Long before the next open-air season, wants the new Mercedes-Benz E-Class Convertible awaken the desire for open-top driving. If the 4.70-meter long, sporty, elegant two-door with multi-layer soft top, 27 March next year rolls into showrooms by the German Mercedes dealers, he can come up with an innovative new feature, which will significantly extend the convertible season: The wind deflector system AirCap first provides greatly reduced air turbulence in the interior on all four seats, allowing even at high speeds the top is comfortable for all passengers.

Convertible drivers can sing a song about it. The attachment of a conventional wind deflectors hand often gets a fiddly affair. Often, the wind deflector is why throughout the outdoor season in the vehicle mounted and effectively blocking the rear seats. AirCap contrast can be applied to a button – to activate a speed of 160 km / h – and up to the maximum of the convertible can be used. The automatic wind deflector system consists of two elements: one under the windshield mounted, six inches to the top plate with built-in retractable wind power and a three-way adjustable wind deflector between the two rear seats that remain intact as a full-fledged seats.

After AirCap was extended by pushing a button, is raised by the wind deflector on top of the windshield to the airflow, the air strike over the passenger cabin. The wind deflector between headrests integrated into the rear roll bar slows, the reduced reverse flow and distributes it evenly. First impressions in the wind tunnel show: With the roof open and closed side windows for driver and front passenger air turbulence, even with a speed of 140 km / h hardly noticeable. The hairstyles of the rear passengers to be ruffled at this rate, though, drafts or unpleasant air movements in the facial area, but largely avoided. At the same time the noise level decreases in the vehicle. A pleasant side effect of AirCap: The air flowing from the heater will remain much longer in the interior.

For outstanding climatic comfort also known from the SL and SLK models will make Airscarf neck heating, blows the warm air from the headrests of the front seats and for their commitment in the E-Class Convertible was developed. Both systems, AirCap Airscarf and are offered in Germany to surcharge options. Curtain airbags, however, are – the first time in a Mercedes convertible – a standard to be on board.

As for the closed brother since June, available E-Class coupe, also for the new convertible three petrol and two turbo diesel direct injection with an output of 150 kW/204 hp to 285 kW/388 hp are available. About the prices of the E-Class convertible is still out. The topless pleasure but should very well have cost 5 000 to 6 000 euros more than the coupe, whose starting price for 44 700 euro. Martina Göres / mid