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Bold and the Beautiful Must Watch Moments March 17: Luna Seeks Out Her Grandmother

You do NOT want to miss out on seeing this exciting drama in Los Angeles.

In The Bold and the Beautiful must-watch moments for Monday, March 17, sees Luna turning to the one family member who doesn’t know she’s family yet…It promises to be a day filled to the brim with drama, and you won’t want to miss a second of the show. Tune in to CBS or Paramount+ to watch.

Previously on The Bold and the Beautiful

Luna’s (Lisa Yamada) time in prison was rough, indeed. She suffered daily beatings and feared for her life. Luckily, she managed to beg Dollar Bill (Don Diamont) to come to her rescue. He took her into his home, under his wing, and even managed to finagle her a pardon! Obviously, this isn’t sitting well with anyone in Los Angeles. The Forresters and Finnegans are up in arms over Luna walking free and are committed to getting her put back behind bars where she belongs.

While this is bad. Very bad, what’s coming next could make things much, much worse. Word is spreading quickly that Finn (Tanner Novlan) is the true not-so-proud pop of the infamous killer. It won’t be long now before Sheila (Kimberlin Brown) learns the truth. And, when she does, it could all go sideways. More than anything, she craves a family connection, one that she’s not getting from Finn (Tanner Novlan). Will she see Luna as her second chance?

Meanwhile, Hope’s (Annika Noelle) bid to keep Forrester Creations under her Carter’s (Lawrence Saint-Victor) control is shaky at best. He’s starting to see the error of his ways…and he’s making those eyes at Daphne Rose (Murielle Hilaire) on a constant basis. Since the kiss, the mood at the office hasn’t quite been the same and Hope is feeling the heat. Is her world about to fall apart again?

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Monday, March 17,  2025                  Episode           9485

Luna approaches Sheila, seeking her alliance.

Hope starts to sense that something is off at Forrester Creations.

Mercedes-Benz E-Class E450 Review: Is It A Sleeper?

With as much output as the Ferrari Testarossa, the E450 has a powerful engine under the hood and is a luxury fitting for a fat cat sitting at the back. But is it a driver’s car?

Highlights

0-100kmph in 4.5 seconds

375bhp and 500Nm from 3.0-litre straight-six

Costs Rs 92.50 lakh (ex-showroom)

What is a Sleeper?

In car guys’ terms, a ‘sleeper’ means a ‘car with a big powerful engine under the hood, packing in a lot of horsepower’. But that’s any performance car, right? Well, the Sleeper tag comes in if the external appearance of the said car doesn’t give you the slightest hint of just how much power is lurking underneath. But you must be wondering if the car you see in the pictures here is your regular new-generation E-Class. And we had already driven the new E-Class some five months ago when the sixth-generation E-Class landed on our shores. That one was the E200. It had a 2.0-litre four-cylinder petrol engine under the hood, which makes just over 200bhp and 320Nm. It’s rear-wheel-drive and can do 0-100kmph in just over eight seconds. You can also have the E-Class with a similar output diesel in the E220d guise. 

But what you see here is not your regular E-Class. This isn’t the E63 AMG either; don’t get too excited yet. I wouldn’t have been able to hold my giggles if it was an E63. But this one, it’s the range-topper. Costing over 17 lakh rupees more than the E200 (with a sticker price of Rs 92.5 lakh ex-showroom), this one wears a 450 badge. But does it qualify as a ‘sleeper’?

Under the long bonnet of the E450 sits a straight-six. The 3.0-litre straight-six makes 387bhp and 500Nm. That’s good enough to clock the acceleration time from 0-100kmph in just 4.5 seconds. To give you a perspective, the output is almost 170bhp more than the E200, and the acceleration time is as good as the erstwhile Nissan 370Z or the Porsche 718 Cayman. Want to know some more cars this can keep up with – the Alpine A110S, the Jaguar F-Type RWD or even some American muscle cars? And these are some serious driver’s cars. But the question is – is this E450 a driver’s car?

Well, it is fast, for the starters. The single-scroll turbocharger is ready at boost as soon as you plant your right foot on the accelerator, and the acceleration time of sub-5 seconds is apparent, and all that 500Nm is felt the moment you wring it. The squat position just before the take-off also proves just how intense the horsepower is under the hood. But there’s no hiding the fact that this is a large, heavy sedan.

It will be bought by the fat cat sitting at the back to be chauffeured from one meeting to another. They won’t care about the AWD setup, which reduces the understeer and enhances the grip when tackling a corner. They won’t even bother when say at the traffic light GP this one can smoke almost anything standing next to it. This is a fat, hefty sedan that can crunch the minions the same way the owner sitting at the back does in their respective field. 

Sadly, no, this is not the driver’s car you’d want it to be.

It doesn’t feel as eager and as light on its feet as the C-Class does. We have driven the C300, and it feels like a proper sprinter compared to this one. This one has matured a lot to assume the S-Class’s place after all. Similar to that middle-aged uncle we all know who tries to wear a hip t-shirt and sneakers to look and feel young, but he simply cannot escape the fact that with age (and dimension), comes maturity. The E-Class is now more mature. The bigger engine here is to make the commutes swifter rather than thrilling. It can easily sit at triple-digit speeds and can overtake at will. But it’s not there to give an adrenaline rush to the driver.

Apart from the engine, which is smooth, refined, vibration-free at any speed and quite responsive, too, the overall hardware largely remains unchanged. I still wish the E-Class came with a better set of tyres that were a tad grippier and a bit more silent. The steering feels light and easy at slow speeds. But I wish they were a bit more communicative. The ride isn’t too bad, either. It absorbs most irregularities without a bother. The gearbox, too, is smooth, quick-shifting and free from any lags or jerks.