Orange & Silver Mercedes E-Class Cabrio Caught on Delivery Truck

2010 Mercedes E-Class Cabrio on Delivery Truck / Copyright Autoscoop.biz / Stephen

New Mercedes E-Class Cabriolet likely headed for a debut at the Los Angeles auto show

This orange and silver Mercedes E-Class Cabrio model was caught taking a ride on a truck - possibly headed for a debut at the Los Angeles auto show later this month. We surmise this only by the North American-style license plate slot at the rear. We could be wrong.

Adhesive "peel-away" plastic wrap is commonly used on vehicles to protect exterior panel surfaces from debris while being transported. During dealer prep, they simply peel it away in a matter of minutes.

The new E-Class Cabrio will be sharing its power plants with the Coupe version. That would inlcude the 3.5 liter V6 with 292 hp (215 kW) and a 5.5 liter V8 engine with 388 hp (285 kW). No performance variant of the Cabriolet is expected since Mercedes has cancelled the AMG E-Class Coupe.

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m4rtins

Probably a crash car for NCAP or US equivalent - bright colours and contrasting mouldings / bumpers etc help assessment in high speed videos.

November 17, 2009 9:44 am

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afterace2

Agreed. Bringing a car painted like this to an auto show would be a disaster btw.

November 17, 2009 12:04 pm

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madness

yeah i think you're right there, an the fact that theres two painted the same indicates maybe a front impact and maybe a side impact crash test.

November 17, 2009 12:28 pm

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jerry05cod4

r u guys brain damaged or just pretending... its not paint, it's a protective plastic wrap that they peel away later... the sort of thing you get on your new celphones screen or on the base of your flat screen tv.

November 17, 2009 2:01 pm

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bILLIONAIRE

About the brain damaged comment, the places on the body they have placed the plastic wrap dosen't seem legit for protecting the car. All cars shipped from germany, Audis for instance had wrapings other places. For instance the protective wrapings should have been placed on the bumpers and not on the hood...

November 17, 2009 2:49 pm

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bILLIONAIRE

AND on the mirrors as the mirrors stick out from the body, and is at huge risk of getting marks and such while transporting..

November 17, 2009 2:50 pm

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automobile007

these vehicles are clearly painted not wrapped. look at the area around the chrome on the bootlid. As others say, protective wrapppings on cars dont look like this. I'd say they're for crash tests or some other sort of tests.

November 17, 2009 3:04 pm

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nederina

Move along move along, it is just an orange car a sporty add ons. Nothing to see over here.

November 17, 2009 9:55 am

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effington

no LEDs? surely a crash test car then? or are they just going to put this car out of place with all its siblings? hmm strange...

November 17, 2009 12:19 pm

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automobile007

the E class coupe and sedan are also available with these double foglights instead of the LED's. Only the higher specced models get the LED's

November 17, 2009 3:02 pm

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bILLIONAIRE

Yet another sign of crash testing! They're using low specced models! Only the necessary for crash testing.

November 17, 2009 3:29 pm

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bILLIONAIRE

same color; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rc6HLwjnayM !

November 17, 2009 3:31 pm

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nederina

Car manufacturers should evaluate whether their products are safe for salt lake crashing, presumably for the North American markets.

November 17, 2009 4:28 pm

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popilirol

I don't know who designed this Mercedes-Benz but it's one hell of an ugly car, if not the ugliest. The front is ok but the rear? Damn how ugly!

November 17, 2009 5:10 pm

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EDavis

I for one wouldn't mind if they crash tested every E-Class Cabrio that rolled off the assembly line.

November 17, 2009 5:11 pm

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wjaprep

cool. im loving those double fog lights...

November 17, 2009 7:08 pm

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maloparac

Double fog lights are usual for Brabus

November 18, 2009 6:49 am

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SD-AMG

I'm quite sure they are wrapped. I was at the factory in Sindelfingen where we saw a regular w212 sedan which had been crash tested. The car used was in silver, as this one, and the doors, fenders and bumpers were wrapped in orange. And as I work at a Mercedes workshop I know, that at least here in Europe, the cars are wrapped in white when they arrive from the factory.

November 18, 2009 2:11 pm

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McNamara68

plus 1 on the white wrapping, same deal for the u.s. this is probably a crash test car

November 18, 2009 7:40 pm

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I've seen Merc wrapped for delivery and this is not what they look like. Notice that details like the LED indicators on the wing mirrors and the chrome strips on the bumper are not covered by the sheet. Unless some guy at the factory had ALOT of time on his hand after wrapping the car and carefully cutting off the wrap without scratching the paint job...this car is not wrapped. It's just the body kit from the sports package is painted a different color... Why is it colored like this who the hell knows???

November 18, 2009 3:24 pm

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