Mercedes E 270 CDI

I bought this car as a nearly-new (5 months old) vehicle from a wholly owned DaimlerChrysler UK dealership. It was listed as a 'Guaranteed Used M-B' but was a grey import which DC UK refused to acknowledge with anything other than a basic factory 2 year warranty. After a long dispute the dealer paid me a fair amount of cash in recompense for falsely describing the car. Why didn't DC UK just change the flag in their computer system to show it as a 'proper' UK car ? All I wanted was the warranty as described in DC UK's website - where there is no mention of grey imports sold by the factory's UK ... more

I have owned this car for just over 12 months and i am really pleased with the car especially the economy and the comfort. i have averaged over 37mpg for the last 16000 miles (not bad for mainly town driving) and you can drive for hours and arrive fresh and relaxed. it has some great features like 4 zone digital climate control (option) good stereo and in dash multi cd player.had a few problems with gear box selector when i first bought the car but they were sorted out (eventually) by the dealer i bought it from. customer service is not the best and could be greatly improved. the only other ... more