RE: Mercedes-AMG turns new E53 into plug-in hybrid

[CLK-GTR]

maxswede said:

we sure we're getting a E63? Bizarrely, Topgear and RBR both separately speculating we won't get one. A C63 saloon and estate, and a E53 saloon and estate, but no 63 this gen.

The E63 has been seen testing. It's the E43 that's getting dropped.

[ThomW]

CLK-GTR said:

The E63 has been seen testing. It's the E43 that's getting dropped.

There is no E43 to drop. The early E43 became the E53 in the previous generation.

[DonkeyApple]

ThomW said:

There is no E43 to drop. The early E43 became the E53 in the previous generation.

https://youtu.be/XuzpsO4ErOQ?si=6846pt1kJOz8MKfs

[Motormatt]

Dapster said:

Where did it all go wrong....?

Does anyone else here remember when being able to see out of the windscreen clearly at night was considered to be an important safety feature? Saab took it so seriously they fitted a Night Panel switch.

Here we have a dashboard lit up like a cross between a bad nightclub and a seaside amusement arcade, not distracting at all.

[AlasdairB10]

Motormatt said:

Does anyone else here remember when being able to see out of the windscreen clearly at night was considered to be an important safety feature? Saab took it so seriously they fitted a Night Panel switch.

Here we have a dashboard lit up like a cross between a bad nightclub and a seaside amusement arcade, not distracting at all.

There's a lot of LED and neon in the W213 and it's fine to drive at night - the dimmers and nite mode work well.

I'm struggling to see why I'd get out of our W213 E63s estate into one of these.