E-Class W213 [Official] Mercedes-Benz E-Class W213

[fortuner]

I have sat in the E it's very very spacious and the seats are brilliant front and rear seats ate well placed and the car is easily more spacious then the previous generation.

 

[montana]

Will see it live next week here in Norway. But it seems with "rounder" design you get less space inside - compared to the more angular design.
Example 210 and 212 - straight lines
211 and 213 flows rounded interior.
The 211 always seemed tighter than 212 and 210.

In Oslo? If so, where?

 

[vios1]

Hopefully it is spacious, I am just curious as the photo seems tight back space.

 

[klier]

Hopefully it is spacious, I am just curious as the photo seems tight back space.

E and 5 have never been that spacious. There's enough space, but if you want more you're better of with another type car....or a Skoda Superb.

 

[Deleted member 48992]

In Oslo? If so, where?

Saturday 16/4 at Erik Arnesen Helsfyr.
I believe some of the dealers will have a previews 14/4 also.

 

[LaArtist]

Went to see it live today.

My impressions:
It looks so much smaller than my car (w212) parked next to it.
It is very much more elegant, but its not in the least an imposing design, and that's not only down to the soft curves of the design, cause the C class and S class can look pretty menacing.

The head lights are really much better irl, and the grill (avantgarde) fits the car very well.

The inside is super nice, the AMG seats are amazing, but the interior gives an impression of being much tighter than the W212, very sporty and in the face, while the W212 feels airy and vast.
Rear seats are super, no problems with room.

Note: All damn cars were black inside all 10 of them. And also none of them had the dual screen cockpit. And each and everyone had the AMG package. So factor that into my comments above.
Maybe a lighter colored interior would feel less claustrophobic.

Finally i think that BMW fans might really like the E class AMG interior..it gave a BMWesque feeling when it comes to being tight and driver focused.


All in all a very nice car, beautiful but very vanilla.
Inside is amazing no doubt, maybe some more airiness would be nice.

It did NOT wow me, and it does NOT give me that : GOT TO HAVE IT! feeling.

PS
I do think MB played it safe with this one, so that they can go all in on the CLS for the customers that want more flair. Let's wait and see.

I will not be switching my E for a new E though.
Possibly the new CLS, or i might do something shocking and change brand

 

[Deleted member 48992]

I have one more year of leasing on the C class. I am thinking of buying a used 2014/2015/2016 E class S212 with less than 60.000km. Probably not going to buy the new E. It does not wow me that much.
If the facelift C is revealed by spring 2017 - I might go for a C facelift wagon, but most likely a facelift S212. It feels so much more spacious.

 

[HUTSUTAo]

Could this be an accidental leak by a dealer

 

[DJRaze99]

Could this be an accidental leak by a dealer

Only fotoshop who has already been reproduced.

 

[Mick Briesgau]

I saw it yesterday. It was a disappointing experience. First I thought, where are thou? The balloons on the rearside mirrors told me, that must be the new E. Looks very, very much like a C-klasse irl and, strangely enough, not at all like a S-klasse. They had only avant-garde line versions, which I definitely don't like; an E-klasse deserves a real Benz grill with star on the hood. Interior was basic avant-garde, without leather upholstery and in black, boring... They were stuck with the widescreen, which looks terrific (better Looking than the screens in the W222). In the details you can clearly see, why it is less expensive than a S-klasse. Looked spacious enough in my eyes. As LaArtist also said, I didn't get a wannahave feeling as well. I think this is a car you'll love driving it; not love on first sight.

 

[Monster]

I saw it yesterday. It was a disappointing experience. First I thought, where are thou? The balloons on the rearside mirrors told me, that must be the new E. Looks very, very much like a C-klasse irl and, strangely enough, not at all like a S-klasse. They had only avant-garde line versions, which I definitely don't like; an E-klasse deserves a real Benz grill with star on the hood. Interior was basic avant-garde, without leather upholstery and in black, boring... They were stuck with the widescreen, which looks terrific (better Looking than the screens in the W222). In the details you can clearly see, why it is less expensive than a S-klasse. Looked spacious enough in my eyes. As LaArtist also said, I didn't get a wannahave feeling as well. I think this is a car you'll love driving it; not love on first sight.

Thanks for confirming my suspicion. The car needs the traditional grill, and the the interior needs a lot of options to make it look as good as it does in the press photos.

 

[trader1]

Agree with artist and mick I saw And sat inside an e220d in NY...also had the black interior. Didn't get anywhere close to the butterflies ..no must have appeal. The interior felt Spartan a let down from seeing all the photos . Exterior wise nice but not a stunner for me

 

[DexterMorgan]

Could this be an accidental leak by a dealer

No. This is just a bad Photoshop.

 

[Zafiro]

..might do something shocking and change brand

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the next 5-series

 

[klier]

Could this be an accidental leak by a dealer

Nope.

 

[BMW3GT]

I was in Stuttgart last week and had the opportunity to see the "full-fat" version of the W213, meaning the E-Class with designo-interior and AMG/Exclusive Exterior. That car look fantastic, never seen such a good looking E-Class. When I came home, I was expecting a lot of "wow", "oh my gosh", "awesome" 'n stuff in this thread. To see that MB managed to give only very regular E-class without any designo/amg/exclusive packages to their dealers is kinda weird. So I called my friend at a MB dealership and asked him if he has any clue why MB gave only the regular E-classe's to their dealers. Well, he said that MB had trouble with the launch of the new model and all factories are working on 100% percent, meaning that all cool stuff for the E-class is like "reserved" for the preorders.

@Mick Briesgau You should call your MB dealer and ask him when they will receive a "fully fitted" E-class. I'm pretty sure you will be impressed as I am

 

[Zafiro]

This is nothing new. If you want the finest, you need to pay a fortune. Most buyers don't do that though. What you see at dealers are what the majority of the people are going to choose.

 

[BMW3GT]

This is nothing new. If you want the finest, you need to pay a fortune. Most buyers don't do that though. What you see at dealers are what the majority of the people are going to choose.

100% agree. Standard interior is laughable.

 

[vios1]

The standard interior should have save it to Taxi, so MB buyers feel the different. But what in MB mind, release the low spec car at dealers?

 

[BMW3GT]

The standard interior should have save it to Taxi, so MB buyers feel the different. But what in MB mind, release the low spec car at dealers?

I don't know why. But when I was in Stuttgart they had a bunch of E-classes with full specs. I think these cars were press cars... Anyway there were a bunch of people and surprisingly a lot of Audi, BMW and even Landy Rover/Jaguar drivers who tried to get a little glimpse of the new E-class. Of course there were some "older people" that neither liked the twinscreen nor the bigger center console. But overall the impressions were very positive, much better than 7 years ago when the W212 was released.

If you ask me, a white W213 with amg line and amg rims looks absolutely stunning. The air-intakes at the front give the e-class a very agressive presence plus the coupe-like back grants a very sporty look.