Compare the2027 Dodge Charger VS 2026 Mercedes E-Class Sedan

Both the Charger and E-Class Sedan have child safety locks to prevent children from opening the rear doors. The Charger has power child safety locks, allowing the driver to activate and deactivate them from the driver's seat and to know when they're engaged. The E-Class Sedan’s child locks have to be individually engaged at each rear door with a manual switch. The driver can’t know the status of the locks without opening the doors and checking them.

The Dodge Charger has standard driver and front passenger side knee airbags mounted low on the dashboard. These airbags help prevent the driver and front passenger from sliding under their seatbelts or the main frontal airbags; this keeps them better positioned during a collision for maximum protection. Knee airbags also help keep the legs from striking the dashboard, preventing knee and leg injuries in the case of a serious frontal collision. The E-Class Sedan doesn’t offer a front passenger side knee airbag.

To provide maximum traction and stability on all roads, All-Wheel Drive is standard on the Charger. But it costs extra on the E-Class Sedan.

The Charger’s standard lane departure warning system alerts a temporarily inattentive driver when the vehicle begins to leave its lane and gently nudges the vehicle back towards its lane. A lane departure warning system costs extra on the E-Class Sedan.

Both the Charger and the E-Class Sedan have standard driver and passenger frontal airbags, front side-impact airbags, driver knee airbags, side-impact head airbags, front and rear seatbelt pretensioners, four-wheel antilock brakes, traction control, electronic stability systems to prevent skidding, crash mitigating brakes, daytime running lights, blind spot warning systems, rearview cameras, rear cross-path warning, driver alert monitors and available around view monitors.

Dodge’s powertrain warranty covers the Charger 1 year and 10,000 miles longer than Mercedes covers the E-Class Sedan. Any repair needed on the engine, transmission, axles, joints or driveshafts is fully covered for 5 years or 60,000 miles. Coverage on the E-Class Sedan ends after only 4 years or 50,000 miles.

There are over 6 times as many Dodge dealers as there are Mercedes dealers, which makes it much easier should you ever need service under the Charger’s warranty.

J.D. Power and Associates’ 2025 Initial Quality Study of new car owners surveyed provide the statistics that show that Dodge vehicles are better in initial quality than Mercedes vehicles. J.D. Power ranks Dodge above average in initial quality. With 30 more problems per 100 vehicles, Mercedes is rated below average.

The Charger has more powerful engines than the E-Class Sedan:

	Horsepower	Torque
Charger R/T 3.0 turbo 6-cylinder	420 HP	468 lbs.-ft.
Charger Scat Pack 3.0 turbo 6-cylinder	550 HP	531 lbs.-ft.
Charger Super Bee 3.0 turbo 6-cylinder	600 HP	531 lbs.-ft.
Charger Daytona Scat Pack electric motors	670 HP	627 lbs.-ft.
E 350 Sedan 2.0 turbo 4-cylinder hybrid	255 HP	295 lbs.-ft.
E 450 Sedan 3.0 turbo 6-cylinder hybrid	375 HP	369 lbs.-ft.

As tested in Car and Driver the Charger R/T 3.0 turbo 6-cylinder is faster than the E 350 Sedan 2.0 turbo 4-cylinder hybrid:

	Charger	E-Class Sedan
Zero to 60 MPH	4.7 sec	5.8 sec

On the EPA test cycle the Charger running on electricity gets better mileage than the E-Class Sedan:

			MPGe
Charger
	AWD	Scat Pack 305 Tires Electric Motors	93 city/79 hwy
		Scat Pack All Season 325 Tires Electric Motors	82 city/73 hwy
		Scat Pack Performance 325 Tires Electric Motors	80 city/70 hwy
E-Class Sedan
			MPG
	RWD	2.0 turbo 4-cyl. Hybrid	25 city/33 hwy
	AWD	2.0 turbo 4-cyl. Hybrid	24 city/33 hwy
		3.0 turbo 6-cyl. Hybrid	22 city/31 hwy

The Charger can travel with zero emissions for 223 to 267 miles (dependent on model). The E-Class Sedan can’t move without running its internal combustion engine.

The Charger has a standard cap-less fueling system. The fuel filler is automatically opened when the fuel nozzle is inserted and automatically closed when it’s removed. This eliminates the need to unscrew and replace the cap and it reduces fuel evaporation, which causes pollution. The E-Class Sedan doesn’t offer a cap-less fueling system.

For better stopping power the Charger’s brake rotors are larger than those on the E-Class Sedan:

	Charger R/T	Charger Super Bee	E 350 Sedan	E 450 Sedan
Front Rotors	13.9 inches	16 inches	13.5 inches	14.6 inches
Rear Rotors	13.8 inches	16 inches	12.6 inches	14.2 inches

The Charger stops shorter than the E-Class Sedan:

	Charger	E-Class Sedan
100 to 0 MPH	297 feet	327 feet	Car and Driver
70 to 0 MPH	151 feet	159 feet	Car and Driver

For better traction, the Charger has larger standard tires than the E-Class Sedan (245/55R18 vs. 225/55R18). The Charger’s optional tires are larger than the largest tires available on the E-Class Sedan (F:305/35R20 & R:325/35R20 vs. F:245/45R19 & R:275/40R19).

The Charger has a standard easy tire fill system. When inflating the tires, the vehicle’s integrated tire pressure sensors keep track of the pressure as the tires fill and tell the driver when the tires are inflated to the proper pressure. The E-Class Sedan doesn’t offer vehicle monitored tire inflation.

For a smoother ride and more stable handling, the Charger’s wheelbase is 4.4 inches longer than on the E-Class Sedan (121 inches vs. 116.6 inches).

For better handling and stability, the average track (width between the wheels) on the Charger is 4 inches wider in the front and 3.8 inches wider in the rear than the track on the E-Class Sedan.

The Charger Daytona Scat Pack Four-Door handles at .97 G’s, while the E 450 Sedan pulls only .89 G’s of cornering force in a Motor Trend skidpad test.

The Charger Daytona Scat Pack Four-Door executes Motor Trend’s “Figure Eight” maneuver 1.2 seconds quicker than the E 450 Sedan (24.6 seconds @ .84 average G’s vs. 25.8 seconds @ .73 average G’s).

The front grille of the Charger Daytona uses electronically controlled shutters to close off airflow and reduce drag when less engine cooling is needed. This helps improve highway fuel economy. The E-Class Sedan doesn’t offer active grille shutters.

The Charger Six Pack offers available computer-generated active noise cancellation to help remove annoying noise and vibration from the passenger compartment, especially at low frequencies. The E-Class Sedan doesn’t offer active noise cancellation.

Because it has more passenger and cargo room, the EPA rates the Charger Four-Door a Large car, while the E-Class Sedan is rated a Mid-size.

The Charger has 3.1 cubic feet more passenger volume than the E-Class Sedan (103.1 vs. 100).

The Charger Four-Door has 1.8 inches more front headroom, 1.1 inches more front legroom, 1 inch more rear legroom and 1.5 inches more rear shoulder room than the E-Class Sedan.

The Charger Four-Door has a much larger trunk with its rear seat up than the E-Class Sedan (22.7 vs. 12.7 cubic feet).

The Charger’s instruments include an oil pressure gauge and a temperature gauge - which could save your engine! Often ‘idiot lights’ don’t warn you until damage has been done. The E-Class Sedan does not have an oil pressure gauge.

Heated windshield washer nozzles are standard on the Charger to prevent washer fluid and nozzles from freezing and help continue to keep the windshield clear in sub-freezing temperatures. Heated windshield washer nozzles cost extra on the E-Class Sedan.

According to iSeeCars.com the 2026 Dodge Charger retains 47.49% of its original value after 5 years, more than the 43.07% resale value of the 2026 Mercedes E-Class Sedan after five years, which can save the Dodge’s owner up to $4260 in depreciation.

A group of representative automotive journalists from North America selected the Charger as the 2026 North American Car of the Year. The E-Class Sedan has never been chosen.