noka

edmunds.com info:

- S550 uses new 4-Matic system (in-house design). Will E550 use it?
- S450 will have smaller V8. Is E450 planned?

lkchris

Any 4.5 V8 will look slow compared to the 420CDI.

noka

The E350 is 0.1s quicker 0-60 than E320CDI, for what that's worth. So why couldn't there be an E450 and E420?

DWP

Are you referring to this Edmunds.com article from almost a year ago?

http://www.edmunds.com/insideline/do...ticleId=107445

According to the article, the S450 was due in April of this year. It seems to have gotten lost along the way to North America. Perhaps it went solely to other world markets, or maybe Edmunds.com was just wrong.

I would be very surprised if M-B introduced a second non-AMG V8 to the E-Class in the U.S. MBUSA's consolidation of options packages and elimination of some options shows that they are proceeding in the opposite direction, towards a narrower range of variables within the E-Class.

noka

That was the article that mentioned the S450. I did not notice how old it was, so perhaps you are correct. The comment about new 4matic was in:

http://www.edmunds.com/apps/vdpconta...9/pageNumber=1