This isn’t the first time we’ve scooped the interior of the next Mercedes-Benz E-Class, but it’s our clearest view yet of the all-new model’s cabin. And to top it off, the interior belongs to the 2017 E-Class Wagon, or as the Germans like to call it in their home country, the T-Model.

Observing the pictures showing the dashboard free from the annoying camouflage that previously blocked our view, validates our previous assessment that the inspiration comes from the S-Class, but we’ll add here that the new E-Class’ interior splits the styling difference between the sportier and more youthful C-Class and the more posh and serious S-Class.

For example, while sharing the wide instrument panel cowl and layout with the S-Class, the E-Class only keeps the widescreen above the center console replacing the former’s fully-digital driver display with two analogue dials separated by a screen. It also keeps the bigger model’s four, round-shaped central air vents, but the lower center console layout and switchgear is almost identical to the C-Class, as is the sporty three-spoke steering wheel (at least on this tester).

So, what about the new Wagon body-style we see here?

Well, it has your typical Mercedes boxy styling that favors room and practicality over design, which shouldn’t be a problem for Benz customers as long as they continue offer the CLS Shooting Brake. The current E-Class Wagon is a true load-luger capable of offering between 695 liters and 1,950 liters of luggage space, and the new model, which is expected to grow in size to just shy of 5 meters in length, will likely improve upon these figures.

But don’t fret, bigger doesn’t mean heavier, as the new E-Class, codenamed W213, adopts the firm’s new modular MRA platform found under the latest C- and S-Class vehicles, along with several other measures to drop up to 100kg or 220 pounds over the existing sedan and wagon models.

There’s a lot going on under the hood as well, with Mercedes not only preparing a new generation of fuel-efficient four-cylinder diesels to join the existing range of four-cylinder petrols on the base models, but more surprisingly, they’re also going to introduce a new family of in-line six-cylinder direct-injection petrol and common-rail diesel units to replace the current V6s.

An E350e plug-in hybrid variant pairing one of the four-cylinder petrols to an electric motor will become available soon after launch, as will replacements for the bi-turbo V8-powered AMG performance versions of the E-Class sedan and estate.

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