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Announcements of the delays of new car models are almost more numerous than the new cars themselves, and it seems no one is immune to the practice. Mercedes-Benz today revealed it won't be releasing the new E-Class Cabrio (spied here) at Frankfurt this fall, and the E-Class Wagon will be delayed a year as well.

The Cabrio decision makes sense regardless of the market condition - it's hard to launch a convertible in the fall. So instead, Mercedes will wait until Spring of 2010 and the Geneva Motor Show to reveal its E-Class Cabrio, according to a report from Auto Motor & Sport.

The wagon, on the other hand, won't be seeing its debut until 2012, a year after its planned release in 2011. The justification there is that the car is more of a niche vehicle, and until the market regains some volume, it won't have a legitimate business case for production.

In the mean time, however, we will have the E-Class sedan and coupe to sate us with the company's brash new styling direction, and Mercedes will have time to bank some sales in preparation for better times ahead.

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Michael D Posted: 5/26/2009 10:01am PDT

A bummer, true, but they're only delayed, not canceled, and the convertible is first to arrive before the wagon.

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By flash usb 2gb Posted: 12/31/2009 4:21am PST

The taillights aren't that big; sure they wrap-around but that just makes it easier to see your brake light & turn signal. If you're looking for enormous taillights, look no further than the CTS Sportwagon and the Volvo V/XC70 where they occupy the full height of the lift-gate.

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