Next Mercedes-Benz E-Class leaked online
Leaked images reveal sixth-gen large luxury sedan’s face and dash layoutThe next-generation 2023 Mercedes-Benz E-Class has been outed online months ahead of its official debut.
A series of revealing images showing off the all-new premium sedan’s front-end dashboard designs were posted yesterday to the CocheSpias Instagram account and Xincheping news site respectively, showing off an obviously S-Class-inspired aesthetic.
The E-Class is the final model of Mercedes-Benz’s core sedan line-up after the S-Class and C-Class to make a generational changeover, with the upcoming version set to be the sixth iteration of the brand’s premium large passenger model.
Splitting the smaller C-Class and bigger S-Class limousine on both size and powertrains, the new E-Class will apparently continue the German car-maker’s tradition of applying the range-topping limousine’s design and technology into a more accessible package, however, the dashboard looks to take on its own identity.
Rather than the portrait-style infotainment screen being leaned back against the dashboard below central air-vents, it seems the E-Class – at least the variant shown in the leaked images – will feature a more traditional landscape interface mounted higher up on the dash.
Why exactly this is we’re not sure, but we’ll have to wait until the new model is shown or at least teased officially in the coming months to find out.
What we do know is the new E-Class will only be offered in sedan and wagon forms globally, with the familiar E-Class coupe and cabrio variants – as well as the corresponding C-Classes – being replaced by the new one-size-fits-all Mercedes-Benz CLE.
Tap water and sparkling versions of the new-generation coupe have already been spied testing around Germany, including what’s thought to be the flagship CLE 63 AMG monster.
Which model we’ll see first – E-Class or CLE – remains a mystery for now, but camouflaged prototypes of the latter were spied some five months earlier than the former, which would make it reasonable to assume the coupe could emerge first.
Don’t expect to see a blistering AMG E 63 S among the initial E-Class line-up though; the supercar-slaying AMGs often trail a year or so behind, which should give the flagship a broadly similar ETA to the next-generation BMW M5.
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