I’ve driven many new Mercedes models and have come to the conclusion that this brand does steering better than anyone right now. From a Metris Van to a GLE…MB steering has a way of being light and very accurate. Very little steering effort and corrections are needed. Kind of weird not many journalists mention this as far as I know.
Does anyone know what makes their steering so good? Mechanical parts or calibration?
I have a direct comparison between an old w203 and (still not that new anymore) w204 and the difference is very noticeable.
W203 is not sporty by any means but just has this kind of “weight” to it but I’d not consider it to be “heavy”.
W204 by comparison feels totally effortless, to the extent that I wonder if power steering works correctly in both cars.
As for the journalism, I find car reviews often flawed in terms of what I as a buyer would expect from a car - they focus too much on cars being “sporty” imho. I won’t even mention that so often top of the line models are reviewed while they most likely are only a fraction of sold cars and the experience may be totally different.