ahead of its official unveil at the detroit auto show details of the 2017 mercedesbenz eclass have been leaked revealing everything we need to know here are the top five highlights of the indiabound eclass 1 the 2017 mercedesbenz eclass w213 is built on the mra platform same as the latest cclass and the mighty sclass little wonder then that it looks like a grown up version of the former and a slimmed down version of the latter which is exactly what its position is in the mercedes family the wheelbase is longer by 65mm compared to the earlier version and overall length has also increased by 43mm 2 the bigger news are the interiors taking centre stage is the humongous flat dualscreen display that makes up the instrument panel and central infotainment head unit the 2017 eclass will also mark the first time that a car has touchsensitive control buttons on the steering wheel which respond to finger swipessimilar to the functions on a smartphoneto control the cars infotainment system 3 the next iteration of the eclass will feature a brand new family of straightsix engines set to gradually replace the v6 that powers the current eseries and numerous other members of the mercedes lineup buyers in europe will also have access to frugal fourcylinder mills and the w213 will become the firstever regularproduction eclass with a plugin hybrid drivetrain 4 the topoftheline e63 will likely be powered by a downrated twinturbocharged 40litre v8 engine tuned by the boffins at amg to send at least 600 horsepower to all four wheels via an automatic transmission a midlevel amg sport model will bridge the gap between the regular e and the ballistic amg model 5 the new eclass has three choices in terms of suspension setups the standard setup with a 15mm lowered suspension for avantgarde models a 15mm lowered and stiffer sports suspension with adaptive dampers and an optional air suspension with electronically controlled adjustable damping expect the allnew eclass to land in india by mid to late 2016 et bureau published on jan 14 2016 at 0834 am ist telegram facebook copy link be the first one to comment comment now comments comment now read comment 1 all comments post post find this comment offensive choose your reason below and click on the submit button this will alert our moderators to take actions reasons for reporting foul language defamatory inciting hatred against a certain community out of context spam others report join the community of 2m industry professionals subscribe to our newsletter to get latest insights analysis download etauto app get realtime updates save your favourite articles scan to download app mercedesbenz detroit auto show 2017 mercedesbenz eclass mercedes benz india pvt limited homenewsspecs features of india bound 2017 mercedes benz e class revealed