"The best medicine for bad times is first class products," according to Dr. "Zee" Dieter Zetsche, Chairman of the Board of Management of Daimler AG and Head of Mercedes-Benz Cars at the opening of Media Days at the Geneva Auto Show today. The ninth generation E-Class will come to market at the end of March.
With up to 23 percent less fuel consumption compared with its predecessor, the new Mercedes-Benz E-Class has improvements including intelligent bodyshell technology that gives up to 30 percent greater rigidity, improved seats and a newly developed suspension whose shock absorbers automatically adjust to the current driving situation. The optional air suspension now works in combination with an electronic damping system.
The BlueEFFICIENCY E 200 CGI has a 184 horsepower 1.8-liter four-cylinder direct gas injection engine mated to a six-speed manual transmission. The E 250 CGI BlueEFFICIENCY has a 204 horsepower V6 engine with a five-speed automatic transmission as standard and maximum torque is more than 26 percent over the previous V6-engine. As before, the E 350 CGI BlueEFFICIENCY has a 292 horsepower direct gas injection V6 engine, the E 500 has the 388 horsepower V8 and the E 63 AMG has a 525 horsepower V8 all with a seven-speed automatic transmission, steering wheel selector lever and shift paddles. The E 350 CDI BlueEFFICIENCY and the E 350 V6 models and the eight-cylinder E 500, offer as an option the latest-generation Mercedes all-wheel drive technology.
The new E-Class has optional Adaptive Highbeam Assist using a camera on the windshield to recognize oncoming traffic and vehicles moving ahead and to control the headlamps so that their beams do not reach the other vehicle. The Lane Tracking package for the new E-Class includes Blind Spot Assist familiar from the S-Class, and as a new development, Lane Keeping Assist which seeks to prevent the vehicle from leaving the road unintentionally.
About 72 percent of all the body panels are made from high-tech steels to withstand high impact forces and the new E-Class has seven airbags as standard. Standard equipment includes a further improved suspension with adaptive shock absorbers.
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