Spy Shots: 2010 Mercedes-Benz E-Class cabrio leaks out courtesy EU bureaucracy
There are few people in this world for whom we hold more contempt than European bureaucrats. They’re the pencil-pushers that, if they had their way, would put an end to some of our favorite exotic sportscars and have us all driving Smart ForTwos. But every gray cloud has its silver lining, and in the case of Belgium’s bureaucracy, is the sneak peak we get from time to time when a carmaker files its designs to register them as trademarks.
Well it’s official now folks, it seems that Mercedes-Benz will chop away the top of the current generation E Class Coupe and release a convertible E Class Cabrio in the first half of 2010. The German company has just registered the design at the European Patent office and, as usual, the sketches were leaked on the Internet.
No more details were given, except the fact that it will sport a folding cloth top, instead of a regular one. What do you think? Does this new Mercedes convertible have what it takes to go up against BMW or Audi? Leave a comment with your thoughts.
Set to rival the BMW 3 Series Cabrio, this new model will be the replacement for the old CLK model and will take advantage of all of the engines currently available for the coupe version. This further highlights the “Jack of all trades” aspect of the current E Class, becoming its most mainstream model, ahead of the C Class.
What we’re looking at this time is the upcoming Mercedes-Benz E-Class cabrio. Although there were rumors that the model could be delayed, by and large we knew this was coming, and have even seen plenty spy shots of test mules preparing for their market launch.
Replacing the outgoing CLK convertible, this new model is based on the slick new E-Class coupe but, you know…with a convertible roof. It’s a fabric job, unlike its rivals from BMW, Lexus, Infiniti and Volvo, which have all gone with folding hard-tops by now. The mechanicals are otherwise expected to carry over from its fixed-roof counterpart, although the jury’s still out on whether an AMG version will be on offer as well. For now, we’ll just have to peruse these grainy black-and-white images until the new drop-top Benz drops in the first half of next year.
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October 22nd, 2009 at 11:12 am
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