Rear Seat Room
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Rear Seat Room
I'd appreciate hearing from anyone who sat in the New E at one of the E-Motion events. I'm interested in how much leg room you thought there is in the rear seat. Motortrend said it was small. Would 6' adults be comfortable on longer trips?
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i thought the leg room was sufficient...
i'm 6'1" and i had plenty of room even after positioning the drivers seat to my liking. i wouldn't say 6 adults would be comfortable, but definitely 5.
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I went to E-Motion 3 days in a row. They are cheap dates for my ladies! The interior seems 'not much bigger'. The rear headroom actually appeared smaller than my W210 especially with the glass roof and that more curved coupe-like rear C-Pillar. The only obvious increase to the human-eye is that the trunk is really deep and long.
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Re: Rear Seat Room
Originally posted by rayscar
I'd appreciate hearing from anyone who sat in the New E at one of the E-Motion events. I'm interested in how much leg room you thought there is in the rear seat. Motortrend said it was small. Would 6' adults be comfortable on longer trips?
I'd appreciate hearing from anyone who sat in the New E at one of the E-Motion events. I'm interested in how much leg room you thought there is in the rear seat. Motortrend said it was small. Would 6' adults be comfortable on longer trips?
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Originally posted by cdimarco
I am 6'3" and sat in the back fo an E500 and was fine. Granted I wouldn't be crossing my legs or anything but I fit ok.
I am 6'3" and sat in the back fo an E500 and was fine. Granted I wouldn't be crossing my legs or anything but I fit ok.
How would a 6'3" driver in front of you feel?
His/her normal position is probably 4" to 6" between his seat back and the front edge of the backseat, -- which does not leave much wiggle room (4" - 6") for a 6' plus person in the back!
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Leg Room in rear
Actually, I sat in the driver seat first and got myself all cozy - pushing the seat all the way back put me too far from the pedals, that has never happened to me before.After getting cozy up front, I moved to the back and like I said, I fit fine. I spend a good deal of my life flying coach so I am used to cozy seating quarters but I tell you my legs were not squished.
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I knew you could drop them down by pushing a button but i didn't know you had to manually put them back up. You're right that is something MB needs to fix. Thanks for the info
Is that true? I was looking all over for a button to bring them back up and couldn't find one. Dang.
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haha yes it's true. the dealer put them down, and we left them like that until we left the dealership. about 20 minutes into the ride we wanted to see how they'd go back up. we couldn't find the button for it either so ended up taking out the manual and reading up on how to put them back up.
