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Mercedes-AMG is squeezing onto Audi Avant territory with its E43 Estate teaming pooch-paradise cargo space with 4.7-second 0-100km/h performance.
The E43 Estate tops – for now – the E-Class Estate range unveiled this week in Europe, although the cloth is due to be pulled from the new E63 at the Paris motor show this September with a wagon version not far behind.
The new sports-wagon focus comes courtesy of the same 295kW/520Nm 3.0-litre twin-turbocharged V6 petrol engine that debuted earlier this year on the E43 sedan. Driving all four wheels through a nine-speed automatic, the E43 Estate is only a tenth slower from standstill to 100km/h than its E43 sedan sibling.
The E43 Estate also gets a 670-litre cargo area that expands up to 1820 litres when the rear seat is folded.
Likewise there is an abundance of technology from the 12.3-inch colour display screen to freeway hands-free lane-keep assistance and automatic adaptive LED high-beam that blocks out only the portion of light affecting forward or oncoming vehicles.
Mercedes-AMG is riding on the back of a product onslaught that will see Australian sales potentially top 6000 units next year following an aim of 5000 cars this year. Still to come from the brand is C63 Cabriolet and GLC43 later this year, and the as yet unreleased GLC63 and new E63 next year.
