After being away adventure travelling for almost a month, I returned home to Texas and once again have the pleasure of driving my 06 E320 CDI every day or so a few miles - it struck me that it is almost; overpowered, if anything. You have to watch that these massive-powered creatures don't get away from you when pushing the throttle on 'em. I am thinking that the foreign versions of the 05/06 E320 I6 CDI, the E270s, are probably a little more tame to handle and better mated for power, than these monster-powered 3.2 liter turbo sedans that we have here in the States.