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Old 05-27-2020, 05:16 PM   #11
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My vet has an electric B class--I think a W246--and loves it. He is a total car nut. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercedes-Benz_B-Class
I didn't know those were available in the US. They don't show on their site. Too small for us, I think, but maybe not.
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Old 05-27-2020, 05:21 PM   #12
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Well, there is the future electric Wrangler.
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Old 05-27-2020, 05:21 PM   #13
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I didn't know those were available in the US. They don't show on their site. Too small for us, I think, but maybe not.
I'm not sure how he found out about it, but he bought one of the few ones that came over. I think he searched the country for it, bought it sight unseen without a test drive, and brought it back to ATL:

"In 2015, over 1900 electric B-class were sold in the US. The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), under its five-cycle testing, rated the 2014 B-Class Electric Drive with an all-electric range of 87 mi (140 km). The energy consumption was rated at 40 kWh/100 miles for combined city/highway driving, corresponding to a fuel economy of 84 miles per gallon gasoline equivalent - MPGe - (2.8 L/100 km; 101 mpg imp). The rating for city driving is 85 mpg-e (2.8 L/100 km; 102 mpg imp), and 83 mpg-e (2.8 L/100 km; 100 mpg imp) for highway.[28]"
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Old 05-27-2020, 05:24 PM   #14
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Well, there is the future electric Wrangler.
Lord.

I was briefly tempted by this used i3 for sale at my dealer, but it really doesn't solve the quest for an AWD road trip family hauler:

https://www.nalleybmw.com/certified/...d6e7eeeb66.htm
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Old 05-27-2020, 06:07 PM   #15
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Lord.

I was briefly tempted by this used i3 for sale at my dealer, but it really doesn't solve the quest for an AWD road trip family hauler:

https://www.nalleybmw.com/certified/...d6e7eeeb66.htm
For $22k this looks like a really cool car plus the miles are low ... I don’t know much about these cars except the power is supposed to be instant ... Do you really need AWD ?
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Old 05-27-2020, 06:09 PM   #16
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For $22k this looks like a really cool car plus the miles are low ... I don’t know much about these cars except the power is supposed to be instant ... Do you really need AWD ?
Not need, but want. We do have quite a few hills here, occasionally snowy/icy weather but lots of rain (more rainy days than Seattle), and the mountains are close by.
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Old 05-29-2020, 01:38 PM   #17
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Motortrend said this all-terrain has killed off the e wagon for the states. Not sure if that includes the AMG version too.
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Old 05-29-2020, 02:00 PM   #18
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Motortrend said this all-terrain has killed off the e wagon for the states. Not sure if that includes the AMG version too.
Good point about the AMG version- Im guessing it will be exempted from the all terrain treatment.

I've always been a bit lukewarm about the looks of the current E class (and its interior). The all terrain treatment does it no favors. Now that Audi offers the A6 Allroad again, I'd just go with that in this segment. Better looking and better interior. Another pet peeve I have is that its very hard to find an E class wagon (even one with a high MSRP) that has leather instead of MBTex. I find all forms of synthetic leather make my back sweat. Of course you can custom order them, but for a while there were great deals to be had on leftover ones (i briefly flirted with the idea).

People who love these things really love them though. Friends of ours bought on a couple years ago and wouldn't consider anything else. As do all journalists. I wonder if in an attempt to broaden the appeal to include crossover shoppers, they'll alienate their traditional clientele. One of the rationales i've heard for why they continued importing it to the US (despite low sales) is that E wagon buyers are their highest income buyers.
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Motortrend said this all-terrain has killed off the e wagon for the states. Not sure if that includes the AMG version too.
Ah, that's really too bad...
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Old 05-29-2020, 03:08 PM   #20
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I don't think you need AWD in the Southern hills. Barely needed in the midlantic.
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