FOR nine-generations and more than 60 years, Mercedes-Benz has been demonstrating how to stuff a mid-sized luxury sedan with enough safety, comfort and convenience equipment to burst its seams, but now the 10th-gen version has arrived.

By early 2017, the Australian E-Class range will have blossomed to seven variants including a hybrid and the first AMG E43, which is expected to be followed by the full-fat E63 version, but Mercedes has introduced the range with the more affordable end of the spectrum.

We got behind the wheel of two four-cylinder E-Class variants to see if a hearty price increase over the outgoing version has been offset by a boost to standard equipment, safety, comfort and performance, as its maker claims.

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