{"id":111835,"date":"2014-12-02T12:00:43","date_gmt":"2014-12-02T11:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gtspirit.com\/?p=111835"},"modified":"2014-12-02T07:50:08","modified_gmt":"2014-12-02T06:50:08","slug":"2016-mercedes-benz-e-class-mule-shows-off-s-class-inspired-interior","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gtspirit.com\/2014\/12\/02\/2016-mercedes-benz-e-class-mule-shows-off-s-class-inspired-interior\/","title":{"rendered":"2016 Mercedes-Benz E-Class Mule Shows Off S-Class Inspired Interior"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/gtspiritmedia.com\/gtspirit\/uploads\/2014\/12\/2017-Mercedes-Benz-E-Class-CSP100.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/gtspiritmedia.com\/gtspirit\/uploads\/2014\/12\/2017-Mercedes-Benz-E-Class-CSP100-640x346.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"2017-Mercedes-Benz-E-Class-CSP100\" width=\"640\" height=\"346\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-111853\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The interior of a 2016 <a href=\"https:\/\/gtspirit.com\/category\/supercars\/mercedes\/\" title=\"Mercedes\">Mercedes-Benz<\/a> E-Class prototype has been spied up close and as expected, it heavily draws on the existing W222 S-Class for inspiration.<\/p>\n<p>First and foremost, the centre console is remarkably similar with four prominent circular air vents. Additionally, the new E-Class makes use of similar air conditioner and heater controls to the S-Class with them being laid out horizontally along the centre console. <\/p>\n<p>One key point of difference however is that the new Mercedes-Benz E-Class won\u2019t make use of two large 12.3-inch displays for the infotainment system and gauge cluster. Alternatively, it makes use of more traditional gauges with a smaller screen incorporated into the dashboard bucking the firm\u2019s recent trend of mounting its COMAND systems on top of the dash.<\/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>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.carscoops.com\/2014\/12\/scoop-2017-mercedes-benz-e-class-gets.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Carscoops<\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The interior of a 2016 Mercedes-Benz E-Class prototype has been spied up close and as expected, it heavily draws on the existing W222 S-Class for inspiration. First and foremost, the centre console is remarkably similar with four prominent circular air vents. Additionally, the new E-Class makes use of similar air conditioner and heater controls to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":190,"featured_media":111853,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[79],"tags":[1571],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gtspirit.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111835"}],"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=111835"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gtspirit.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111835\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gtspirit.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/111853"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gtspirit.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=111835"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gtspirit.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=111835"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gtspirit.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=111835"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}