2024 Mercedes E-Class Gives Us A First Undisguised Look At Front End And Interior

We’ve seen the upcoming, 2024 Mercedes testing a few times now, but a new batch of leaked photos from China reveal the parts that the automaker was working the hardest to keep a secret.

Rather predictably, the new front end looks much like the one of the S-Class. The heavily chromed grille is highly reminiscent of the larger sedan, and the overall shape is gently hexagonal, as these photos, first posted by Autohome and Xincheping, reveal. The headlights combine with the grille to form a winged shape, as on other modern Mercedes models.

The dashboard has been revealed almost in full, giving us for the first time a look at a big square-like infotainment system, moving away from the portrait-style unit we’ve seen in the S-Class, and a rectangular instrument display. Above the infotainment screen, thin vents can be seen running across the entirety of the dashboard in a long line that curves down near the passenger door.

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Previous spy shots have shown most of the rest of the exterior. Along the sides of the new E-Class, a character line can be seen running near the windows. The line, though, is broken in the middle of the vehicle. The model also appears to be longer than it previously was.

The rear end of the 2024 E-Class remains the last part of the vehicle that we’ve only seen under camouflage. From what we know, though, a slender light bar extending across the back seems likely, and a new bumper design is expected to help differentiate this model from the one it replaces.

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Under the hood, we expect a variety of different options, including a turbocharged 2.0-liter four-cylinder engine, a 2.0-liter diesel, and a plug-in hybrid powertrain.

The 2024 Mercedes E-Class is expected to be unveiled early in 2023 and will be followed by another plug-in hybrid, the E53 E-Performance, which should make around 671 hp (500 kW / 680 PS) and 553 lb-ft (750 Nm) of torque.