The 2005 Mercedes-Benz E-Class sits at a median of $26,900 in the Canadian market right now. That's your anchor. If you're looking at a listing, hold it up against that number before anything else.
Most cars land between $21,980 and $39,999. That's a wide spread for a single model year, and it tells you condition and history are doing a lot of the pricing work here. A car at the bottom of that band and one near $40,000 are two very different animals, so the asking price alone won't tell you which one you're staring at.
What to actually pay
Median mileage across these cars is 71,700 km. For a 2005, that's genuinely low, and any car in the higher stretch of the price range is likely trading on well-kept odometers and clean paperwork. If you find one in the low $20s that checks out, you're buying below the middle of the market.
We've flagged 2 deals on this model year in the last 90 days. Not a flood, but worth noting that priced-right examples do surface. Set a ceiling around the $26,900 median for a typical car and treat anything under $22,000 as a signal to look closer, not to walk away.
Numbers reflect live listings across Canada over the last 90 days, filtered for outliers. Data as of . Prices in CAD.