Mercedes-Benz unveiled the first models of the 9th generation E-Class, with so many performance and security innovations, which the German automaker said the car is most sophisticated in its history of more than a century.
The best selling luxury sedan With over 10 million units sold since 1947 when the start model 170 Vmode 60 years, Mercedes-Benz E-Class positioned as the most successful luxury sedan in the universe and the new generation is the heir to a pattern that sold more 1.
million units only since 2002.
In Germany alone, more than 4% of all sedans carry the set E on your behalf and in most Western European countries, the Class E is the list one luxury model.
The new E Class Sedan and Coupe 2010 go on sale in the U.S. in June as the beginning two of the new channel that was afterwards added a station wagon and a convertible.
Mercedes-Benz AMG also adds a translation for Sedan in the summer of 2010.
Mercedes-Benz will initially offer two engines for apiece of the versions: a 3.5-liter V6 that generates 268 horsepower and a V8 5.5 with 382. Blue TEC V6 turbo diesel engine 3. approved for sale in all 50 states will come in early 2010.
All models will be linked to the seven-speed automatic transmission with integrated lever to the steering column, except for the Coupe, which will maintain it on the center console. The traction system 4MATIC all-wheel drive is usable for all models from autumn 2009.
The principal changes to the E-Class starts with a new overall structure that is 30% stiffer seats, which include massage functions and 14 positions with electronic controls, a new suspension with shock absorbers that automatically adjust according to road conditions. The optional suspension AIRMATIC now works with an automated system that continuously adjusts to further improve the smoothness of driving.
The most telling of the new E-Class is its safety equipment includes systems like ATTENTION ASSIST, that alerts the driver when driving erratically by fatigue, the Lane Keeping Assist, which helps support the car in the lane when there inadvertent change of address, the Blind Spot Monitor, which alerts the driver of the car plant in the blind spots up to 10 feet away, the Adaptive High beam Assist, illuminating the route at night adjusting to road conditions and The Automatic Emergency Braking, which makes the car brake before the imminence of an accident.
Another new accessory in the E-Class system with parking PARKTRONIC Guidance, measuring the quad available to green and instructs the driver to give the motion without error.
And to see that all systems comply with its objective, the engineers at Mercedes-Benz models Nuevo handled the equivalent of six million miles and subjected the two models to 150 crash tests, when authorities require only 40, in summation of 17 000 simulations.
In gain to all safety accessories, the new E Class has nine airbags as basic equipment, including for the start time, a knee and another to protect the pelvis.