Mercedes-Benz says the E-Class is the traditional core product for the brand in China, and you might as well say it is the same in Malaysia as well. So it’s very important that Mercedes-Benz gets the E-Class right for the Chinese market, and if the Chinese customer demands more rear legroom, the Chinese customer gets more rear legroom! I’m sure Malaysians who don’t wanna spend on an S-Class would ask for the same.
This is the long wheelbase version of the W212 facelift, aptly called the E-Class L. Built exclusively in China for the Chinese market, it measures 5,019 mm in length with a wheelbase of 3,014 mm. Rear legroom gains are about 140 mm. The front passenger seat can be electrically adjusted from the rear passenger area.
The model shown here is called the Sport Sedan version, with more aggressive front end featuring a big three pointed star on the grille. There’s also a more traditional looking E-Class called the Sedan, which if you recall from our previous feature of the W212 facelift reminds us alot of the W220 S-Class. In China, the low-beam headlamps are powered by LED as standard.
The car on show here is the E 400 L Hybrid, which is joined by it’s siblings the E 400 L, the E 260 L and E 300 L. Yes, there’s two E 400 models here – the E 400 Hybrid is powered by a 3.5 litre normally aspirated V6 mated to an electric motor, but the regular E 400 is pretty interesting as well – under the hood is a new 3.0 litre turbocharged V6 engine producing 333 hp and 480 Nm of torque.
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The standard e-class does look like lack of rear legroom. But the rear bench is actually quite long/broad, stretching up to under the average person’s knee, giving full support for the thigh. Unlike jap c or d segment cars which have very short bench ( up to 3/4 thigh support) and give an illusion of more legroom.
Big thanks for pointing it out. I always said buy Merc or equivalent as far as possible.
BTW, we hope knee airbags will become standard in all Mercedeses, from A to Z if there are. And we hope there are rear side airbags as standard across the ranges in all Mercedes from E-class and above.
Optional additional airbags should be made available.
If I were the boss of VW M’sia, I will make my brand famous for ‘ESP + 7 airbags in all VW’.
mind u, the E class is under E segment category, (executive)…c segment (compact)cars such as vw golf, corolla etc…D segment such as the C class, passat, optima…(entry level luxury or midsize )…found these in wikipedia..
Nah…based on car length,width,wheelbase and interior space, E-class is definitely D-segment.
at 4,869mm long with a wheelbase of 2,873mm its definely in a different league with japense D segments like
accord 7th gen : wheelbase 2670mm
accord 9th gen ; wheelbase 2775mm
mazda 6 2nd gen : wheelbase 2725mm
camry 5th gen : 2775mm
the merc has like a full 10cm extra in its wheelbase where else the C cegment cars have 10cm less including civic, corolla altis, cruze and forte
You are right,but the longer wheelbase doesn’t necessarily translate fully to more interior space though. Thicker seats and doors panels for germans eat up more space.
Yes the rear bench has more legroom but you cannot sit at the centre. It will end up with only 4 people in car.
That is the the artist/composer/singer Wanting Qu/曲碗婷 right? I went to her concert here back in January :)!
very “shui” (cantik) (b-e-a-u-tiful) !!!
Passat CC is much better.
Typical VW fanboy, thinking their German VW is on par or better than Mercedes or BMW.
VW CC and the E class r different languages! 1 is simple yet beautiful. other 1 is elegance yet eye catching. much better? i dont think so…but only affordable if compared with the Mercedes.
whatever it is..e class is not drivers car..it can sprint but it doesnt handle good..except the e63..
Looks more attractive that itz predecessor!
I hope I can afford 2 buy one after 05 May 2013…if u noe what I mean!
Bro, if u cant afford one then u cant even after election. im not saying u cant coz u r poor or what. But d price wont have a drastic change even PR won coz they cant reduce excise duty to 0% overnight. Whole automotive industry will crumble. If u want a fair price like 30% cheaper. Nearest possible future will be like 2 years from now. Well, E200 is also affordable if u think higher series is expensive.
With these long wheel-base version, you need two parking space for our extremely small space built for Myvi’s!
very beautiful……….
i mean the singer haha!
go home berg… you’re drunk!
Almost bought the pre-facelift W212 but ended up with F10 m-sport. Was in love with the F10 m-sport until i saw the face-lifted version a month back from overseas website. I was like, man… if i can wait till E-class facelift came out. Ah well, luckily i still can enjoy the last BMW N52 straight six 3litre. massive power and grunt.
I’ll wait for the next C200 version ? Anyone know when that is coming up ?