EuroCar provided me with a 1200 mile new 2009 Mercedes-Benz B-Classe with a 1.8 litre Diesel. Little more than a full tank bought from the rental company for less than 50 quid plus 10 more (appx. $95) allowed me nearly 800 miles and a wasted quarter tank of refill that I needn't have put in the tank. This because my mixed mileage was 45.5 m.p.g. Never known for pussyfooting in a car, I probably got close to 55 pure M-road driving and following the FBD home after GlenEagles on the mostly B-roads refining our cornering skills was probably my stint at the most extravagant mileage number.
Power rating: more than sufficient.
Driving fun: Better than average.
Driver Legroom/Headroom: As good as it gets
Comfort: Superior.
Room: Like a small delivery van
Radio: Awesome, the BBC traffic reports on Radio Scotland come on even if you have the radio set on mute!
Mileage: High enough to wipe smiles from holier-than-thou Priapism drivers.
Negatives: Chintzy little windshield wipers, not befitting M-B
This car was somewhere between a BMW X3 and a small people carrier. 5 bodies plus modest luggage, two people and a ton of luggage and three passengers, three golf bags and plenty of room for groceries and a small easy chair are merely three possible configurations of many. This with at least as much legroom for 1.97m tall me as the driver as my 5 year old M-B E-Classe has at home in the states. No SATNAV (I know my way around sunny Ecosse reasonably well), but everything else, cloth seats for about $30k equivalent. Mercedes is missing a ton of sales in the USA.
Here's a few photos of this wonderful Eco-Car.
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