof he won't be so great for them still there are some nice features in here for instance all the seats fall down and they split three ways so you can carry things through there and still two people either side great if you fancy a skiing trip now let's look at the boot itself the capacity is actually pretty big you can fit lots of stuff in it however because it's shallow it does restrict what you actually can fit in there so yeah there's beautiful worthy of that however there are still some nice features in this boots of this tethering point system storage area here there's a hook to hang your shopping off so didn't roll around when you get them in the corners and you can release the rear seats by pulling onto these levers and they're here got a little bit of extra storage and the classic Mercedes kind of origami box for carrying your groceries I guess yeah now if you want to see just how much stuff that you can fit in this cause we click up there to watch my detail practicality video you'll also be able to see what it's like with two people in the back with one large person and how is it is to fit a child seat now it might seem a bit unnecessary to have electric tailgate for a boot on a car such as this but really with the Mercedes nothing should be manual and anyway then you can look at this beautiful bottom now then it's time to hit the road to see what this cars like to drive this Mercedes e-class coupe a is a blooming lovely car to drive around town so you feel cocooned from the outside world the 9 speed automatic gearbox switches gears together nice and seamlessly there's enough punch from the engines to just poke you ahead of the riff-raff away from the lights then there's a suspension which does a fabulous job of ironing out the bumps in the road this one is on the upgraded air suspension and it just adds an extra layer of floaty sophistication to the car definitely get this because it kind of just pampers your bottom up I love it now one thing to note though when you're driving this car around town is that it is big and the visibility isn't as good as in the e-class saloon so the view out the back window is pretty limited and this sweeping pillar here it's quite fat it's close to your face so yeah it does obscure your view somewhat now if you click up there you can see for yourself by watching my 360-degree passenger ride video now you want to head out into a twisty road you can press this button to put the car into sports mode which firms at the suspension but don't get too carried away because it doesn't feel quite as sporty Simon like the more expensive BMW 6-series the steering it's a little bit too rubbery the body still rolls for the corners it's a big old car but that doesn't mean you can't have some fun with it you get a noise flow with it actually and it is quite satisfying Here I am in my beeper set is bringing all that tea back to England where this cars most at home though is on the motorway it's a fabulous long-distance Cruiser so it's super quiet to travel it the seats are comfy just got a brilliant air of luxury about it the engines are good too in the UK there's three choices there's a 2-liter diesel which most people to probably get and it does good economy and it's fast enough I'd rather have the 2-liter turbo petrol in this car because it's faster it's smooth and it's a bit of fun to rev it out now it's returning 32 miles per gallon which isn't that great though what's also not great is that when you have the car in sports mode and you put your foot down it makes this noise now the noise isn't bad but I think it's or poverty artificially produced through the car speakers and it's a little bit boyracer II really for a Mercedes that's just not right I mean you may be better off going for the 3 litre diesel yes it's more expensive but it does come with all-wheel-drive and a big v6 and it's just going to suit this car so well nothing to note is that when you have the current Sport Plus mode and you want to change gears itself manually using these paddles it does this simulated sporty thing by jolting the gear changes and you get this surge in between them it just seems a little bit wrong another why they've done that I don't want you did that Mercedes it's just yeah it ain't great turn that off please right then it's time for the Carlisle 5 annoying things about the Mercedes e-class coupe a you wouldn't expect to find a piece of plastic this flimsy and nasty even in a dacha let alone this 40,000 pound Mercedes most of the plastics in here are pretty and lovely but they're brittle hard down here and you might touch them whenever you're using a door bin now this is a BMW this will do something soft material this two-layer petrol is pretty roughly a tick over but it sounds a bit like a diesel I do wish Mercedes would stop on its signature on every cars windscreen it's just a little bit unnecessary these huge doors are super heavy you don't want to get in their way when they start to close thankfully the Mercedes e-class coupe a has plenty of cool features which help to make up for all this is v the definition of this reversing camera not 360 degrees around camera is absolutely glorious you can change the interior and burn lighter between lots of different colors so yes you already have that or maybe so your mood there oh if you're bright and sunny Cofer slightly yellowy orange color lovely the finest doors are really cool I mean it's absolutely lovely when you put the windows down a little electronic Butler hands in your belt when you shut the door see they have to reach around the green paint on this car is absolutely gorgeous I mean who thought the green would be the color to have now if you click it making it a car lineup coat UK for more information and to find out the very best prices you can get on this mercedes e-class coupe a so then what's my overall verdict on this car should you avoid it should you consider it should you shut this day or should you just go right ahead and buy it well I reckon you should shortlist the Mercedes e-class coupe a it's a little bit expensive and it's not actually that sporty to drive but it's still a lovely thing to be in and it looked gorgeous if you enjoyed this video please like it and share and click up there to subscribe to our Channel therefore my 360-degree passenger eye video down there for my detailed practicality video and down there for my detailed in fátima video review of the e-class coupe a no did I spot the Easter Egg in this video yeah no anyway it was the song exclusive coupe a playing on the stereothis is the Mercedes e-class coupe a and it's just as elegant as the saloon only a little bit more youthful so you can think of it as being like Pippa Middleton compared to an older sister Kate I mean it was that a little bit sexist yeah maybe we should do something again less misogynistic bit more inclusive this is the Mercedes e-class coupe a and it's just as elegant as the salut only a bit more youthful so you can think of it as being like Liam Hemsworth compared to his older brother Chris and the price differential like for light from this saloon to this coupe a it's only about a grand so this car starts around 40,000 pounds if you click up there to get a car where co-taught UK you can configure your ideal car get offers back from dealers and compare prices without having to haggle this is a beautiful looking car on the outside and on the inside it's just as lovely so in the UK you can only get the car in AMG line but that means you've got loads of kis standard you've got these rather nice sports seats with leatherette covering I mean it's not real leather but it's what it feels good enough and this one's got this wood veneer in it I mean wood kind of awful in cars but this is absolutely gorgeous there's lots of countless car as well so you get things like NOK an electric steering column as standard you get electrically operated seats are heated as well like I say fully loaded the only slight problem is the infotainment system so most cars come with an 8 inch screen this is actually the upgraded 12 inch system with Command online and you get that with a 6-cylinder engine the v6 petrol and you do want upgrade to this if you have one of the 4 cylinder cars because it just looks great and you can get it with this smart looking digital drivers display now if you click up there you can actually my full in-depth video review of this infotainment system one thing I should point out though is that these controls its touching sitive controls on the steering wheel do take a little bit of getting used to and it's it's an alright system to use it's not as easy to use as it is good to look at unfortunately but on the whole yeah lovely in here and there some decent practicality with their big door bins and a little bit of room under there will it fit know which have shown that now and there's some more cup holders here which are big enough fatter bottles now one of the prongs with coupage is that there's not room in the back of them that sloping roofline does affect the old Headroom I'll just get this at the white I'll try to get this other way so you can see what's going on now let this see come back electrically it's not the fastest but it's nice and smooth so here we go look I've got enough legroom even if I sit up straight I have got enough Headroom however if someone's ever six-foot they will find their head touching the roof he won't be so great for them still there are some nice features in here for instance all the seats fall down and they split three ways so you can carry things through there and still two people either side great if you fancy a skiing trip now let's look at the boot itself the capacity is actually pretty big you can fit lots of stuff in it however because it's shallow it does restrict what you actually can fit in there so yeah there's beautiful worthy of that however there are still some nice features in this boots of this tethering point system storage area here there's a hook to hang your shopping off so didn't roll around when you get them in the corners and you can release the rear seats by pulling onto these levers and they're here got a little bit of extra storage and the classic Mercedes kind of origami box for carrying your groceries I guess yeah now if you want to see just how much stuff that you can fit in this cause we click up there to watch my detail practicality video you'll also be able to see what it's like with two people in the back with one large person and how is it is to fit a child seat now it might seem a bit unnecessary to have electric tailgate for a boot on a car such as this but really with the Mercedes nothing should be manual and anyway then you can look at this beautiful bottom now then it's time to hit the road to see what this cars like to drive this Mercedes e-class coupe a is a blooming lovely car to drive around town so you feel cocooned from the outside world the 9 speed automatic gearbox switches gears together nice and seamlessly there's enough punch from the engines to just poke you ahead of the riff-raff away from the lights then there's a suspension which does a fabulous job of ironing out the bumps in the road this one is on the upgraded air suspension and it just adds an extra layer of floaty sophistication to the car definitely get this because it kind of just pampers your bottom up I love it now one thing to note though when you're driving this car around town is that it is big and the visibility isn't as good as in the e-class saloon so the view out the back window is pretty limited and this sweeping pillar here it's quite fat it's close to your face so yeah it does obscure your view somewhat now if you click up there you can see for yourself by watching my 360-degree passenger ride video now you want to head out into a twisty road you can press this button to put the car into sports mode which firms at the suspension but don't get too carried away because it doesn't feel quite as sporty Simon like the more expensive BMW 6-series the steering it's a little bit too rubbery the body still rolls for the corners it's a big old car but that doesn't mean you can't have some fun with it you get a noise flow with it actually and it is quite satisfying Here I am in my beeper set is bringing all that tea back to England where this cars most at home though is on the motorway it's a fabulous long-distance Cruiser so it's super quiet to travel it the seats are comfy just got a brilliant air of luxury about it the engines are good too in the UK there's three choices there's a 2-liter diesel which most people to probably get and it does good economy and it's fast enough I'd rather have the 2-liter turbo petrol in this car because it's faster it's smooth and it's a bit of fun to rev it out now it's returning 32 miles per gallon which isn't that great though what's also not great is that when you have the car in sports mode and you put your foot down it makes this noise now the noise isn't bad but I think it's or poverty artificially produced through the car speakers and it's a little bit boyracer II really for a Mercedes that's just not right I mean you may be better off going for the 3 litre diesel yes it's more expensive but it does come with all-wheel-drive and a big v6 and it's just going to suit this car so well nothing to note is that when you have the current Sport Plus mode and you want to change gears itself manually using these paddles it does this simulated sporty thing by jolting the gear changes and you get this surge in between them it just seems a little bit wrong another why they've done that I don't want you did that Mercedes it's just yeah it ain't great turn that off please right then it's time for the Carlisle 5 annoying things about the Mercedes e-class coupe a you wouldn't expect to find a piece of plastic this flimsy and nasty even in a dacha let alone this 40,000 pound Mercedes most of the plastics in here are pretty and lovely but they're brittle hard down here and you might touch them whenever you're using a door bin now this is a BMW this will do something soft material this two-layer petrol is pretty roughly a tick over but it sounds a bit like a diesel I do wish Mercedes would stop on its signature on every cars windscreen it's just a little bit unnecessary these huge doors are super heavy you don't want to get in their way when they start to close thankfully the Mercedes e-class coupe a has plenty of cool features which help to make up for all this is v the definition of this reversing camera not 360 degrees around camera is absolutely glorious you can change the interior and burn lighter between lots of different colors so yes you already have that or maybe so your mood there oh if you're bright and sunny Cofer slightly yellowy orange color lovely the finest doors are really cool I mean it's absolutely lovely when you put the windows down a little electronic Butler hands in your belt when you shut the door see they have to reach around the green paint on this car is absolutely gorgeous I mean who thought the green would be the color to have now if you click it making it a car lineup coat UK for more information and to find out the very best prices you can get on this mercedes e-class coupe a so then what's my overall verdict on this car should you avoid it should you consider it should you shut this day or should you just go right ahead and buy it well I reckon you should shortlist the Mercedes e-class coupe a it's a little bit expensive and it's not actually that sporty to drive but it's still a lovely thing to be in and it looked gorgeous if you enjoyed this video please like it and share and click up there to subscribe to our Channel therefore my 360-degree passenger eye video down there for my detailed practicality video and down there for my detailed in fátima video review of the e-class coupe a no did I spot the Easter Egg in this video yeah no anyway it was the song exclusive coupe a playing on the stereo\n"