New Mercedes E-Class In Real World

by Justin Berkowitz

Published: January 21st, 2009

Mercedes recently unveiled its new E-Class, much to the displeasure of eyes around the world. Still, the midrange Benz is all but guaranteed relative success in markets like the U.S. and Germany, thanks to high-powered lawyers and taxi drivers, respectively. The German-market car shown here is an E350 CGI, which refers to the direct injection that gives the car 292 hp. I believe that’s coming to the U.S. when the car debuts in place of the existing 268 hp V6.

Justin Berkowitz

Immensely bored law student. I've also got 3 dogs.

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MgoBLUE on Jan 22, 2009

First of all, Jaguar competes with no one anymore. No style. No engineering. No balls. No sex. Jaguar sucks. The belt-line of this new E screams Accord/TL. What were they thinking? I don't have a problem with the fogs. Unique and still classy. Works for me.

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Rockit on Jan 22, 2009

The Genesis styling is a ripoff of BMW, MB, and some Lexus. So those comparing this to the Genesis and saying Mercedes copied Hyundai don't know what they're talking about.

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