Mercedes: all the new features expected in 2023

His template should however be closer to that of a class E.

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Symbol of luxury and sportiness, Mercedes embodies everything that the automobile has been able to bring since its creation. Diversity and manufacturing quality make Mercedes one of the most popular manufacturers worldwide. If the star brand is so successful today, it is thanks to the common work of two enthusiasts, Karl Benz and Gottlieb Daimler, there are more than a hundred years already.

A story born of a common passion

If the first automobile is a French heritage, it is on the side of Germany that we must turn to discover the first improvements which were brought to it to make it a means of modern and universal transport .

Thanks to a common passion, Karl Benz and Gottlieb Daimler first worked each on their side, melting for one “Benz & Cie” in 1883, and the DMG (Daimler Motoren Gesellschaft) for the other, in 1890, with the collaboration of a certain Maybach .
It is the arrival of an Austrian businessman in love with cars, Emil Jellinek, who will change the course of things. Visionary, the businessman saw the automobile as a capital invention for the future of man and asked “Daimler” to build his first car in 1897 in 1897. It was a bicylinder capable of reaching 24 km/h . But it was not enough, Jellinek wanted a car that could run at 40 km/h. Two four cylinders Daimler Phoenix were delivered to him in 1898.

Eager for performances, Jellinek participates in many races aboard a Damiler Phoenix Cvii and signs a surprising list of prize under the pseudonym “Mr Mercedes”.

Good to know: a tribute to her daughter

Mercedes is none other than the first name of Emil Jellinek’s daughter. As a tribute, he wore this first name on the grille of his car with each race. Mercedes means “grace” in Spanish.

Having become a distributor of the brand on the Riviera in Nice, Jellinek succeeds in convincing Maybach to produce even more efficient cars to offer his customers exceptional cars (already at the time). Jellinek finances the operation and obtains in return that the Daimler are sold under the name of Mercedes. The first of the name was born in 1901 and was a success such as the name of Mercedes soon supplanted that of the founder (Daimler), unfortunately died a year earlier.

For his part, Benz is experiencing a rather chaotic career, first crowned with a success which allowed him to become the first manufacturer in the world with 603 vehicles built. But success was quickly hidden by the modernity and performance of the “news” Mercedes, which pushed Benz to leave the management of his business.

War and its consequences quickly played the spoilsport. With the crisis that followed, the two manufacturers experienced a difficult period and it was necessary to find a solution to reconnect with success. Only a merger would put the two companies on foot and it was in 1926 that Mercedes-Benz was born . The company’s logo was to represent the two entities and it is a certain three -pointed star (logo deposited by Daimler in 1903) enhanced with a circle lined with laurels and bearing the inscription Mercedes Benz which was retained. Replaced later by a single three -pointed star surrounded by a circle. This emblem always proudly sits on all productions of the brand.

Emblematic models

A great sportswoman in the history of the brand, the Mercedes 300SL coupe and its “butterfly” doors really marked a turning point in the history of the manufacturer in 1954.

The legendary and unbeatable “class G” marked the arrival of Mercedes on the 4×4 market. Always in the catalog, it is a real rolling myth.

In 2007, Mercedes entered the world of supercars with the fabulous SLR, as successful as it is surprising.

But Mercedes is also present in the majority of segments with in particular:

Class A: luxury city car;
Class B: Compact minivan;
Class C: family sedan and compact break;
Class E: family and station wagon family;
Class S: luxury limousine;
Glac, GLC, GLK, GLE, GL: SUV;
Class G: 4×4;
Class V: minivan:
Class X: first brand pick up.

Performances dedicated to sport

The Mercedes brand has practically never left the world of motorsport, and this good before its fusion, with in particular as first legends, its silver arrows having dominated the Grand Prix between 1934 and 1939.

Mercedes also turned to Formula 1, through his Mercedes Grand Prix stable, created in 1964, and whose first racing cars were born in 1954 under the name of Daimler-Benz. The Nikky Lauda driver is one of the first ambassadors. Renamed Mercedes AMG Petronas, the team signs many victories with the help of renowned pilots like Michael Schumacher, Nico Rosberg or Lewis Hamilton .

Good to know: the origin of silver arrows

In 1934, the official Mercedes Manfred von Brauchitsch pilot participated in a large race that was disputed on the Nürburgring circuit, but the weight of his car protruded the maximum authorized weight of the time of the time. To be then in line with the regulations of the race, he decided to sand the painting of his car to lighten it, with the result, a silver color.

AMG: Sport in all its states

Sports branch of the manufacturer, Mercedes-AMG offers vehicles with powers that exceed understanding . Taking as well to city cars such as class A, sedans like class C or large 4×4 and SUV like the G -Class or the Mercedes ML, the preparer is a real goldsmith of mechanics, offering aggressive lines at will and engines capable of reaching indecent speeds .
For the look, an AMG pack is also available throughout the Mercedes range.

A very hierarchical range

The Mercedes range revolves around models named from a letter from the alphabet according to their template or their use:

• Class A, B, C, E: ranges ranging from city car to family roads;
• Class S: luxury sedans;
• GLA, CLC, GLE, GLS: SUV derived from classes A to S;
• Class G: Unique pure and hard 4×4 of the manufacturer;
• Class X: Pick up;
• CLS: four -door cut;
• SL: Cabriolets;
• Maybach: luxury branch of the manufacturer;
• AMG: Sports branch.

With its three -pointed star symbolizing the sky, earth and water, Mercedes has been a high -end manufacturer that has dominated the premium segment for many years. Present in all segments, the brand alone embodies the luxury automobile. His creations are as surprising as they are.

Key points to remember on the Mercedes brand:

• Fruit of the union of two manufacturers (Daimler and Benz)
• Premium and innovative manufacturer
• Mercedes’ name comes from a Spanish name meaning “thanks”

Purchase assistance tips

It is possible to know the auto rating of all the models in occasions manufactured by Mercedes thanks to the Turbo Auto Cost Calculate the Mercedes Auto Cost.

Do not hesitate to check the cost of car insurance to compare the various insurance quotes before the purchase of your new or used Mercedes.

Mercedes: all the new features expected in 2023

A rain of starry new features will fall on 2023. Auto-Moto reviews the twenty unpublished models which will soon join the Mercedes catalog.

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The smallest representative of starry SUVs will soon see his copy.

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But its style developments will be rather discreet.

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Its for 100% electric will also see its look modernize.

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But it will especially be keen to improve its 100% electric autonomy.

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The 7 -seater SUV, despite its relative youth, will also go through the restyling box.

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If he follows them

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The sedan and the station wagon have just updated their plastic.

The same goes for AMG variations, without engine evolution, unfortunately.

Renewed last year under his classic profile, he will turn into a coupe in the coming months.Illustration © Julien Jodry

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Following the traces of class C, of ​​which it is closely derived, it will raise its level of power around 680 hp thanks to the hybridization fairy.

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His cabin was also surprised by our scoop hunters.

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The seats, of course, will be much more enveloping than on board the classic range.

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Exit large displacements. Like class C, it will only count on hybridized 4-cylinders to raise its level of power.

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Recently, his dashboard leaked on social networks.

There will still be a question of a break derivative to support this new generation.

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He too will be eligible for a treatment concocted by AMG.

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Mercedes reduces the wing, on the convertible side, with this model intended to replace both class C and class E Cabriolet.

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His template should however be closer to that of a class E.

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The mastodon has just received a restyling, mid-life.

Just like his alter ego coupé.

It will also be time, very soon, to consider a facelift for the high performance sedan.

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Recently converted to hybridization, she should not experience upheaval under the hood.

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Developments will be minimal on board.

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Less exclusive than the previous generation, it will be based on the platform of the last SL roadster.

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For the first time, she will receive an electrified powertrain.© Andreas Mau – Carpix

As promised by a showcar, the emblematic class G will receive a 100% electric motorization in the coming months.

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But the thermal versions will also be the subject of a slight facelift.© Andreas Mau – Carpix

On board, new equipment will appear, as evidenced by this new steering wheel.

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Very derived from the Gle, it will be time for him, in the coming months, to repudiate his nose.

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We hope the introduction of new hybridized mechanics to lower your CO2 discharges.

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The Maybach label will soon taste electricity, via the SUV EQS.

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Derived from the electrical Renault Kangoo, it takes up its motorization and the battery. In a few months, he will be entitled to an elongated wheelbase.

Times are hard, even for premium manufacturers forced to finance in parallel the electrification of their future zero emission range while maintaining their thermal catalog. But where BMW, for example, counts its money by essentially focusing on multi-energy platforms (thermal, hybrid and 100% electric), Mercedes invests in its high-end segments by developing a specific base in models END EQ, distinct from technical bases still using fossil fuels.

A pampered ludospace

The panel is also well stocked with the recent introduction of the EQS then EQE, as well as their SUV variants, so much so that the virtuous calendar will mark a break in 2023, although we have recently noted the revelation of the EQT which is none other than the electrical and slightly relifted declination of the class T, the recent ludospace extrapolated from the Renault Kangoo. He inherits as such the 90 kW synchronous electric motor (122 hp) MU MU by a 45 kWh lithium-ion battery, with a view to rally 282 km WLTP.

Large displacements are retiring

For the rest, Mercedes will pamper his “dinosaurs” in this new year, particularly by renewing the Class E . In terms of style, it will mark the spirits by connecting its front optics to the grille, in the manner of the proues of the EQ range, as if to symbolize a passage of relays between the thermal and the electric, to the point of wondering if This new generation is not the very last. Under its hood, the renewal of thermal blocks will be conditioned on their hybridization, preferably rechargeable. But we will especially remember the retirement of all the displacements greater than “4-caps”, according to the policy initiated by the last class C.

The exception that confirms the rule

Consequently, only the class S can still claim to benefit from 6-cylinder, V8 and other V12 to satisfy the customers of purists. To compensate for this “cylindrical” minoration, the E will be equipped with boosted electromoters in order to maintain, or even exceed, the power levels reached by the old range. At its top, let us bet that the most raging of the AMG variants will inherit, at least, the PHEV group in class C 63 S E performance to cumulate 680 hp. She would probably have preferred to draw directly from the organ bank of the new Class S AMG 63 th Performance , including V8 4.0 BITURBO is grafted an electric block of 140 kW (190 hp) to accumulate 802 hp and a bewildered torque of 1430 nm. An essential cavalry to send 0 to 100 km/h in 3.3 s knowing that this 5.34 m long liner accuses 2.6 t on the scale. No longer being eccentricity, this limousine class of all the devils allows itself for the first time the presence of the Star in the middle of its grille adorned with vertical bars, at the risk of being confused with another brand.

Mercedes still believes in the convertible

If Mercedes still relies on this type of body, despite the growing hegemony of SUVs, it does not forget the coupes and convertibles. But this goes through certain sacrifices, in 2023, the German manufacturer having decided to rationalize its offer through a single and the same range called KEY who has the heavy task of replacing the families of coupes and convertibles class C and E. An in-between which, a priori, will only bet on electrified 4-cylinders, but will have a dedicated exterior and interior style. This phenomenon aimed at reducing costs will also affect replacement for the coupe AMG-GT which, according to the camouflaged prototypes crossed by our photographers, seems closely derived from the new generation of Cabriolet SL .

SUVs always in the spotlight

Both should also break the hybrid engine of the new 802 hp AMG class, mentioned above. It’s all good, but for over ten years, Mercedes has been doing most of his butter via SUV. It is therefore a question of pampering them, although no real novelty will move 2023, on the side of Stuttgart. We rather move towards unpublished variations, like the second generation of GLC coupé , with a more sporty profile, promised to an AMG variant of 680 hp, in the long term.
But we will mainly witness the updating of models arriving in mid-carrier, current 2023. Families Gle and GLS will thus go through the restyling box which will be summed up by modernized facies and rechargeable hybridizations gaining autonomy 100% electric. Lower in the range, Glad And GLB will experience a similar destiny, by appropriating certain developments in class A and B recently restyled, such as the generalization of micro-hybridization. But the aesthetic retouching will remain discreet, both outside and in the passenger compartment. Without forgetting the sedan and break Cla which will benefit from the same attentions, since related to the same family of compact starry.
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