Mercedes E-Class

The E-Class is the quiet professional of the pool: less shout than the S-Class, almost none of the compromise. For two people doing the coast properly, it is arguably the smartest booking on this page.

It parks where the big SUVs will not, sips fuel by prestige standards, and still delivers the long-distance calm Mercedes saloons are for. Understatement is its own kind of luxury here.

For two people doing the coast properly, the E-Class is quietly the smartest money on this page: nearly all of the S-Class calm in a car that slips into spaces the flagships cannot, sips fuel by prestige standards, and never draws a second glance you did not want. It suits the discreet capital pickup and the long, unhurried Riviera day equally. Book it when the point is to travel well rather than to be noticed, and let its restraint do the talking.

The narrowest car in the prestige pool by feel, which makes it the easiest in Kotor and Budva's tighter quarters.

Where it fits best: a discreet capital pickup, the narrow quarters of Kotor.