2020 E-Class All-Terrain Facelift Testing With New Bumpers and Lights in Germany

It's easy to see Audi as the kings of premium wagons, but that's just not true. The E-Class has always done some things better, like engines or practicality, and the current generation is not an exception to this. In a recent review, we saw the 2-year-old Mercedes model take down the all-new A6 Avant.

The All-Terrain is a relatively new concept for Mercedes, but it plays a familiar tune. You take a very good wagon, lift the suspension a little bit and install rugged-looking body cladding that costs a fortune to replace when damaged. Volvo does it too with the V90 Cross Country, for example, but you could also have a similarly sized VW Passat Alltrack.

The All-Terrain model is still new, but because of the E-Class being older, it's getting mid-life updates which we expect to see in the second part of 2019. These changes are not as major as the W212 facelift from a few years back, but we see brand new headlights nevertheless. The prototype also appears to have a refreshed grille with holes in the middle of the horizontal bars, like on the GLS.

Changes to the front and rear bumpers should be minimal because the All-Terrain is a low-volume car. But carrying the taillight graphics over from the other facelift models is guaranteed.

Currently, the E-Class All-Terrain has only three diesel engines, the 220 d with 194 HP, the 350 d with 258 HP and the twin-turbo 400 d with 340 HP. In some European markets, it's going to need a mild-hybrid 2.0-liter, even though it's not the most efficient setup for a 2+ ton wagon. But what engine do you guys thing Mercedes should add?