Despite What You Think, This Really Is The New Mercedes E-Class
It used to be Audi we poked fun at for producing what looked like a range of identical cars, save for a few size differences. But, this copy/paste styling approach seems to be spreading: just check out the new Jaguar XF, which looks scarcely different to the XE. And now thanks to an early leak, we can see that the new ‘W213’ looks just like a C-Class, a car which looks rather like a downsized S-Class. Oh dear.
Still, I was never much of a fan of the outgoing E’s fussy and angular styling, and this is a neater-looking thing, even if the similarities to the C are a little irksome. So, now we’ve dealt with the elephant in the room, what’s new?
Official details are limited at this stage, but Mercedes has previously revealed that the new E-Class will get a pair of 12.3-inch touch screens, and touch-sensitive buttons on the steering wheel that’ll allow the driver to control various functions with a mere swipe of the finger. According to Stuttgart, it’s the first time this sort of tech has made it into a car.
Also on the tech front, there’s a set of - most likely optional - posh LED light clusters, which each feature 84 light modules, up from 24 in the outgoing model.
We’re expecting to see a variety of four-cylinder diesel and petrol engines, plus a six-pot E400 model (pictured here) that’ll top the range. For now, at least: we’ll get an E63 AMG in 2017, which will almost certainly use the bombastic 4.0-litre twin-turbo V8 found in the C63 with even more power cranked out of it. Since the new E-Class is 100kg lighter than the old one, that should be one hell of a car.
The car will make it’s public debut at the Detroit motor show next week.
Growing up on a diet of World Rally Championship highlights and lengthy Gran Turismo 2 sessions, a life in cars was as good as inevitable for Matt.
Comments
why do they do this…
As a mercedes fanboy this is quite dissapointing…
Im gutted that the UK won’t get the bonnet badge ornamant
I thinks because they want to appeal to a “younger” generation of salesmen and so having it on the grill is the way to go
All cars since 2009 had been pasteurized :( it’s really sad how cars which were cool now are larger versions or smaller versions of a specific model
Wow I this is the second time I get disappointed at Mercedes the first is when they introduced the AMG GT
A quick comparison for those who wish to play spot the difference.
I can notice Only the alloys difference 🙈
Why have you uploaded the same car thrice? :P
you spelled sex wrong….not funny? OK
Economy class (C)
Business Class (E)
Limo Class (S)
how to make easy money:
1.Buy an C class
2.Change the rims
3.Sell it as an S Class
4.???
5.Profit
Hm, it looks good, but it’s too similar to the C- and S-Class. I’m not sure if I like it.
If it is not broken, don’t try to fix it…
Japan should learn that… With all their cars coming out looking like crap.
Wow and I thought Audi was bad with the A4, A6 and A8
dont forget the A5
Same sausage, different length taken wayyyyyy to seriously
Are they trying to keep same design in every class ?
Well, I’m guessing this new version is quite unsual and a bit Cheaper for Mercedes in Developing, since it used the similarity from their another car… But, I think Merc try to follow their tradition in the past…😓
They did it once and it was a fail, they will soon realize the same, but from all three E is best looking for me or better told is the best car cause you can have quite a spaceious family luxury car that isn’t pointlessly too big!
Oh and on a back seat of a new S class there is less room then on a 1996 VW Passat, that S is just one huge pile of nothing, if you do want to drive someone on a back seat you need pay more for a car made on a bigger platform that gives you 15 cm of leg room!!