Following the full debut of the W213 Mercedes-Benz E-Class in Detroit recently, the S213 E-Class Estate was spotted undergoing cold-weather testing in Sweden. Spied once before, the estate here appears to be wearing the same amount of camouflage as before, not revealing any more than we’ve already seen.
Or, does it? Take a closer look at the front bumper of this, and if you look closely it appears that this E-Class estate has a bit of a protective skid plate. Everything else about this vehicle appears to be the same as the one we spied before, except for that one curious protective panel, which is very likely an indication that this is a lot more than your ordinary E-Class Estate.
What we’re looking at here is the Mercedes-Benz E-Class Estate All-Terrain – a proper rival for Audi A6 Allroad and Volvo XC70 types. Coincidentally, current rumours have it that Mercedes-Benz is planning to reveal two versions of its S213 E-Class – one a conventional estate and the E-Class All-Terrain seen here.
There’s very little that is publicly known about the vehicle, but we expect it to feature a higher ground clearance and additional protective plates (as seen above) than the regular model. While a 4Matic all-wheel drive system is sure to be included, we suspect that Mercedes-Benz may also equip its All-Terrain with an Off-road Engineering Package to aid excursions of the sort.
The E-Class Estate is expected to make its global debut in September 2016, saving a potential date with the Frankfurt Motor Show. A similar look and feel to the car is almost certain, save for its extended cargo capacities. Powertrains should equally mirror what the W213 has at hand along with a few more engine variants that haven’t been launched yet.
Speaking of which, don’t be too surprised to see the return of a new, W213-based AMG E 63 Estate either. With the E 63 itself poised to be revolutionary, the addition of the estate’s capacities will be the the icing on the cake for European markets where hot estates are typically in hot demand.
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these pictures reminds me about proton preve that they test at some snow at europ, right after preve lunch at mlysi, a picture of blue preve with broken Front wheel appear. what a failure hahaha.