Mercedes-Benz E-Class Superlight to use carbon fibre (!) to shed weight?

Mercedes-Benz E550 Coupe

Now, carbon fibre isn’t new to the world but its definitely new to the Mercedes-Benz E-Class. Until now, carbon fibre was used on high performance supercars. The wonder material as it is called is extremely strong and very lightweight. This allow the engineers to make the cars strong and at the same time save on weight. The resulting machines accelerate with the speed of light and are equally precise around corners.

Some speculate that the next Mercedes-Benz E-Class Coupe could use this wonder material for the unique properties it possess. It is believed that the new E-Class Superlight will be 350 kg lighter than the standard car and could be powered by a hybrid drivetrain instead of a normal unit. Having said that, Mercedes’ rival BMW use carbon fibre on the current generation M3 and last generation M6. Both cars got roofs made out of carbon fibre which helped reduce the center of gravity. What this does is basically, improve handling.

Mercedes-Benz E550 Coupe

Now, the new Mercedes-Benz E-Class is a strikingly beautiful beast and probably an AMG dinosaur was not enough for the folks at Mercedes-Benz which has lead them to making an even sharper performance coupe. The six-cylinder gasoline engine could be coupled to a hybrid setup that would help save those extra mpgs. A fuel cell version could also be a possible option for the car maker. Even though this car would be technically termed as a hybrid/green car, it will be brisk that the standard car.

Mercedes-Benz won’t stop at this, though. They might even make a pumped-up E-Class Superlight AMG. Now, that could be a completely performance focused car unlike the Superlight and might get an engine from the AMG house of thunderous V8s. Nice!

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