MERCEDES-BENZ E-klasse · E 320 4Matic Elegance · Sedan · 1997 ‐ 1999

From 1997 Mercedes-Benz began manufacture of autos type E-klasse, modification E 320 4Matic Elegance and finished it in 1999. The weight of the car is 1.6 tn and a length of 4.8 meters, It is shaped as sedan with 4 doors, and can be fit in 5 people including the driver.

«E-klasse E 320 4Matic Elegance» is a full wheel drive automobile with a 5-speed automatic gearbox. This automobile can speed up for 7.9 s to 100 km/h, with a peak speed of 234 km/h, due to a 6-cylinders petrol engine with a «multipoint injection fuel system», which produce a maximum output of 224 hp at 5600 rpm.

Fuel rate is 15.9 liters in the urban mode of driving, on the track 8.3 l, and the medium fuel rate is 11.1 liters per 100 kilometers. Fuel tank capacity is 80 liters of petrol, what provides to drive roughly 721 kilometers without refueling.

The forward wheels of this auto have ventilated disks brakes and attached to the body chassis by dint of suspension «Double wishbone, independent, coil springs» and equipped with anti-roll bar. Rearward wheels have disks brakes and fixed to the underframe using suspension «Multilink, coil springs» and equipped stabilizer bar. Tires have the following dimensions - 215/55WR16.

According to the information of Euro NCAP crash test, this model of Mercedes-Benz E-klasse got the lot number of stars - four, which indicates that it is a reasonably safe automobile. In addition to active safety (ABS, Traction control, Brake assistant, EBD), it is also has passive safety (passenger, driver, side airbags).