FIRST UK DRIVE E-Class gets plug-in hybrid option for first time, and we try it on British roads
FOR two decades now, if you were given an executive saloon as a company car it would have almost certainly had a diesel engine. The market has been skewed toward the black pump for economy and CO 2 savings, but now there’s a breed of petrol plug-ins entering the fray. And we’re testing the Mercedes E 350 e for the first time in the UK.
Like the BMW 530e we drove a few weeks ago (Issue 1,470), this is the first plug-in E-Class. The previous-generation diesel-electric E 300 BlueTEC couldn’t be charged from a socket, so only claimed 67mpg.
The E 350 e claims 134mpg and 57g/km, which is slightly down on the BMW but is still impressive. As a result it has an 11 per cent Benefit in Kind (BiK) rating. The BMW is cheaper to tax, falling in the nine per cent bracket.
This story is from the May 24 2017 edition of Auto Express.
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