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Old Aug 16, 2007 | 04:13 PM
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Exclamation you saw this?

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070816/...h_tests_sedans

i expected the E class to do better
suprised by the bmw!

volvo is better?

fair enough this is the "middle class" of the merc family, but still!!!
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Old Aug 16, 2007 | 05:00 PM
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What irks me is that plagiarized fuggly looking Kia did better. That car looks like a wanna be Jaguar S-type/ MB E-Class, but copied poorly. I figured the new S80 would do really well.
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Old Aug 16, 2007 | 05:09 PM
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Originally Posted by peacemf
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070816/...h_tests_sedans

i expected the E class to do better
suprised by the bmw!

volvo is better?

fair enough this is the "middle class" of the merc family, but still!!!
The Volvo is newer and was redesigned.
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