2018 mercedes benz cabriolet convertible

It’s clever engineering and technology deployed towards absolute comfort, and that’s an ongoing theme for this machine. So, rough roads feel smooth, and smooth roads and highways feel like they’re not even there.

The adaptive suspension system to which my tester’s body was bolted is a gem: it nukes excessive body movements before they manifest, ensures consistent comfort at all times, and turns in the sort of ride you’d expect from a four-wheeled land-barge with a gravy-based suspension, all without handling like an overloaded custard truck. Even accidentally cranking a railway crossing that had lifted out of the decaying road beneath, there was little noise, little harshness, and little thought of “Crap, that definitely broke something.” Big dips and whumps that often send occupants for a tandem toss-about cause scarcely a squirm here. Wince-inducing bumps and dips barely register. The E400 Cabriolet’s ride stays quiet, composed, and beautifully isolated, with a dense and durable feel almost no matter what’s beneath. The crumbling, poorly built roads of Sudbury, Ontario, are the paved, pothole-marked definition of “worst case scenario” for ride quality – and I don’t often come across vehicles that do this good of a job at remaining this comfortable on roads this poor in shape. Specifically, the E400’s ride quality shines on rough, real-world asphalt. Those two assets? Ride quality and the highway cruising experience. Rough roads feel smooth, and smooth roads and highways feel like they’re not even there. And for your test drive, devise a route that includes both a highway and the roughest available nearby road, to quickly see the machine’s two most valuable assets in action. If you consider motoring comfort to be a dish best served topless and twin-turbocharged, you’ll want to make arrangements to check out the newly available 2018 Mercedes-Benz E400 Cabriolet, lickety-split.

2018 mercedes benz cabriolet convertible