W211 has LESS rear leg room than W210??
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W211 has LESS rear leg room than W210??
the E350 I saw seemed to have slightly less legroom than my car, so I looked it up online.. and in fact W211s have 35.7in rear legroom vs. 36.1in in W210?? After each generation these cars always grow in size, but how can the rearseats actually go smaller?? This is really too bad, b/c I was hoping my next car would have the same if not slightly more rear legroom. Anything less is unacceptable.
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the E350 I saw seemed to have slightly less legroom than my car, so I looked it up online.. and in fact W211s have 35.7in rear legroom vs. 36.1in in W210?? After each generation these cars always grow in size, but how can the rearseats actually go smaller?? This is really too bad, b/c I was hoping my next car would have the same if not slightly more rear legroom. Anything less is unacceptable. ![smash](https://mbworld.org/forums/images/smilies/smashfreak.gif)
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you're right. i guess i was hoping for a noticeable improvement over my car. 2 extra inches over W210 woud've been perfect. S-class is huge but also a pig. i guess you can't have everything.. ![Big Grin](https://mbworld.org/forums/images/smilies/biggrin.gif)
didn't look in the trunk, but i'm happy with W210 trunk. When I had my BMW 540, I could barely fit 3 golfbags. 4 is no problem now
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didn't look in the trunk, but i'm happy with W210 trunk. When I had my BMW 540, I could barely fit 3 golfbags. 4 is no problem now
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haha, i wasnt knocking the S-class per se, they are fantastic cars with a different purpose & for different crowd. Plus i was referring more to W220. Perhaps I need to test drive a S55 AMG.
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Yes, the W211 is in fact a smaller car than the W210.
Mercedes Enthusiast magazine has written there was fear it was getting too close to S-class size.
See my sig ... the difference is noticeable.
Mercedes Enthusiast magazine has written there was fear it was getting too close to S-class size.
See my sig ... the difference is noticeable.
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the E350 I saw seemed to have slightly less legroom than my car, so I looked it up online.. and in fact W211s have 35.7in rear legroom vs. 36.1in in W210?? After each generation these cars always grow in size, but how can the rearseats actually go smaller?? This is really too bad, b/c I was hoping my next car would have the same if not slightly more rear legroom. Anything less is unacceptable. ![smash](https://mbworld.org/forums/images/smilies/smashfreak.gif)
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you're right. i guess i was hoping for a noticeable improvement over my car. 2 extra inches over W210 woud've been perfect. S-class is huge but also a pig. i guess you can't have everything.. ![Big Grin](https://mbworld.org/forums/images/smilies/biggrin.gif)
didn't look in the trunk, but i'm happy with W210 trunk. When I had my BMW 540, I could barely fit 3 golfbags. 4 is no problem now![thumbs](https://mbworld.org/forums/images/smilies/thumbsup.gif)
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didn't look in the trunk, but i'm happy with W210 trunk. When I had my BMW 540, I could barely fit 3 golfbags. 4 is no problem now
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(first pic is my previous '98 E320, my '04 has split rear seats but I believe all 211's are the same size trunk)
Along with the clubs, you could probably get a cart in there as well
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'06 E 350 4matic wagon; '05 E 500 4matic sedan; '09 S550 4matic
I have both and although I've never officially checked I would say the 211 has more front seat room than my 210. I am pretty tall and have no problem with either but when you slide the 211 front seat back you feel like you your legs stretch out forever. If you really want to squire folks around in you back seat then you do need to look at an S.