C and S inspire E

THE new-generation Mercedes-Benz E-class, due to be shown officially for the first time at the Paris motor show in October, will share more than a passing resemblance to the C-class.

The new E-class will also be marketed in a similar fashion to the C-class, with more ‘sporty’ front-end treatments for Elegance and Avantgarde compared to a more traditional Classic model.

A Mercedes-Benz spokesman told GoAuto last week that the exterior styling is an amalgam of S-class and C-class design cues: “Think new C-class, think S-class, and you’ll be close to the money.” New diesel and petrol engines will appear in the new E-class, due in Australia in the third quarter of 2009, with AMG variants to arrive before Christmas 2009.

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