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These are the latest spy photographs of Mercedes-Benz’s all-new E-class, undergoing durability testing at the Nurburgring with only minimal disguise prior to its debut at the 2009 Geneva motor show.
Set for UK sale around this time next year, Stuttgart’s new upmarket saloon, known to Mercedes insiders by its W212 development code, has been thoroughly redesigned as part of the CORE program instigated by Mercedes-Benz chairman, Dieter Zetsche, that aims to see future models focus on the German ...Read the full article

Yuck... what's with the "raised eyebrow" looks with those SL-styled headlights?  Looks awful on the new SL... pretty bad here too.  The rest of the car looks like a bloated C.   

Doubt I'd ever buy an E-Class but I love them. Solid, handsome and high quality throughout. And in a Boxster S you have trouble keeping up with these magnificant machines on the autobahn - they pull like a train in the 3 digit numbers!

I note not only the 4cyl engine ranges model signatures being 'disjointed' from the cubic capacity, aka BMW started a few years back, as they're all variants on the same 2.2ltr engine now. But also the twin turbocharged 6cyls. How very BMW!

Like JJBoxster above, I've always liked the E-Class although I've never owned one or am likely to (much bigger than I need as a single bloke). An old boss of mine had one of the pre-twin-headlamp ones and it was built like a tank, went really well and was just so comfortable. I was reminded of it when on holiday in Paris recently; we grabbed a taxi at the Gare du Nord to get to the hotel and it was an old-style E-class in immaculate condition, driven by a very jolly Frenchman of (I guess) North African descent who was obviouly very proud of his car. The seats were sumptuous soft leather, the engine was almost inaudible and it wafted along in the heavy traffic with a soft compliant ride that was more big old Citroen than what you'd expect of a German car. The driver told us his car had done over 300,000 kilometres and that he wouldn't change it for a newer one as they were "sheet" !! His English was good enough to understand what he really meant. If Mercedes can make this new one like that old taxi I might even consider buying one when they get to three years older or more.