I drove an $88,000 Mercedes-Benz sedan. These 21 features make it one of the most high-tech luxury cars money can buy

Both the E350 and E450 come with 4Matic all-wheel-drive.

This is a departure from past years when rear-wheel-drive was the standard.

Mercedes updated the system to be lighter and allow more power to be sent to the front wheels to improve driving dynamics.

My E450 test car was equipped with the $3,200 AIRMATIC Package, the centerpiece of which is Mercedes’ AIRMATIC air suspension system.

The AIRMATIC air suspension has air springs and adaptive dampers, which use sensors and algorithms to configure the system properly according to road conditions.

The system is also equipped with a level control feature that automatically drops the vehicle’s ride height by 0.6 inches at speeds above 74 mph to improve driving stability and fuel economy.

The E-Class is equipped with metallic power-operated Mercedes-Benz branded door handles. These door handles automatically extend when you approach the vehicle and retract flush with the door when underway.

The E-Class comes standard with the MBUX Augmented Reality Navigation system. The system superimposes guidance arrows and traffic information on a live video feed from the vehicle’s front-facing camera that pops up on the navigation map when approaching a turn.

The passenger screen offers many of the capabilities of the central screen, including navigation, media, and app integration. The screen event comes with built-in games like Sudoku.

The screen is obscured using filtering technology to keep content from being viewed by the driver.

The E-Class comes standard with a host of advanced safety and driver assistance features, including the parking package, adaptive high beam assist, and blind spot assist.

The optional $1,950 driver assistance package adds adaptive cruise control, active lane-keeping assist, active steering assist, active speed limit assist, traffic sign assist, and pre-emptive side impact detection.

The E-Class can be equipped with an optional head-up display (HUD) that projects information like speed, navigation guidance, and cruise control settings onto the vehicle’s windshield.

Overhead, the E450 is equipped with a panoramic sunroof. Mercedes added new side wind deflectors to the sunroof to improve air resistance and wind noise when open.

I love how much light it brought into the cabin, but its capacitive touch controls proved to be annoyingly imprecise to use.

My test car came equipped with these stylish 20-inch AMG multi-spoke wheels, a $1,950 option. These wheels look terrific and add a rear elegant flair to the E-Class, which comes standard with smaller 18-inch wheels.

My test car came equipped with an excellent Burmester premium sound system. The E450’s 730-watt Burmester surround sound system features 17 speakers.