{"id":516878,"date":"2010-04-05T18:33:00","date_gmt":"2010-04-05T22:33:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/2010\/04\/05\/spy-shots-long-wheelbase-mercedes-benz-e-class-spotted-getting\/"},"modified":"2010-04-05T18:33:00","modified_gmt":"2010-04-05T22:33:00","slug":"spy-shots-long-wheelbase-mercedes-benz-e-class-spotted-getting-ready-for-china","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/516878","title":{"rendered":"Spy Shots: Long-wheelbase Mercedes-Benz E Class spotted getting ready for China"},"content":{"rendered":"

Filed under: Spy Photos<\/a>, Sedan<\/a>, China<\/a>, Mercedes-Benz<\/a>, Luxury<\/a><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>The Chinese market has always had a penchant for stretched-wheelbase versions of luxury sedans, adding a bit of wheelbase to everything from Buicks<\/a> and Volvos<\/a> to BMWs<\/a> and Audis<\/a>. The most recent vehicle to go on the rack is the 2010 Mercedes-Benz E-Class<\/a>. Apparently the Benz is lagging a bit in the sales department, trailing even Audi, a company it usually bests handily.<\/p>\n

For that reason, China Car Times is reporting that Mercedes<\/a> is planning on giving the E-Class some “Chinese characteristics.” Beijing-Benz is said to be readying a Chinese-built E300L, pictured here. Audi has had a lot of success in China with its recently introduced A4L<\/a> and A6L<\/a>, while BMW has already released a lengthened 5 Series<\/a> and is said to be planning a similarly elongated 3 in the near future. Being chauffeur driven is a sign of wealth in China, so having a mini limo shows status, hence the longer-wheelbase versions of luxury sedans being so popular. But just like the A4L and stretched 5er, there’s no chance that the E-Class L will make it to the States.<\/p>\n

[Source: China Car Times<\/a>]<\/p>\n

Spy Shots: Long-wheelbase Mercedes-Benz E Class spotted getting ready for China<\/a> originally appeared on Autoblog<\/a> on Mon, 05 Apr 2010 17:33:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Filed under: Spy Photos, Sedan, China, Mercedes-Benz, Luxury The Chinese market has always had a penchant for stretched-wheelbase versions of luxury sedans, adding a bit of wheelbase to everything from Buicks and Volvos to BMWs and Audis. The most recent vehicle to go on the rack is the 2010 Mercedes-Benz E-Class. Apparently the Benz is […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-516878","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/516878","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=516878"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/516878\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=516878"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=516878"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=516878"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}