{"id":107976,"date":"2014-10-08T23:00:36","date_gmt":"2014-10-08T21:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gtspirit.com\/?p=107976"},"modified":"2014-10-08T09:41:38","modified_gmt":"2014-10-08T07:41:38","slug":"2017-mercedes-benz-e-class-snapped-during-testing-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gtspirit.com\/2014\/10\/08\/2017-mercedes-benz-e-class-snapped-during-testing-again\/","title":{"rendered":"2017 Mercedes-Benz E-Class Snapped During Testing Again"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/gtspiritmedia.com\/gtspirit\/uploads\/2014\/10\/2017-mercedes-benz-e-class-spy-shots_100484561_h.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/gtspiritmedia.com\/gtspirit\/uploads\/2014\/10\/2017-mercedes-benz-e-class-spy-shots_100484561_h-696x385.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"2017-mercedes-benz-e-class-spy-shots_100484561_h\" width=\"640\" height=\"398\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-108014\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gtspirit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/2017-mercedes-benz-e-class-spy-shots_100484561_h-300x187.jpg 300w, https:\/\/gtspirit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/2017-mercedes-benz-e-class-spy-shots_100484561_h-768x478.jpg 768w, https:\/\/gtspirit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/2017-mercedes-benz-e-class-spy-shots_100484561_h-696x433.jpg 696w, https:\/\/gtspirit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/2017-mercedes-benz-e-class-spy-shots_100484561_h-356x220.jpg 356w, https:\/\/gtspirit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/2017-mercedes-benz-e-class-spy-shots_100484561_h-1068x665.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/gtspirit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/2017-mercedes-benz-e-class-spy-shots_100484561_h.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The next-generation Mercedes-Benz E-Class, likely to arrive as a 2017 model, has been spied testing yet again. <\/p>\n<p>Underpinning the new E-Class will be the same shared MRA platform as the new C-Class. This new platform is not only lighter than the one currently used by the E-Class, but it is also more rigid thanks to its utilisation of aluminium in its construction.<\/p>\n<p>Under the hood, a few key changes are predicted. First and foremost, there is a suggestion that a host of new engines are being tested for the new C-Class including a few inline-six cylinder engines.<\/p>\n<p>Mercedes-Benz has quite a rich history of using inline-six cylinder engines but they were eventually phased out by the brand in the mid-1990s. However, the return of the inline-six cylinder engines will mark an awesome return to Mercedes heritage of the past and is sure to be a hit among many Mercedes-Benz enthusiasts and aficionados out there.<\/p>\n<p>The new inline-six cylinder engine from Mercedes-Benz, no matter of its displacement, will then spawn brand new four-cylinder and three-cylinder engines for the brand and the new E-Class will likely be the first Mercedes-Benz model to debut this inline-six.<\/p>\n<p>[Via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.motorauthority.com\/news\/1029682_2017-mercedes-benz-e-class-spy-shots\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Motor Authority<\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The next-generation Mercedes-Benz E-Class, likely to arrive as a 2017 model, has been spied testing yet again. Underpinning the new E-Class will be the same shared MRA platform as the new C-Class. This new platform is not only lighter than the one currently used by the E-Class, but it is also more rigid thanks to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":190,"featured_media":108014,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[79],"tags":[34565],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gtspirit.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107976"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gtspirit.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gtspirit.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gtspirit.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/190"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gtspirit.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=107976"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gtspirit.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107976\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gtspirit.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/108014"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gtspirit.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=107976"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gtspirit.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=107976"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gtspirit.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=107976"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}