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Mercedes-Benz E-Class is the benchmark model of large cars in luxury brands, with annual sales of 150000 vehicles in the Chinese market, on a par with BMW 5-Series and Audi A6L. Due to the high popularity of the market, every change of Mercedes-Benz E-Class has aroused heated discussion on the Internet. A few days ago, the official website of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology released the declaration information of the new Beijing Mercedes-Benz E-Class, which has undergone great changes in appearance and power, causing many netizens to "complain".

According to the released declaration chart, the new Mercedes-Benz E-Class uses new design elements, the front is more flat and low than the current model, the iconic grille is also broadened horizontally, the headlight group is in line with the latest family design, and the LED daytime driving lights use the "inverted L" style. Although the new design tends to be sports that young users like, the overall recognition is not as good as cash.

The new Mercedes-Benz E-Class has little change in the side, and the rear part has only been adjusted in detail, such as a new taillight design, which is more technological than cash, but the recognition has also declined.

The declaration information also shows that the length, width and height of the new car are 5078/1860/1490mm and the wheelbase is 3079mm.

The new Mercedes-Benz E-Class fully introduces a "48V weak mixing system" in terms of power, in which the new E 260 L is equipped with a 48V weak mixing system composed of a 1.5T in-line four-cylinder engine and a start-up generator, and the maximum power of the 1.5T engine is 184 horsepower; the new E 300 L is equipped with a 2.0T engine with a maximum power of 258 horsepower. The new E 350 L is equipped with a 48V weak mixing system composed of a 2.0T engine and a starter generator, with a maximum power of 299 horsepower for the 2.0T engine. The gearbox. Continue to be equipped with 9-speed manual self-integrated gearbox.

Mercedes-Benz is also the first carmaker to use small-engine engines in executive cars, and its direct competitors BMW 5-Series and Audi A6L insist on using 2.0T engines for entry-level configurations.

In fact, Mercedes-Benz has launched a comprehensive small-engine program, with Mercedes-Benz A-Class, GLB and the new Mercedes-Benz GLA all replaced with 1.3T small-engine engines. It is expected that Mercedes-Benz GLCs will also be devolved to entry-level power configurations using 1.5T+48V weak mixing systems in the future.

For Mercedes-Benz in the appearance of the big adjustment, and the use of small engine + 48V weak mixing system configuration, caused many netizens to complain.

According to the data, the cumulative sales of Beijing Mercedes-Benz E-Class reached 154000 in 2019, up 8.2% from the same period last year, higher than Audi A6L's 131000 and lower than BMW's 5-Series's 162000.

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