---
title: "Ditch Crossovers and Buy the 2021 Mercedes-Benz E 450 All-Terrain Wagon Instead"
description: "Yes, it's coming to the U.S."
date: "2020-03-03"
modified: "2020-03-03"
authors:
  - name: "Chris Tsui"
    job_title: "Contributor"
    link: "https://www.thedrive.com/authors/chris-tsui"
url: "https://www.thedrive.com/news/32435/ditch-crossovers-and-buy-the-2021-mercedes-benz-e-450-all-terrain-wagon-instead"
categories:
  - "Mercedes-Benz News"
  - "News"
  - "News by Brand"
tags:
  - "E-Class"
  - "luxury"
  - "Mercedes-Benz"
  - "Wagon"
---

# Ditch Crossovers and Buy the 2021 Mercedes-Benz E 450 All-Terrain Wagon Instead

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When Mercedes-Benz first dropped the [facelifted E-Class yesterday](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/32423/2021-mercedes-benz-e-class-can-now-be-had-as-an-off-road-wagon>) we mentioned the E 450 All-Terrain. But given its righteousness, we thought it deserved a deeper dive into what makes it special. Because what's better than a German automaker building its own [Subaru Outback](<https://www.thedrive.com/new-cars/29173/2020-subaru-outback-review-tried-and-true-but-new-where-it-counts>)? A Mercedes-built Subaru Outback that'll be sold in the U.S. That's right.

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Aside from the more spacious rear end and scuff-ready, black plastic cladding, the All-Terrain sets itself apart from vanilla E-Classes with standard Air Body Control suspension and two off-road driving modes with downhill speed regulation: Offroad and Offroad+. Twenty-inch wheels can be had as an option but if it was our options sheet, we'd stick to the standard 19s for the comfier ride.

![message-editor%2F1583245094294-19c0923\_030.jpg](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/content-b/message-editor/1583245094294-19c0923_030.jpg>)
*Mercedes-Benz*

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*Mercedes-Benz*

![message-editor%2F1583245129121-19c0923\_072.jpg](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/content-b/message-editor/1583245129121-19c0923_072.jpg>)
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![message-editor%2F1583245137768-19c0923\_074.jpg](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/content-b/message-editor/1583245137768-19c0923_074.jpg>)
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Like the regular E 450, it's powered by a 3.0-liter, turbocharged straight-six making 362 hp and 369 pound-feet of torque. For the first time in the U.S., an E-Class will get an [EQ Boost](<https://www.thedrive.com/tech/23399/mercedes-benzs-new-eqc-electric-crossover-uses-a-distracting-idea-to-try-to-boost-efficiency>) mild hybrid system good for up to 21 extra hp and 184 pound-feet of additional twist. On the inside, all the luxury and tech that comes in the regular E-Class is all here including Merc's latest assisted-driving systems, voice-controllable MBUX, and two big 12.3-inch screens masquerading as one.

Official pricing has yet to be announced but we expect it to start somewhere in the $60,000s just like the Audi A6 Allroad it directly competes with.

So, it'll go anywhere (within reason), fit an entire family of five-ish and their stuff in superb comfort and luxury, be reasonably fast-yet-efficient, and not cost an arm and a leg to buy. [Bonus points](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/32393/an-honest-to-god-brown-manual-cadillac-cts-v-wagon-can-be-yours-for-52000>) if yours is ordered in brown. [Do we even need SUVs anymore?](<https://www.thedrive.com/new-cars/32381/2021-mercedes-amg-gle-63-s-review-do-we-even-need-sports-sedans-anymore>)

![message-editor%2F1583245166842-19c0923\_134.jpg](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/content-b/message-editor/1583245166842-19c0923_134.jpg>)
*Mercedes-Benz*

![message-editor%2F1583245173587-19c0923\_124.jpg](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/content-b/message-editor/1583245173587-19c0923_124.jpg>)
*Mercedes-Benz*

![message-editor%2F1583245192791-19c0923\_128.jpg](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/content-b/message-editor/1583245192791-19c0923_128.jpg>)
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## Author
Chris Tsui is *The Drive*'s former Reviews Editor and current freelance automotive journalist. He's based in Toronto.

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