2009 E Class
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W211 & Q7
I prefer W211's round front light design.
Some highlights include:
- Steering Wheel mounted gear-shifter lever (S, R, GL, M class)
- Steering Wheel paddle shifter
- COMMAND module + knob ( S, GLK, C)
- Telephone pad/ wrist rest (S Class)
- Multimedia HDD + card reader with Navi - preloaded?
- Steering Wheel mounted gear-shifter lever (S, R, GL, M class)
- Steering Wheel paddle shifter
- COMMAND module + knob ( S, GLK, C)
- Telephone pad/ wrist rest (S Class)
- Multimedia HDD + card reader with Navi - preloaded?
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Not too much place for a normal manual box lever on the photo.
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I doubt the last W211 cars would be available not later than the first of August, are you claiming the W212 would be available soon (after August 1st)? I would be willing to place a bet.
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The 2009 E-Class is still the W211 and will probably be available late summer would be my guess. I hope they do some kind of special edition for the last year like they sometimes do.
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Good guess. The C-Class pics were released last year early part of the year, then revealed at Geneva, and then went on sale in the late summer/early fall in the US. The W212 E-Class should be the same.
The 2009 E-Class is still the W211 and will probably be available late summer would be my guess. I hope they do some kind of special edition for the last year like they sometimes do.
The 2009 E-Class is still the W211 and will probably be available late summer would be my guess. I hope they do some kind of special edition for the last year like they sometimes do.
http://www.jesmb.de/indexie.htm
See the W212 related news.
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I don't think this is only a good guess, there is a lot of info about the official start of sales for Europe:
http://www.jesmb.de/indexie.htm
See the W212 related news.
http://www.jesmb.de/indexie.htm
See the W212 related news.
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Could you clarify a bit your opinion (or your dealer's opinion if you can). Are you claiming that the W212 prices will be released soon or the 2009 MY W211 prices?
I doubt the last W211 cars would be available not later than the first of August, are you claiming the W212 would be available soon (after August 1st)? I would be willing to place a bet.
I doubt the last W211 cars would be available not later than the first of August, are you claiming the W212 would be available soon (after August 1st)? I would be willing to place a bet.
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I dont get it. Why is MB copying the iDrive? MB and BMW need to be 2 totally different companies, once they start fallowing each others footsteps we're/they're f((ked! I'm not down for the steering wheel mounted gear lever and I'm not down for the "MDrive". This is BS. Thanks to this crap I have to get an Audi after my E55.
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One should remember that the BMW iDrive isn't as complicated any more as it used to be when they first introduced it.
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I dont get it. Why is MB copying the iDrive? MB and BMW need to be 2 totally different companies, once they start fallowing each others footsteps we're/they're f((ked! I'm not down for the steering wheel mounted gear lever and I'm not down for the "MDrive". This is BS. Thanks to this crap I have to get an Audi after my E55.
I do agree about the shifter on the steering wheel, I don't like how that looks/feels and would prefer if MB kept the shifter like Audi or like BMW has on the 5-series.
I know that the first 7-series with iDrive came out in 2003MY and the first MB to use the knob came out in 2007MY. I wonder how long MB had this in the works, or if they really did copy this from BMW.
