Probably pretty soon Europe’s roads will be covered with snow and moving on them will be difficult, but the new proposal from Mercedes came in at the right moment. In the Austrian Alps, the German company held an official test of the new generation E-Class, equipped with the company system for the four-wheel drive, 4MATIC, with a sedan and station wagon models are already available at dealers Mercedes. Currently, a diesel available 4MATIC E 350 CDI modification gasoline E350 and E500, but at a later stage it will be available and E 250 CDI. The company stated that the system for four-wheel drive to increased fuel consumption in individual units only between 0.2 and 0.6 liters 100 km drive.

Although we are still in the early winter season, during which were fashionable cars and SUV models with the four-wheel drive from Mercedes decided discharged to the atmosphere, as revealed cabriolet version of the E-Class. The car follows the vision of the coupe version, but changes have been made in its structure to withstand load and modified the rear of the soft roof can be retracted smoothly. The procedure for opening or closing the roof takes 20 sec, It can be done even in motion at speeds up to 40 kilometers per hour. The most interesting innovation in the E-Class Cabrio is the technology Aircap. It is a spoiler located on the windscreen, which open in the roof may correcting the direction of the airflow. The second video Mercedes demonstrate this technology in a very entertaining way. Mercedes E-Class Cabrio will be available with exactly the same engine as the E-Class Coupe. These are diesel 250 CDI (204 h.p.) and 350 CDI (231 h.p.) and 200 CGI (184 h.p.), 250 CGI (204 h.p.), 350 CGI (292 h.p.) and 500 (388 h.p.). Convertible version of the E-Class will make world debut at the upcoming motor show in Detroit in January, and sales model in Europe will be launched on January 11th.