2010 Mercedes-Benz E-Class revealed ahead of Geneva
Click above for a high-res gallery of the 2010 Mercedes-Benz E-Class
After various reports and some leaked images, M-B took the wraps off the the 2010 Mercedes-Benz E-Class at a private event in Detroit. While the new E won't make its public debut until March at the Geneva Motor Show, we were on hand in Motown to get the details straight from the company that Karl Benz built.
We've said plenty about the E's new conservative sheetmetal and exterior elements, including the ConceptFASCINATION-inspired front-end and sedate, uninspired rump. Depending on spec, the new E-class will feature either twin foglamps or angular LEDs, trapezoidal or oval exhaust tips and a host of wheel options. The overall length has been stretched by half an inch to just under 16 feet, while the width has grown by 1.26 inches, the wheelbase is up 0.8-inches and height is half-an-inch taller than the outgoing model. Torsional rigidity is up by 30% and the new E is more aerodynamic, along with packing 11 standard airbags.
The 2010 model shows considerable promise inside, with an interior that evolves the C-class and GLK's angular aesthetic and attempts to bring more of that bomb-proof feel that Benz was known for in the past. The transmission selector can be had on either the console or the steering column, ala S-class, with the COMAND controller placed on the center divider and some of the seat controls moving to the sides, next to the transmission tunnel.
The new E features enough gadgetry to sooth even the most weary CES attendee, beginning with a new standard system called Attention Assist that keeps track of steering angle and alerts the driver if they're getting drowsy with an audible alert and a coffee-cup icon on the dash. Lane departure warning is optional, along with adaptive high-beam headlights that dim when oncoming traffic is approaching, radar-based cruised control, blind-spot monitoring and infrared night vision.
When the 2010 E-class goes on sale this summer, buyers can choose from either a direct-injected, 292-hp 3.5-liter V6 (E350) or a 388-hp 5.5-liter V8 (E500), both mated to a standard seven-speed automatic gearbox. 4MATIC models will arrive later, along with the E63 variant, and the 211 hp, 3.0-liter Bluetech diesel variant with urea injection is slated to go on sale at the end of the year.
Gallery: 2010 Mercedes-Benz E-Class
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 4)
Andrew L 10:37PM (1/10/2009)
not really a fan of the fog lights, it makes it look like it has exhaust pipes in the front
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Torrent 10:55PM (1/10/2009)
Anyone else thinks the rear looks like an '09 Galant?
pmiddle5 10:56PM (1/10/2009)
yeah hating on that like WHOA.
firstplace 1:47AM (1/11/2009)
They made it look like an old persons car. Yuck.
ken 3:43AM (1/11/2009)
that was exactly my first thought too!!! You don't know if it's coming or going............lol
mc959 9:32AM (1/11/2009)
if you see on the pics, some models got led lights as fog lights and other model have 4 chromed light that i don't like neither (looks like an exhaust, lol)
ProudToBeAmerican 10:46PM (1/10/2009)
Hideous, absolutely hideous! MB, 1st you made all of you SUV's look like minivans and now your cars look like pieces of cars from a junkyard! And to think that will ask 50-69k for these crappy designs? God help you!
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Flashpoint 2:24AM (1/11/2009)
I love the new E-class' design. The back isnt that nice but the front is hot.
But..."urea injection"? WTF?
Jon 10:52PM (1/10/2009)
Looks like a buick. Nasty, just nasty. And +1 for the foglights looking like exhaust pipes. Or gun barrels. Weak Sauce
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Torrent 10:54PM (1/10/2009)
LOOKS LIKE A BUICK? A BUICK? Have you seen recent Buicks?
Nice joke.
happy_penguin 12:06AM (1/11/2009)
It looks nothing like a Buick and neither a Buick nor this are nasty. Sometimes plain, perhaps, but not nasty. Very ignorant comment.
Jon 2:03AM (1/11/2009)
I thought It looks a bit like the Chinese regal, the front at least, with the grill shape and headlight shape (minus the drl or highbeam being seperated). I prefer the new regal actually. (did I just say that!?!?)
new c-class was nice, but this? Not so much.
Maybe amg will work some magic on it.
What can I say I'm an audi guy.
Torrent 10:52PM (1/10/2009)
So MB basically created a Chinese rip-off of their current E-Class.
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ExqueezeMe! 11:32PM (1/10/2009)
Thats exactly what I thought when I saw it first....looks like a Chinese design ripeoff of a MB...but from MB...ha! No dice here. Shame too since the concept drawings looked so darn hot.
big j 3:25PM (1/11/2009)
and yes you're not racist as you claim in all your posts because stereotyping a race based on the actions of car companies is anything but ignorant.
Rip the car companies all you want, but make sure you differentiate the car companies from the people you moron.
larry a 10:55PM (1/10/2009)
I only looked at a few pictures but as a BMW lover and a Benz hater, I will admit this is really nice the interior is way above par for this class, not so sure about the foglights in the default picture, it had me a lil confused at first lol but good job MB, I'm sure it will sell
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larry a 11:11PM (1/10/2009)
just saw the taillights, not good, the exterior sucks but the interior is 1337
pmiddle5 10:57PM (1/10/2009)
Not a fan....Disappointed. Who is the designer in charge of this??
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Grant 10:59PM (1/10/2009)
M-B have well and truly lost their way styling wise, Looks like something SsangYong would come up with. Barf !
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Silver 11:15PM (1/10/2009)
Are Hyundais looking more like Mercedes these days, or is it Mercedes starting to look like Hyundais?
The Germans are really starting to lose their way in automotive design...
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