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02-20-2013, 09:08 AM
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Three-Pointed Star's Cash Cow Gets Significant Updo
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On sale since 2009, with some enhancements already done in early 2011, the eighth-generation W/S 212 Mercedes-Benz E-Class (http://www.autoblog.com/mercedes-benz/e-class/) has once again been put under the knife to stay in step with the automaker's never-ending desire to be the world's Number One purveyor of premium motors. Whereas the smaller C-Class (http://www.autoblog.com/mercedes-benz/c-class/) is the best-seller worldwide for Mercedes-Benz (http://www.autoblog.com/mercedes-benz/), the E-Class pulls in oceans of dough per sale, also at immense volumes.
Beyond a reworking of the overall engine strategy in this second midlife massage, a majority of the E-Class' exterior panels have been redesigned. Additionally, many of the assistance systems to be offered on the next S-Class (http://www.autoblog.com/mercedes-benz/s-class/) are being introduced to the E-Class segment for the first time. Occasionally, these sorts of comprehensive refreshes nearly create a new generation of the car, and this freshened E-Class comes damned close to that.
While Mercedes-Benz wants to talk a lot about the new engine lineup and the S-Class-style convenience and safety systems, we were struck immediately by the redesign. Frankly, to our eyes, these past few years of the Mercedes family look could have used a little more finesse and less knife-slice coldness. That general feel of chilled sharpness on the E-Class is set to be history in short order. Even the chiseled "haunch" line is gone from the rear bodyside - the sort of sheetmetal change you almost never see on a mid-cycle update.Continue reading 2014 Mercedes-Benz E-Class [w/video] (http://www.autoblog.com/2013/02/20/2014-mercedes-benz-e-class-first-drive-review/)
2014 Mercedes-Benz E-Class [w/video] (http://www.autoblog.com/2013/02/20/2014-mercedes-benz-e-class-first-drive-review/) originally appeared on Autoblog (http://www.autoblog.com) on Wed, 20 Feb 2013 11:57:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds (http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/).
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Three-Pointed Star's Cash Cow Gets Significant Updo
http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2013/02/2014-mercedes-benz-e-class-fd.jpg (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2014-mercedes-benz-e-class-first-drive/)
On sale since 2009, with some enhancements already done in early 2011, the eighth-generation W/S 212 Mercedes-Benz E-Class (http://www.autoblog.com/mercedes-benz/e-class/) has once again been put under the knife to stay in step with the automaker's never-ending desire to be the world's Number One purveyor of premium motors. Whereas the smaller C-Class (http://www.autoblog.com/mercedes-benz/c-class/) is the best-seller worldwide for Mercedes-Benz (http://www.autoblog.com/mercedes-benz/), the E-Class pulls in oceans of dough per sale, also at immense volumes.
Beyond a reworking of the overall engine strategy in this second midlife massage, a majority of the E-Class' exterior panels have been redesigned. Additionally, many of the assistance systems to be offered on the next S-Class (http://www.autoblog.com/mercedes-benz/s-class/) are being introduced to the E-Class segment for the first time. Occasionally, these sorts of comprehensive refreshes nearly create a new generation of the car, and this freshened E-Class comes damned close to that.
While Mercedes-Benz wants to talk a lot about the new engine lineup and the S-Class-style convenience and safety systems, we were struck immediately by the redesign. Frankly, to our eyes, these past few years of the Mercedes family look could have used a little more finesse and less knife-slice coldness. That general feel of chilled sharpness on the E-Class is set to be history in short order. Even the chiseled "haunch" line is gone from the rear bodyside - the sort of sheetmetal change you almost never see on a mid-cycle update.Continue reading 2014 Mercedes-Benz E-Class [w/video] (http://www.autoblog.com/2013/02/20/2014-mercedes-benz-e-class-first-drive-review/)
2014 Mercedes-Benz E-Class [w/video] (http://www.autoblog.com/2013/02/20/2014-mercedes-benz-e-class-first-drive-review/) originally appeared on Autoblog (http://www.autoblog.com) on Wed, 20 Feb 2013 11:57:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds (http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/).
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