About what is the best car, you can argue long and, in the end, each side keeps his or her opinion. It is much easier to determine who dictates the Motor Vehicle fashion. One of the legislators recognized design trends was the Mercedes E-class. It should at least remember the debut of "glazastogo" W210. How much blame was addressed to his new double headlamps. But time has shown that such a decision many had like - look at the Jaguar S-Type, Lancia Lybra, Lexus GS300, Rover 75 or VW Polo. And here at the January autoshow in Brussels audience provided a new generation E-Class models. Premiere is only slightly ahead of half a century of the model. In 1953, the world saw the first post-war development of Mercedes-Benz 180, which became the patriarch of the E-Class. Since then, more than 10 million cars in this class thiradial emblem on the bonnet, one and a half million of which comes from the generation W210. Now the baton takes new, already the seventh generation E-Class that has received factory index W211. Work on the car began in 1998, that is only three years after the emergence of "glazastogo" E-class. During that time to develop a new machine spent two billion euros.

Style and comfort

"Portrait" E-Class features through their family - two oval headlamps and chrome radiator with a lattice thiradial star - remain recognizable even for the dilettante. But in profile now distinguish from the Mercedes S-E-or S-Class - is not so simple. This is the result of fitting appearance to a new corporate style. The differences are visible only in the format of svetooptiki. It has become fashionable to make new models longer than their predecessors. E-class in this regard - exception. In its development was a priority of increasing the internal space, so the length remains the same - 4818 mm wide, but it grew by 23 mm and 12 mm for steel higher. But most importantly - the wheelbase has increased by 21 mm. In the passenger compartment design influence is felt primarily S-Class and SL rodstera. Flexible line front panel, its division into two zones of color, the high central tunnel ... On top of the console is the central control unit automatics climate control, which is now standard equipment on the list. Among the innovations in the cabin of the new E-Class is the first time applied to a serial car mnogokonturnye adaptive seat. Side rollers represent them in the air cushion. Their filling and the side of the intensity of support varies automatically depending on driving style. No chairs set such options as soon as the system that moves for greater convenience and raise them back up the steering column when leaving the driver of the car. Moreover, if the car travels at the wheel alternately several people, then avoid perenastroek seats under a system allows keys to memory. Each key is customized settings chairs and remembers the driver's rear view mirror and even ... climate-control system. The fact is that the modern climate-control system Thermotronic allows the individual to maintain the temperature for each of the four people in the cabin. Another novelty - installed in all petrol versions of electronic gas pedal. But it is not easy, and adaptive, with variable depending on the sensitivity of driving manners.

Technology

The active suspension with rack instead of pneumatic shock absorbers and springs, the so-called Airmatic DC, makers of luxury sedan borrowed from the S-Class. True, such a suspension part of the standard equipment on the top-E500 versions, but on the other modifications installed as an option. Airmatic DC suspension can modify parameters - from the soft, "as a" limousine until stiff, sports, as in the present sports. The basic version of the normal suspension, if it could be called a new fully independent front 4 - rychazhnuyu and rear independent pyatirychazhnuyu. There are three vesii execution W211 E-Class: basic Classic, Elegance and more expensive version of the top - Avantgarde. These new construction nail E-Class became the control system of braking SBC - Sensotronic Brake Control. In fact now in the E-class only clutch pedal remained mechanically related to the managed node. Pedal same brakes, following the accelerator, done electronically. It merely gives the command to mikroprotsesssor, but he already handles force application, the velocity of the car, the trajectory of his movements and calculates the optimum braking force at each wheel. Then the brake fluid from the tank battery, where it is contained under pressure from 140 to 160 bar, served in the respective cylinders. The system works in the SBC paired with the installed as standard equipment and ESP helps to brake safely in a variety of situations, for example, even with a puncture one of the wheels. In this case, with punch wheel braking force is transmitted to the wheels, located diagonally across from it - to restore stability machine. The new E-Class Five engines are offered: two petrol "Six" for E240 models (177 hp) and E320 (224 hp), and "G" E500 (306 hp). For fans of economical diesel aggregates - the "quartet" E220 CDI (150 hp) and "Six" E270 CDI (177 hp). In the future, we plan to replenish 4 new range of engines - cylinder gasoline engine and 4 - liter diesel V8. The fact that all machines can be equipped with an automatic five-CAT, not sensation. But installation in all, including the most expensive version 6 - step "mechanics" for Mercedes rarity. Usually, the top version equipped exclusively "machine guns".

When?

The model has been fully ready for serial production and left her to wait long. Already in the second half of March, it will come in European car dealers, at which time it will appear in Ukraine. Price novelties, according to preliminary data, will not differ significantly from the present.