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It has long been the car for the prosperous – the premium sedan with unequalled class and an impressive bloodline. But the Mercedes-Benz E-Class has lately become a victim of its own success, upstaged by sharper and younger competitors, deposed as the crown prince of million-dollar apartment car parks.

And although it doesn't really matter that ubiquity faces this latest W212 iteration, it certainly is important that the evolutionary E-Class should win its spurs as the most comfortable and rounded mid-sized luxury cars around. The standard range of E 200 and E 250 - both in Avantgarde trim this time – should see to that.

For many, Mercedes defined the premium executive class long ago with the E-Class and its long line of predecessors. The market has since been swamped by talented upstarts, but is it just a case of definitely maybe, as the latest facelifted W212 arrives to clean up in Malaysia? Read on to find out.

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