I want to get winter tires and wheels for my new 2010 E550 4matic Sport (standard 18 inch AMG wheels). But I don't have room in my garage since I still have 4 winter 16 inch wheels (MB A220 401 0102) for my departed 2001 S430. So after I advertised them on CL, I started wondering whether or not they might fit the new car.

A little research showed that no 16 inch wheels were sold by MB in the US on W212's (at least not in that era). But I found several valid MB 16 inch wheels for europe. But all indications were that they were not available on 4matics there.

So I finally just pulled a front wheel from the E550 and tried it - it didn't even seem to be close to clearing the brake caliper. I just thought I'd share my results to save someone else the trouble of trying it. Of course I don't know if my results would have been different if my car was RWD.

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1996 C280 289K Traded
1997 E420 167K Traded
2001 S430 240K Traded
2010 E550 4matic 80K
2000 GMC Jimmy 198K Gone to Boneyard
2003 Camry LE 196K
2011 Mazda3 i Sport 31K