The following-generation Mercedes-Benz E-Class has been noticed testing for the primary time, in sedan guise.

The present E-Class arrived for the 2017 mannequin yr and was given a mid-cycle replace for 2021. In Mercedes custom, we must always see the redesigned E-Class arrive in 2023 as a 2024 mannequin.

The design seems to be taking over a extra dynamic look, with the roof line trying a bit extra sloped on the rear than on the present mannequin. With rumors that each the CLS-Class and GT 4-Door Coupe don’t get replacements, maybe designers had been free to make the E-Class look a bit sportier.

The platform is the up to date model of Mercedes’ MRA rear-wheel-drive structure that debuted within the 2021 S-Class and has since appeared within the 2022 C-Class. The up to date platform advantages from weight financial savings, primarily by way of elevated use of aluminum over metal. This has been made attainable resulting from superior becoming a member of applied sciences together with aluminum-to-steel welding.

The platform hasn’t been designed to suit battery-electric powertrains, although we must always see electrified powertrains throughout the vary, together with for the eventual E 63 from AMG. The E 63 ought to characteristic the identical V-8-based hybrid system that debuted within the 2023 GT 63S E Efficiency 4-Door Coupe. The system can ship a max 843 hp and 1,033 lb-ft of torque.

With Mercedes having simply unveiled the battery-electric 2023 EQE, and having made a dedication to a full-electric lineup by 2030, this implies we might be trying on the final E-Class to characteristic internal-combustion engines.

A redesigned E-Class Wagon also needs to be coming, each in common and All-Terrain guises. It is unlikely that we’ll see one other technology of the two-door E-Class variants. Mercedes is considered getting ready a brand new CLE-Class to exchange each the C-Class and E-Class coupe and convertible fashions.

Keep tuned as growth continues.