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Review
The R-class is a luxury six-seat, MPV-ish, 4x4 thing that looks like a pimped piglet grown over-large. Mercedes calls it a ‘Sports Tourer’. We try to ignore them. You can get Airmatic suspension as an option, which seems to suit the R-class down to the ground. There's loads of space, the suspension knocks out all but the worst the world can throw at it and it cruises without wind noise. It makes a lot of sense, and you don't have to look at it when you're on the inside. The R500 hits the benchmark in a neat seven dead and on to just under the 150mph mark. Bit quicker than you thought then huh?

What I like
Certain sexually transmitted infections have more street kudos. Hugely solid and a nice feeling all round, but you can't help but feel that you're in the corporate limo. The R-class is basically an M-class SUV so we're talking 50/50 split 4x4 and a fine-but-not-startling handling balance. It's actually quite a lot better than it looks, with little body roll and good-enough steering You can have either a five or seven-seat R and when we say ‘seats' we mean ‘armchairs'. And when you fold the seats down on that enormous thing you get a truly huge 2385litres of space. If you need a posh transporter then the R-class actually ticks lots of boxes

What I do not like
Not exactly bursting with character, it feels a bit like the one-stop shop for C-list boyband transport.
The R-class isn't that cheap to run.
The price.