Orginally slated for official debut at Frankfurt's motor show, the new Mercedes Benz E-Class Estate somehow (like every other attention seeking newcomers) finds its way onto the internet in all hi-res glory; and we like what we saw, in fact we love every bit of it.
Mercedes engineers seems to have recover from a decade long coma recently, churning one after another excellent product, and all of us knew how important the E-Class is, to Mercedes Benz. The very model that solidly concreted Mercedes' reputation for unbreakable, bullet proof engineering for so many years, only to witness its century long reputation destroyed in a mere five year interim (2000 - 2004) of the current E-Class.
We'll wait for further details, but what we can tease for now is that we can see plenty of effort's being put into place, especially what MB was always famous for - "Giving you something you never knew you needed, but then couldn't live without soon after".
How many times you're halfway loading stuffs into your Avant, or Touring and then realized the second row seats need to be folded down flat, yet you're all by yourself balancing your load halfway into the flatbed? Well, MB engineers integrated a latch on the very edge of the rear hatch's opening ledge, so a simple pull is all it takes and the bench seats at the back folds down, with the front seat's motors do their part if they're positioned too far behind.
Next, this is a cool touch we love, the rear flat beds had options of having one that comes with two completely collapsible, rear facing seats complete with three pointed seatbelt. Childish it may seem but I'd be the first to vote seating there as I've always wandered why couldn't anyone do so in a wagon. There's even a few inches of depressed area for the rearmost 'reversed' passengers acting as footwells. How thoughtful huh? Can't wait? Yup!
Check out the rest of the Hi-Res images and of course, a video. Oh, take a good peep from 1:10-1:12 in the video, someone from the ad agency's production team should be queuing for social welfare. Or perhaps its MB's latest slew of innovations allowing some saved hassle whilst refilling. Watch the great video, mind the music, MB's attempt to add in James Bond-esque music to a family hauler is rather unconvincing and annoying. 
