E-Class (W211) Semi-Official pics of Mercedes-Benz E class facelift

[Yaz]

I don't recall seeing these around here:

 

[Michael]

I don't recall seeing these around here:

Very conservative change eh?

Nothing special in my books. I wish MB would do something more radical these days! It seems the S and CLS are the only bad boys in town that have been liberated to show their true colors.

 

[Beemer B773ER]

Oh no.. they didn't. They did.. they ruined my favourite MB model. The front looks too happy now..before it looked confident.
The rear is also ruined. Way too much white in the rear light compartment.

The only thing im happy about are those side-mirrors... finally, it looks seperate from the rest of the car.

 

[Michael]

Oh no.. they didn't. They did.. they ruined my favourite MB model. The front looks too happy now..before it looked confident.
The rear is also ruined. Way too much white in the rear light compartment.

The only thing im happy about are those side-mirrors... finally, it looks seperate from the rest of the car.

Funny how you point out the mirrors, I didn't even realize that!

Don't worry about the "happy" front, the E55 will probably stay with the nice aggressive mean looking bumper that will once again bring the E back to its miserable mean looking face!

 

[bum-man]

It's a PS.

 

[Beemer B773ER]

Funny how you point out the mirrors, I didn't even realize that!

Don't worry about the "happy" front, the E55 will probably stay with the nice aggressive mean looking bumper that will once again bring the E back to its miserable mean looking face!

Oh, I'm not in the slightest bit worried about how the E55/E63 (whichever it will be) will turn out. I know it will be aggressive and menacing, so I'm sure i'll love the E55...but it's the normal E-class which I won't have the same affection for. The current E500 looks absolutely awesome....and yes, IMO, it is just as good as the 545/550i in terms of visual appeal.
Everything about the car was just a pleasure to my eyes, the front, the rear, the stance, the interior even....but now they've changed the face to be more happy and smiley, and to me, that's taken away from that 'quiet but confident' face the E class currently has. The rear lights of the facelifted E aren't that appealing either, ..simply too much white space. Current rear light compartment of the E-class looks great.

I don't look forward to seeing the facelift E-class on the road.

Oh, with the facelifted E55/63 ... i hope all that white space in the rear lights get smoked like the SL55/65 rear lights are..coz that just might make me love the rear lights again.

I look at those pics posted above...and i...sigh.

 

[Merc1]

The only thing I can do without on the FL is that point at the bottom of the grille. Really don't like that reminds me of lesser cars.

M

 

[LaArtist]

if those pics are it.. i think its pretty nice.. it sits more heavy on the road now.. a nice little change.. nothing to argue about..
now lets hope there have been some major changes under the skin

 

[131172]

The above photo is photoshoped, the chrome stripe above the rear number plate should be longer. Nonetheless, the facelifted will look pretty much like that. Seriously, I think they mess up the rear with this facelift. I agree with BeeMer Boi that they have taken away the handsome and elegant look of the current E.

 

[Mr. M]

A facelift that detracted from the previous model. I find this new E-Class very distasteful.

 

[Zafiro]

Is this really the final result of the facelift?

 

[Merc1]

I think a lot of you are going overboard here, those are PS at best. I'd wait for the official pics before drawing so many conclusions. All should be revealed next week if not this week.

M

 

[PanterroR]

I'll only comment those pics and honestly... Nothing special.

 

[Kleemann_SL]

Maybe its a PS, but the original one will be very similar to these IMO. And they ruined the classy E!!

My only hope now is the E63 AMG and the AMG-package....

 

[Snake Vargas]

I don't like this new facelift, either. The front looks more busy than it need be, and from other spy pics, the grille will be lower and pointier at the bottom - worse than this PS, IMO. The rear lights also look tacky, with all that white - I reckon the current ones look quite classy. The only thing I like is that the mirrors are separate from the car, instead of being like ears..

 

[7saen]

PS, both.

 

[wltsm]

I hope these PSs are wrong, because the E class looks a lot less elegant in them! It looks fine as it is, it doesn't need changes made to the styling, just to the underneath and quality!

 

[GTA45E]

thats the question now..
We have AMG sportspackage on the W221 and now this.. the S65 is diffrent.. but what about the coming 63 sedans.. will they look like the AMG package.. or will they be diffrent.. ... hmm

It`s going to be interesting to see what happens. I think it`s amazing how MB gave the CLK63 the S65 look, yet the SL55 almost looks like a glorified version of the S-Class sport package, almost mild in comparison. The CLS63
looks identical to the CLS55 (MB should have made it more aggressive looking.) I remember seeing the 65 look on a test version of an E AMG but why would the E AMG get the 65 look when the CLS63 didn`t get it.

I think the E63 will look like this sport package.

 

[bum-man]

"On 12 April 2006 the announcement becomes on the Facelift expected by Mercedes and customers equally with tension. The Showroompremiere takes place on 10 June 2006. Beside the e-class also the CLS will lose the SBC brake and by a similar s-class brake with the same comfort functions as HOLD and pumping dry function will receive. But without Facelift the e-class still already proves again and again auf's new that it is the Non plus Ultra in the upper middle class. The Facelift will continue to remove this projection/lead. In a comparison test that autopicture wins the E 500 with "old" M113 E50 against the newer competitors such as AUDI A6 4,2, BMW 540i and Lexus clearly and convinces in the chapters travelling comfort, security, engine and the 7G-Tronic automatic transmission is world-wide further singular particularly.
More to the comparison test the Facelift receives new engines E 500 with 388 HP from the s-class as well as the E 63 AMG with 514 PS.Die to exact details becomes then probably on 12 April publishes. Here still some CAD photos (probable for the new InterNet Konfigurator)." -JESMB.com

Translated by: bablefish

 

[Mr. Mercedes]

Those are all really horrible photos of the E. Why would MB even release such ugly photos?