Streamliner

After reading every article I can find, I have not been able to really nail down the answers to these questions. Does anyone here know fo sure?

1. Will the new E have a REAR Cross Traffic Alert System, similar to the type GM has had for years? You know, as you are backing out of a parking space, flanked on both sides by enormous SUV's, as you look at your rear view camera monitor, arrows will flash and an audible alert will tell you that a vehicle or a pedestrian is approaching from your right or left. I rented a 2015 Impala for 30 days, awaiting the arrival of my new S550 and it had this feature. It was truly AMAZING and I was very disappointed that my new S didn't come with a feature found on a Chevy that cost one third the price of my new MB flagship sedan.

2. Will the new E have conventional or run flat tires and will it come with a spare?

3. Will the Panorama Roof be standard, part of a package or a stand alone option?

Thanks!

silberrosa

- not sure about #1

- Run-flat tires...no spare. Maybe there is space to add one?

- Pano roof is a single option according to the order guide. A normal glass sunroof is standard.

joshg1001

1) I remember reading that it will have rear cross traffic alert but I can't remember where I saw it. This was also a concern for me.
3) thank god they included a standard regular moonroof, unlike the C class

asualum

Just curious, why don't you like the pano?

joshg1001

^^ is that directed to me?

Either way, Ill answer Its not that I dont like a pano roof. Its that I dont even open my regular sunroof at all, not even a single day in a year. So I would never shell out $1000+ on a panoramic roof, where the money could go elsewhere for other packages. That being said, I dont think it is appropriate for a luxury car to not have a standard sunroof, so if the E didn't have one, I would be forced to include the pano with my order

Streamliner

I think it is ugly on any lighter color car. It is susceptible to squeaks and creaking. It makes the interior of the car hotter on hot days. I never use it. I really like the "tilt" feature on regular moon roofs and the Pano doesn't have it. In case of a severe accident, I don't like the idea of a huge mass of glass over my head. They have been know to simply crack or shatter, due to getting too hot or simply being hot and accidentally getting hit with a splash of water, in which case they are NOT covered under warranty. On my S, just the piece of glass above the windshield header costs $6,000.00, if you can believe it. That's ridiculous.

The Panorama Roof is a fine OPTION and it should remain OPTIONAL, for those who like it. My beef is when MB makes the frigging thing standard, as they have done on the S Class, or when they make it part of a package that the vast majority of folks want, as they did with the GLK. In the recently discontinued GLK, if you wanted the Premium 1 Pkg, which got you pretty basic things like a garage door opener, they SHOVED the pano roof down your throat. I liked the GLK and would have bought one, if I could have had it loaded, sans the Pano Roof, but no dice.

True luxury is the ability to choose a car, exactly as you would like it. With MB trying to be everything to everyone on the planet, they have taken many choices--which we USED to have--away from their customers, which I find decidedly less than luxurious.

teksurv

Curious, the pano roof on my 212 E has the tilt feature, if I am understanding you correctly. That is, push up on the sunroof button, and the glass panel over the front seats tilts up, or "cracks open". Does your S not have this feature?

Streamliner

No, I mean like on a regular moon roof, where you can tilt up the rear edge, sort of like a vent.

teksurv

Right that is what I was trying to say. My pano roof has this ability. Just the rear edge opens upward about an inch or so.

cidtek

The new C Class W205 can tilt the Pano roof as well. No reason to think otherwise of the W213.

ua549

Rear cross traffic alert is demonstrated on the Mercedes website here.

Johnny Rad

Off-topic: With all due respect, my definition of true luxury is a car loaded to the gills with every conceivable option as standard. No options listed nor wanted.

On-topic: Creaking pano roofs and their fix are well-documented, but what's the frequency of pano roofs cracking / breaking / shattering while just driving down the road?

Streamliner

Well some of us order custom tailored suits, while others are happy buying off the rack. To each his own.