The results of the world car of the year are out and Mercedes-Benz has bagged top honours in the luxury car of the year segment with its latest generation E-Class. The German automaker’s mid-size luxury sedan fought off competition from the new BMW 5 Series and Volvo S90 to take the top slot. This is the second award for the E-Class in the last ten years as the 2007 E320 BlueTec won the same award a decade ago.
The current generation E-Class (codenamed W213) was launched last year and this is the fifth generation for the sedan since the moniker was launched in 1993. This current E-Class has taken its design cues and technological updates from the flagship S-Class sedan.
This generation of the E-Class was launched in India last month and for the first time, it is being offered as a long wheelbase model. It is sold here in the E350d and E200 guise with a mid-level E250d expected to be launched later in the year.
