New Mercedes-Benz E-Class to be unveiled tomorrow

The next-generation Mercedes-Benz E-Class volition beryllium revealed tomorrow, arsenic confirmed by the German firm. 

Marketed arsenic a conception person for caller technologies, the caller E-Class volition person an upmarket interior successful enactment with that of its electrical sibling, the EQE. Officially elaborate successful February, this caller interior is disposable with the dashboard-spanning MBUX Superscreen arsenic an optional extra.

Effectively 2 screens – 1 mounted centrally and 1 connected the offside – nether 1 expanse of glass, the Superscreen includes functionality that allows passengers to ticker films connected the go. Meanwhile, a sensor monitors the driver’s attraction and disables the rider surface if the operator is distracted by it.

Another caller improvement is an optional driver-facing camera that (when stationary) tin beryllium utilized connected 1 of the assorted third-party apps downloadable to the MBUX operating system, including TikTok and Zoom.

The latest mentation of MBUX besides includes artificial intelligence, which learns the driver’s regular and pre-empts their needs – for example, automatically warming the spot erstwhile the somesthesia drops, oregon winding down the model astatine the entranceway to a frequented car park.

The E-Class besides receives a integer instrumentality show and an optional head-up display, said to person a wider tract of presumption than erstwhile iterations.

The technological battle extends to the underpinnings of the caller E-Class, contempt it being 1 of the last models based connected Mercedes’ MRA platform. 

All versions of the upcoming E-Class volition beryllium driven by a hybrid powertrain, with a prime of 4 oregon six cylinders. The model’s existing M254 four-cylinder petrol and OM654 four-cylinder diesel units volition beryllium offered exclusively with an integrated starter-generator and 48V electrical strategy arsenic good arsenic changes to their exhaust strategy that let them to conscionable EU7 emanation regulations.

The turbocharged 2.9-litre in-line six-cylinder M256 petrol and turbocharged 3.0-litre in-line six-cylinder OM656 diesel units are planned to person akin upgrades and volition beryllium offered with some mild-hybrid and plug-in hybrid functionality with up to 435bhp and 330bhp respectively.

Meanwhile, plug-in hybrid versions are acceptable to person a 28.6kWh battery, the aforesaid portion utilized by the Mercedes S580e, to springiness them an electrical scope of implicit 62 miles.

Each motor volition beryllium mated to a nine-speed torque-converter automatic gearbox, with lower-end models featuring rear-wheel drive. Mercedes-Benz’s 4Matic four-wheel thrust strategy volition look connected much almighty models, including those tuned by AMG.

For 2024, the E-Class draws plan inspiration from the latest, much premium Mercedes S-Class. Its beforehand extremity is much pronounced, with much angular lines and a ample chrome grille. The rear, meanwhile, is sleeker and described arsenic a premix betwixt the caller S-Class and C-Class. 

Alongside the saloon model, Mercedes is besides readying to motorboat successors to the E-Class Estate and E-Class All Terrain successful 2024. It volition besides beryllium joined by a Mercedes-AMG E53 sports saloon variant, which volition beryllium differentiated by its bespoke grille, bigger brakes and sports exhaust.

The E-Class Coupé and Cabriolet volition nary longer beryllium represented by the long-standing moniker, alternatively coming nether the ‘CLE’ umbrella.

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Updates to the model’s chassis see modified double-wishbone beforehand and multi-link rear suspension, portion the E-Class volition besides beryllium offered with optional aerial suspension and, for the archetypal clip connected the E-Class, a rear-wheel steering strategy offering up to 10deg of steering astatine the rear.

Mercedes-Benz is determined to erstwhile again marque the caller E-Class the safest car successful its class. As good arsenic adopting each the assorted driving adjunct systems from the larger S-Class, the sixth-generation exemplary is acceptable to enactment level 3 autonomous driving functionality with lidar-based sensors.

Pricing for the caller exemplary is expected to commencement astir £60,000, sandwiching it betwixt the caller C-Class (from £45,165) and S-Class (£86,260). This besides places it beneath the EQE, which is priced from £74,345.

Additional reporting by Charlie Martin