Mercedes Forum
05-26-2009, 02:14 PM
Filed under: Convertibles (http://www.autoblog.com/category/convertibles/), Coupes (http://www.autoblog.com/category/coupes/), Sedans/Saloons (http://www.autoblog.com/category/sedans/), Wagons/Estates (http://www.autoblog.com/category/wagons/), Mercedes-Benz (http://www.autoblog.com/category/mercedes-benz/)
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There's a financial swine flu making its way through the car industry. Chrysler caught it and it proved terminal. Porsche was on intensive care (http://www.autoblog.com/2009/05/25/report-porsche-facing-dire-times-actually-skirted-bankruptcy-i/) for a moment but should recover. And now Mercedes, it turns out, has a runny nose and a little cough. The home of the three-pointed-star is delaying the introduction of the E-Class convertible and wagon in order to save money on development and marketing.
The E-Class convertible was due to be shown at the Frankfurt Motor Show (http://www.autoblog.com/tag/FrankfurtMotorShow/) later this year, but a report states we won't see the car unveiled until the Geneva Motor Show (http://www.autoblog.com/tag/GenevaMotorShow/) in 2010. In addition to the cash savings, it will also let Mercedes reveal the car much closer to convertible buying season. The E-Class wagon, described as a shooting brake and more design-driven wagon, won't bow until 2012.
The moves will allow Mercedes to stash money from E-Class sedan and coupe sales. It also lets Mercedes focus 2010 on the new CLS, its plans for the V6 Bluetec hybrid and, according to Auto Motor und Sport, a four-cylinder diesel replacement for the S-Class.
[Source: Auto Motor und Sport (http://www.auto-motor-und-sport.de/news/mercedes-daimler-verschiebt-zwei-e-klasse-varianten-1267012.html) (translated (http://74.125.95.132/translate_c?hl=en&sl=de&u=http://www.auto-motor-und-sport.de/news/mercedes-daimler-verschiebt-zwei-e-klasse-varianten-1267012.html&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dauto%2Bmotor%2Bund%2Bsport%26hl%3Den% 26safe%3Doff%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:en-US:official%26hs%3DecF&rurl=translate.google.com&usg=ALkJrhg_86dxiPMh4GyOVWi8N6MD1L9CYA))]REPORT: Mercedes delaying E-Class convertible, wagon (http://www.autoblog.com/2009/05/26/report-mercedes-delaying-e-class-convertible-wagon/) originally appeared on Autoblog (http://www.autoblog.com) on Tue, 26 May 2009 09:33:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds (http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/).
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There's a financial swine flu making its way through the car industry. Chrysler caught it and it proved terminal. Porsche was on intensive care (http://www.autoblog.com/2009/05/25/report-porsche-facing-dire-times-actually-skirted-bankruptcy-i/) for a moment but should recover. And now Mercedes, it turns out, has a runny nose and a little cough. The home of the three-pointed-star is delaying the introduction of the E-Class convertible and wagon in order to save money on development and marketing.
The E-Class convertible was due to be shown at the Frankfurt Motor Show (http://www.autoblog.com/tag/FrankfurtMotorShow/) later this year, but a report states we won't see the car unveiled until the Geneva Motor Show (http://www.autoblog.com/tag/GenevaMotorShow/) in 2010. In addition to the cash savings, it will also let Mercedes reveal the car much closer to convertible buying season. The E-Class wagon, described as a shooting brake and more design-driven wagon, won't bow until 2012.
The moves will allow Mercedes to stash money from E-Class sedan and coupe sales. It also lets Mercedes focus 2010 on the new CLS, its plans for the V6 Bluetec hybrid and, according to Auto Motor und Sport, a four-cylinder diesel replacement for the S-Class.
[Source: Auto Motor und Sport (http://www.auto-motor-und-sport.de/news/mercedes-daimler-verschiebt-zwei-e-klasse-varianten-1267012.html) (translated (http://74.125.95.132/translate_c?hl=en&sl=de&u=http://www.auto-motor-und-sport.de/news/mercedes-daimler-verschiebt-zwei-e-klasse-varianten-1267012.html&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dauto%2Bmotor%2Bund%2Bsport%26hl%3Den% 26safe%3Doff%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:en-US:official%26hs%3DecF&rurl=translate.google.com&usg=ALkJrhg_86dxiPMh4GyOVWi8N6MD1L9CYA))]REPORT: Mercedes delaying E-Class convertible, wagon (http://www.autoblog.com/2009/05/26/report-mercedes-delaying-e-class-convertible-wagon/) originally appeared on Autoblog (http://www.autoblog.com) on Tue, 26 May 2009 09:33:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds (http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/).
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