Based on actual Mercedes E300 car transactions from the last 12 months in Riyadh
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The Mercedes E300 is the long-distance Mercedes in Saudi Arabia — the size most Kingdom buyers want, and quiet enough to make Riyadh to Jeddah pass easily. We have 7 listed, from SAR 61,000 for a late-2010s car up to SAR 245,000 for an early-2020s one.
What to look over on a used Mercedes E300
Read the body and service sections of the CarSwitch inspection report before you make an offer on any E300 in the Kingdom.
About SAR 125,000 buys a 2020 Mercedes E300, going by what we have actually sold in the Kingdom; a 2019 averaged SAR 110,000, a 2016 SAR 79,000 and a 2014 SAR 59,000. Below that, condition and history matter more than the model year.
The bodywork is the good news. Only 34% of the Mercedes E300s we inspect in Saudi Arabia carry evidence of prior body or panel repair, against the 48% we would expect for saloons of the same age and mileage in the Kingdom — a clean record for a car that covers long highway miles. Repair history is normal in this class rather than a fault; what matters is the standard of the work, which the report on the individual car shows.
The BMW 740 is similar money for a much bigger car, with mechanical faults on 11% against the 20% expected for saloons of its age and mileage here. The Lexus ES 250 is cheaper to own, at 4%. The Mercedes E350 is this car with more engine.
2019 to 2021 is the sweet spot. The W213 E-Class arrived for the 2017 model year and was facelifted for 2021 with the wide twin screens; the previous W212, built to 2016, is the cheap end and the one where air suspension and electronics turn a bargain into a bill. Buy on the W213 side of that line, and take the 2.0-litre turbo over an older V6.
It gives up a little more than the class average, which works for the buyer: a Saudi Mercedes E300 keeps about 42% of its value after five years against roughly 46% for comparable saloons of the same age and mileage. The three-to-five-year-old car is the buy.