REPORT: Mercedes bringing E-Class Wagon Stateside
2010 Mercedes-Benz E-Class Wagon - click above image for high-res gallery
Wagons, wagons everywhere! Just yesterday there were rumors that Acura is tinkering with the idea of a TSX Wagon. Today, none other than the Gray Lady reports that Mercedes-Benz is planning on bringing an E-Class wagon to the U.S. Dubbed the E350 4MATIC Wagon, the potent people mover will sport a 268 hp 3.5-liter V6, Mercedes excellent seven-speed autobox and all-wheel drive. The E350 Wagon should reach our shores by June of 2010 as a 2011 model.
No word on price, but as the E-Class sedan starts at $52,00, expect the wagon to cost more. Same goes for mileage: the sedan gets 16/24 mpg so the slightly heavier AWD wagon should do a bit worse. Over in Europe-land the E-Class wagons get all sorts of different engines ranging from teeny turbo gas engines to bigger boosted diesels. Not here. In fact, we're not even getting a BlueTec diesel wagon. But you can bet your pinks that we'll be getting an AMG E63 wagon, so you can sleep soundly tonight.
[Source: NYTimes.com]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
Ben Roethig 2:45PM (8/11/2009)
I wasn't aware that they didn't sell it in the U.S. anymore.
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mayflyripper 3:24PM (8/11/2009)
Had to double-check myself after reading this as I had assumed that they were sold in the US since they do sell them in Canada. Never imagined that we'd get a model in Canada that wasn't sold in the US!
Aloysius Vampa 2:42PM (8/11/2009)
Only $52 for the new E-Class! That's some pretty serious cost cutting!
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the4thheat 10:09PM (8/11/2009)
Wow, I'm not a fan of the E-Class but at that price I'll take 10.
Bry 2:47PM (8/11/2009)
I'm sensing that the Dodge Magnum will have an afterlife in Germany...Everytime an engine revs a dead model gets a new badge!
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MemphisNET 2:52PM (8/11/2009)
Kinda. They still sell (and hopefully will continue to, if only so I can import one in 15years) the 300/300C Estate overseas. I remember when the LX cars were launching I was in Grand Rapids MI and saw a 300C Estate cruising around totally undisguised. I know it would be a hard sell here, but I always thought it was quite sharp looking.
DayShifter 2:47PM (8/11/2009)
Not sure why, but I love the wagons (Mercs & BMW's)
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Redline 4:02PM (8/11/2009)
Don't forget Audi! RS-Wagons rock!
Kevin 2:57PM (8/11/2009)
Man, for such a small market, lots of automakers are releasing wagons.
I guess the market is growing since big SUV's are now apparently a thing of the past....
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MemphisNET 2:50PM (8/11/2009)
Wooooooooooo!! Bring on the wagons!
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chado8705 2:55PM (8/11/2009)
This is what I like to see. Wagons and hatchbacks all the way! The sooner we embrace them the better. It gives me good hopes that Honda will bring the Type-R over here :)
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pickles 3:57PM (8/11/2009)
Same old boring line, but I'm still going to repeat it... BRING THE DIESEL. Gas is lame and it's certainly not going to be cheap for long. (Super- which you know this MB will require, in my neighborhood is about $3.41 a gallon).
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Dan 6:49PM (8/11/2009)
It's a $60k luxury car with correspondingly stratospheric insurance and service costs. Worrying about 10 bucks a week difference in fuel costs doesn't add up.
Although the reaction you'd get out of the yuppie wives who drive these when pick up their first oily diesel nozzle would be well worth the price of admission!
Jim Dubois 3:03PM (8/11/2009)
Love the new E series in all its forms (coupe, sedan and now this wagon).
The wagon looks luxurious and the price is reasonable (for a Mercedes)
I will take mine with V8 and 4Matic for Northeast winter.
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Civisi 3:05PM (8/11/2009)
Do they sell a Mercedes wagon in the States now? I swear I saw one the other day, and it looked very similar to this.
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Jared 3:24PM (8/11/2009)
They did. For the 2009 model year, they sold the E350 4Matic wagon, and the E63 wagon. For the 2010 model year, they are only selling the E-series sedans.
Jeff 3:09PM (8/11/2009)
As I'm sure a lot of you have read in my posts, I have an 08 A6 Avant. You don't know how happy this posts makes me. I was concerned that Audi might not bring the next A6 Avant here if it had no competitors.
I have been contemplating getting a 2011 A6 Avant and storing it until my 08 bit the dust. Maybe I won't have to now.
Yes, I am a certifiable wagon nut. If I had the garage space and the money, I would also get a 535xiT, an E350 wagon, and a V70.
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Apex 3:14PM (8/11/2009)
Is it me, or is the 16/24 fuel mileage just horrendous for a new "car" with a V-6 and a 7-speed.
A big Dodge Charger with a 5.7L V-8 and a 5-speed auto gets 16/25. Even the SOHC V-6 and the 4-speed in the Charger gets 17/25.
So much for MB engineering...
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JF 4:17PM (8/11/2009)
Apex, I was thinking the exact same thing. Maybe the Mercedes needs a fuel efficient HEMI...
Dan 6:40PM (8/11/2009)
One of the perks of being a luxury marque like MB is that CAFE doesn't matter. When they don't meet it, which is to say always, they just pay the fine. On a $60K vanity nobody is going to notice one more federal tax priced in. The import loving press surely won't call them on it either.
As a result they are able to tune their cars for real world drivability - instant throttle response, willing downshifts, performance gearing, etc - instead of for squeezing out the highest possible scores on the EPA treadmill test.
The elephant in the room is that the tricks to game the EPA test don't really show up on real roads. Program a transmission to not kick down and real live drivers will just press the pedal harder.
Consumer Reports is the only place to go for real world fuel economy testing. They got the same mileage out of the "17/24" E350 as the "19/29" Honda Accord V6.
Along the same lines, they achieved the same mileage with the "14/21" S550 as the "16/25" Dodge Charger RT.
The short of it is that EPA treadmill scores aren't worth the paper they're printed on.