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any suspected release date for new e class?? geneva motor show? frankfurt??? what do u think guys??

A few posts back:

From AutoExpress:




You've got to get up really early in the morning it you want to escape our spies! Manufacturers are normally extremely careful about hiding their top-secret new models, but our snapper caught these forthcoming Mercedes all parked in the open outside a Swedish hotel.

Underneath the covers are three variants of the new E-Class – saloon, estate and CLK coupe. With winter testing now in full swing, the German firm has brought its cars to Scandinavia to undergo cold weather evaluation.

Out on the road it was the four-door that underwent the most testing. As these pictures show, the newcomer is clearly influenced by the recently launched C-Class. At the front one-piece wraparound headlamps replace the existing twin-light system, while distinctive character lines run down the car’s flanks.

Hi-tech systems will be be a standout feature of the E-Class, with PRE-SAFE collision warning, an ESP system that automatically adjusts the steering to compensate for cross winds and a range BlueTec diesel engines.

Expect the executive Merc to make its public debut at the 2009 Frankfurt Motor Show.

The tail lights will look really good. I'm glad MB will keep the graphic on their upcoming cars uniform.

Tail lights will definitely resemble the ones on the CLC.

i notice twin fog light down under the test car...

First of all: Welcome to this forum!!

And yes, you could be right - it really looks like a twin fog light. Maybe they are really going to realize this - with one light as normal "fog light" and the other one as "day running light". If this is the best integration? I don't think so...

Classic E-Class shape under there. They sure are testing a lot of prototypes at once. Wagons, sedans the whole thing. Time to start seeing the next CLS soon.

M

Welcome vios1!

And for the double fog lights..Nice spot.
I hope it is only part of the test and not the definitive design, because it looks ridiculous. Like all these Brabus, with pointless and awful double fogs...

I really hope the real deal won't have double fog lights. I don't see Benz doing this, really not. I thought they wanted kind of a "boomerang" led strip in the lower air intakes as day-time light?

I doubt it, as FL is yet to even hit the markets.