The bumper features a wide, continuous opening that fans out near the fenders like a kayak paddle. A sportier three-portal design, meanwhile, puts a dark lip below the center opening.
Interior
Mercedes boasts “long-distance comfort for four people” with the E-Class coupe. Cabin styling follows the E-Class sedan, with the instruments and a massive, 12.3-inch center display housed under the same dashboard hood. An optional virtual instrument display replaces the physical gauges with their own 12.3-inch screen that can show various gauge themes. It also borders the center display to create a continuous widescreen effect. Like the E-Class sedan, the coupe has touch-sensitive steering wheel controls. Mercedes’ Comand knob-based controller incorporates a touchpad with handwriting recognition; a navigation system, Apple CarPlay and Android Auto are all standard.
Under the Hood
The E400 has Mercedes’ turbocharged 3.0-liter V-6, good here for 329 hp and 354 pounds-feet of torque. With the standard nine-speed automatic transmission, it scurries to 60 mph in 5.2 seconds, Mercedes says. Optional all-wheel drive (4Matic, in Mercedes-speak) slows the sprint to 5.5 seconds. An adaptive air suspension is also optional.
Safety
Forward collision warning with automatic emergency braking and pedestrian detection is standard. Mercedes says the adaptive cruise control works up to triple-digit speeds, but there’s no word whether it will be standard or optional.
