ProV1

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.

Barry45RPM

The difference is 4/10 of an inch.... but check out the difference in the 2 trunks! The 211's is much much better! Unless you have 2 full size adults in the back all the time, the .4 inch difference is a non event given the difference between the overall designs of the 2 cars. Oh, and did I mention the trunk?

ProV1

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..


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

silberrosa

Have you driven a new S-Class? I would recommend this before referring to it as a pig. Your colleagues on the S-Class board might have a different opinion of the new 221 S-Class.

ProV1

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.

lkchris

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.

sosh

Think you are making a big deal out of nothing .4 of an inch actually means nothing about the comfort of rear seat passengers. You are not mentioning the larger measurments in other dimensions. I had a 210 and now, since 05 have a 211 and I can tell you from personal experience that the 211 is more comfortable in all seats.

starbrite

Dramatic difference between a w210 and w211 trunk !
(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

mbnj

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.