Since the launch at the 2016 Detroit Auto Show (NAIAS), the Mercedes-Benz E-Class has been getting quite a bit of attention. There's good reason for that: This market is large and the current-gen E-Class has a pretty good bite of the share.
It looks like with an all-new BMW 5-Series on the horizon the battle of sales volume is going to continue to heat up between BMW and Mercedes-Benz. BMW sure will have its work cut out for itself because the all-new Mercedes-AMG E43 is boss.
I spent time in and around it at the 2016 New York Auto Show and it's a gem. Assuming it drives as killer as all the latest-gen three-pointed stars, it will be the benchmark.
That said, now that the E-Class sedan has debuted as well as one of the all-new AMG models, we're going to start seeing the other all-new variants. That would include the all-new E-Class Cabriolet.
Seen here in all-new spy photos, the Mercedes is wrapped head-to-toe. If you look at these great shots closely though, it's evident it too will inherit the all-new Mercedes' design language. That means some swooping lines and what appears to be a rag top.
That said, this has us wondering: As Mercedes is arguably the best implementer of hard-top convertibles, should the company make the all-new E-Class a hard top? Not only would this differentiate it from the competition, it would also help further distance it from the C-Class Cabriolet, which will feature a soft top.
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