E-Class W212 Mercedes W212 E-Class Facelift: Renders, Spyshots, Etc

[941benz]

2011 Word wide salles E sedan and wagon 244341 + 61512 coupe/convertible. BMW F10 and GT 310050 cars.

 

[K-A]

F10 is a much easier (plain yet elegant) design to swallow. W212 might just be too polarizing for this segment.

 

[klier]

^ Make that too polarizing altogether. The design of the W212 was halfway done, when they stopped. Lets hope the FL will change that.

And what you call plain on the 5er, I call ugly on the E.

 

[lukeswiss]

For comparisons sake. The E's Lease rates for the last couple of months were:

E350 Sport / Base P1
$599 per month
$4,674 down
33 Months (moved to 24 months recently)
$34K buyout after Lease (around $38K for 24 month Lease)

BMW 528i "Well Equipped" incentive (this month which carries over from previous months)
$509 a month
$3,234 down
36 Months
$29,026 buyout after Lease.

BMW 535i "Well Equipped"
$549 per month
$3,774 down
36 Months
$31,575 buyout after Lease.

As you can see, the F10 is MUCH CHEAPER to Lease than the W212. Of course it will outsell it. The E's comparable figures (and previous outselling) of the 5er, with a facelift coming next year, one year older body style, and not as impressive drivetrain, is a huge testament to the E's design.

Wow you guys really pay NOTHING for cars.

 

[Keyonte]

I just replaced my wife's 2011 C300 with 2011 F10 528i M-sport. I love the interior , looks and feels like $50k+ car, but i still prefer w212 Sport exterior. Mercedes realy need to do something about w212 interior finishes, it has great design but C class feel. If you look at salles of w211 vs E60 they were about 3000-3500 cars per month each, now new 5 series selling on average 5000 cars, but E class didn't realy improve much, Mercedes just made E look better on paper by renaming CLK as E coupe. Best part about my 528i is a gas millage, so far 28mpg thanks to 8speed transmission.

And the main thing about the C class is that you pay on average about 35k to get a C300 and its stripped of all its features even simple features that you shouldn't have to buy a special package for such as heated seats and even a sunshade while its competitors such as the 3 series or A4 come standard with these features.

 

[dtd]

From what I see, MB wins in term of styling , BMW wins in term of engine's performance and fuel efficiency.
dtd

 

[Keyonte]

New render of the FLW212
It actually doesn't look to bad in this render, it makes the E class looks more modern and in-touch with the Mercedes new design language, al ittle soft but it looks great if its close to the real thing

 

[GTA45E]

^
I think thats pretty much right on the money.. You can almost tell MB planed on doing this, the way the current Es headlghts are designed. Not that much to peel away for a one piece headlight lens. I almost hate to see the quads go.
Thay really do add a since of power to the face of this car.

 

[Keyonte]

I think thats pretty much right on the money..

If you closely study the outside of the headlight in this spy pics its 99% identical to the render, i don't know how they do it

 

[GTA45E]

Lets just hope the eyebrows are not as heavy looking as the SL.
(It`s also looking like the W222 S-Class will get very masculine, heavy looking eyebrows.)

I`m guessing MB is going to release the f/l E sometime after the new S-Class.

 

[Mark]

If you closely study the outside of the headlight in this spy pics its 99% identical to the render, i don't know how they do it

We can't see the image, the link is broken. Can you please upload the image here instead?
Thanks!

 

[tristatez28lt1]

Hi res:

 

[K-A]

Yikes. Looks like they did away with a ton of identity from the car, if it looks like that. I like the rear lights on the E Wagon since they look like the new GL's, and have a sort of classic M-B look to them in a weird way, but they look HORRIBLE and nondescript on the Sedan.

The one piece headlights are clean, but take away a lot of presence and individuality there. And the line on the side (that cuts off the Ponton downward crease) looks cleaner mayyybe, but at the same time, more broken-apart since it now looks like one line got cut into two.... and the bottom part somehow fell a few inches downward. It gives the side profile a much more boring/generic look than it has now.

 

[fortuner]

I need to see this pictures in white so i can compare to my E class.....

The front obviously is moving away from the double to a single lamp...I don't know but it does look a bit more elegant yet the current one looks amazing also so i am not sure.... The side i miss the rear ponton arch....The rear lights remins me somehow of the W126 i dont know why but yeah when i saw the picture first i thaught of the W126...Looks like it could be close to the GL...One thing for sure is i still fell this car is so new and fresh i drove my e on saturday had it washed and stuff and it feels so new..

 

[fortuner]

On the E convertible i like that picture of the Red one looks very good i see in the picture it still has the rear wheel arch will they leave it on the conv/coupe...

 

[Ascari]

I see a big unification at Mercedes.

 

[Keyonte]

We can't see the image, the link is broken. Can you please upload the image here instead?
Thanks!

Sorry it did the same thing with me to, but i had to refresh th page and it showed, but here it is

 

[Keyonte]

Yikes. Looks like they did away with a ton of identity from the car, if it looks like that. I like the rear lights on the E Wagon since they look like the new GL's, and have a sort of classic M-B look to them in a weird way, but they look HORRIBLE and nondescript on the Sedan.

The one piece headlights are clean, but take away a lot of presence and individuality there. And the line on the side (that cuts off the Ponton downward crease) looks cleaner mayyybe, but at the same time, more broken-apart since it now looks like one line got cut into two.... and the bottom part somehow fell a few inches downward. It gives the side profile a much more boring/generic look than it has now.

I totally agree with you about the taillights they look so out of place and too wide for the little bit f space they are given and the design doesnt fit it help either but i'm pretty sure it will look nice on the actual car being that this is just a render

 

[Mark]

Sorry it did the same thing with me to, but i had to refresh th page and it showed, but here it is

I still get a broken link. I don't think that site likes remote linking of images. What you are seeing is most likely what's cached in your browser. We can't see it unless you attach it. I'll see if I can find it and upload it to your post..

 

[Mark]

Is this the image?