Few more details about W212...and Spring E facelift..it's a go
08-26-2005, 03:49 PM
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Few more details about W212...and Spring E facelift..it's a go
From Automobile Mag
Mercedes-Benz is quite aware that its current E-class, although a relative success, has been the poster child for the company’s well-publicized quality problems. With the car nearing the halfway point of its life cycle, engineers are working with suppliers to address numerous electronic glitches that have dismayed owners worldwide. However, sources say that the SBC electronic brakes remain an Achilles’ heel for which there is no lasting fix.
In the short term, the E-class will get its usual mid-cycle face-lift next year, with new bumpers, headlights, grille, and possibly even fenders and doors. The cabin will feature some of the innovations from the new S-class.
Already, though, our spies have garnered details on the next all-new E-class, code-named W212 and due in 2009. Mercedes will abandon SBC in favor of conventional brakes, although they will boast features such as wet-weather disc wiping and wheel-selective cornering brake control. Optional ceramic-composite discs could be introduced top-down, starting with the AMG models.
The next E-class will ape the S-class’s wheel-arch extensions, (OH NOOOO) rising character line below the door handles, massive bumpers, and greenhouse. A more sculpted wide-frame grille, the more geometric nasal air intakes, and the wedge-shaped profile should give W212 a sportier stance. Actually, early styling models show a certain affinity for the most recent efforts from Lexus—such as the rectangular quad headlamps, the C-pillar treatment, and the taillights. This is, of course, ironic given that the Lexus LS is famous for copying Mercedes, but Stuttgart still has plenty of time to hone the shape.
Driver assistance in general is a major theme for W212. Expect lane-departure warnings, an eye-movement monitor, traffic-sign identification, road-condition sensors, and stability control that accounts for crosswinds, camber changes, and tire wear. We’ll get the usual V-6 and V-8 engines, plus a normally aspirated, 500-plus-hp, 6.3-liter V-8 for the E63 AMG model. Check out the September issue of Automobile Magazine for artist renderings
Mercedes-Benz is quite aware that its current E-class, although a relative success, has been the poster child for the company’s well-publicized quality problems. With the car nearing the halfway point of its life cycle, engineers are working with suppliers to address numerous electronic glitches that have dismayed owners worldwide. However, sources say that the SBC electronic brakes remain an Achilles’ heel for which there is no lasting fix.
In the short term, the E-class will get its usual mid-cycle face-lift next year, with new bumpers, headlights, grille, and possibly even fenders and doors. The cabin will feature some of the innovations from the new S-class.
Already, though, our spies have garnered details on the next all-new E-class, code-named W212 and due in 2009. Mercedes will abandon SBC in favor of conventional brakes, although they will boast features such as wet-weather disc wiping and wheel-selective cornering brake control. Optional ceramic-composite discs could be introduced top-down, starting with the AMG models.
The next E-class will ape the S-class’s wheel-arch extensions, (OH NOOOO) rising character line below the door handles, massive bumpers, and greenhouse. A more sculpted wide-frame grille, the more geometric nasal air intakes, and the wedge-shaped profile should give W212 a sportier stance. Actually, early styling models show a certain affinity for the most recent efforts from Lexus—such as the rectangular quad headlamps, the C-pillar treatment, and the taillights. This is, of course, ironic given that the Lexus LS is famous for copying Mercedes, but Stuttgart still has plenty of time to hone the shape.
Driver assistance in general is a major theme for W212. Expect lane-departure warnings, an eye-movement monitor, traffic-sign identification, road-condition sensors, and stability control that accounts for crosswinds, camber changes, and tire wear. We’ll get the usual V-6 and V-8 engines, plus a normally aspirated, 500-plus-hp, 6.3-liter V-8 for the E63 AMG model. Check out the September issue of Automobile Magazine for artist renderings
08-26-2005, 08:55 PM
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NO!!!!!!! I was hoping that they would evade those DAMNED fender flairs but sadly it seems that they won't. If the W212 even has flairs REMOTELY like the new S, I'm becoming a hardcore M5 fan.
08-26-2005, 09:44 PM
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Some spy pics of the minor face lift on mbcanada.com
http://www.mbcanada.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=10688
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hey, that's why it's a facelift, eh? i think when they facelifted the W124 the only change was to clear lens turning signals :p
well, what do you guys think now that the new S is out? i'm digging the wheelarches, actually
and i think the article is inaccurate in saying the E is unreliable - if anything, it was the previous S-class, the W220, that was hell. AFAIK the E has, in general, been an extremely reliable machine. the ADAC survey also places it as least likely to break down. sure there were SBC problems, but there were more recalls than actual, reported, cases.
well, what do you guys think now that the new S is out? i'm digging the wheelarches, actually
and i think the article is inaccurate in saying the E is unreliable - if anything, it was the previous S-class, the W220, that was hell. AFAIK the E has, in general, been an extremely reliable machine. the ADAC survey also places it as least likely to break down. sure there were SBC problems, but there were more recalls than actual, reported, cases.
