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All-new Mercedes E-L shows up ahead official debut

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Today we get a closer look at the Chinese-only Mercedes E-Class, a model which will be known in China as the E-L. As expected, the model gains in dimensions, riding an 11cm longer wheelbase which improves the passenger space.

The 2013 Mercedes E-L is part of the Beijing-Benz partnership and follows to be built locally with four versions to be offered.

2013 Mercedes E-L
2013 Mercedes E-L

The base one is called E200L and is motivated by a 1.8-liter turbocharged engine producing 184 horsepower. Next up is the Mercedes E260L with a more portent variant of the same unit offering 204 horses.

Second to last is the E300L model being powered by a powerful V6 engine developing 231 horsepower while the E400L Hybrid, a model which will be offered later on, gets a V6 petrol unit with 333 hp and an electric motor.

2013 Mercedes E-L
2013 Mercedes E-L

More information on the new Mercedes E-L will be released at this year’s edition of the Shanghai Auto Show.

Andrei Ursu
the authorAndrei Ursu
Andrei is one of the oldest automotive journalists of Automotorblog and has written more than 3000 articles for our publication. He has been passionate about cars since he was a small child, and he joined our team of writers in 2009. In addition to his passion for cars, he is also passionate about music. In his free time, he composes songs and sings them, which also brought him real success in the musical field.

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