 Please help you guys, welcome back to another one. If you are new to the channel, I'm Goldpony, I do new car truck SUV reviews on YouTube. And today we are in the new 2022 Mercedes-Benz E350 courtesy of Mercedes-Benz of Hagerstown in Hagerstown, Maryland for more information on their inventory. Please feel free to check out the link in the description box below. And so we are in this one today because there's several new standard features for the 2022 E-Class. Not only that, there's some new paint colors for this one as well. And of course it has its traditional elegant styling to go along with all that. So ultimately in this video, we will be testing out and going over everything about this one from acceleration to braking, steering wheel, ride quality, sound system, exhaust clip, all that fun stuff. So having said all of that, what do you guys say? Let's just go ahead and jump right into it. And as always, let's start with pricing. And so essentially there will be two different configurations for the 2022 E350. You got the rear-wheel drive configuration starting at $54,950. And then the four-matic all-wheel drive starting at $57,450. But regardless of configuration that you go with, the power plant is going to be the same. Powering the Beast is a two-liter turbocharged inline four cylinder, putting out 255 horsepower at 5,800 RPM, 273 pound-feet of torque coming in at 1,800 RPM. Power sent to rear wheels are all-wheels through a nine-speed automatic with paddle shifters, which you guys know, of course, we will be testing out here. And a little bit zero to 60 time is going to differ slightly depending upon if you go with the rear-wheel drive or the all-wheel drive. Rear-wheel drive is going to come in at 6.1 seconds. All-wheel drive comes in at six seconds flat. So it's just a very slight difference there. MPG Nerv is coming in at 23 in the city, 31 on the highway for the rear-wheel drive, 21 city, 29 on the highway then for the all-wheel drive taking premium, unleaded fuel. And so before we do any kind of fun acceleration or paddle shifter test here in our E-class, I wanted to mention to you guys drive modes. There's a button called Dynamic Select located just to the left of the touch pad controller that'll give you eco comfort, sport and sport plus, essentially adjusting things like the shift points, throttle response, steering sensitivity, the engine start-stop system, and actually the suspension settings as well. But ultimately, now having got all of that out of the way, what do you guys say? Let's go ahead and put it in one of the sport driving modes. Let's find it straight away. And let's put the acceleration and paddle shifters here to the test at the same time. I want to see how quickly the paddle shifters react and let's see how quickly we can get our new 2022 E-class here up to speed. All right, here we go. We are in first, let me put it in first gear. Here we go. Like the sound, whoa. Quick, quick paddle shifters. Very quick car. Yeah, there's 100% enough of it acceleration to merge you on to any freaking highway that you want to. That is incredibly quick acceleration there and the paddle shifters were equally impressive. Very, very quick reaction times when it comes to the paddle shifters. It doesn't get a whole heck of a lot better than that. As far as acceleration and paddle shifters go, but anyways, to go along with that acceleration as always, braking is equally important. And so upfront, you will find 12.7 inch ventilated front discs in the back, 11.8 inch solid rear discs. As far as the braking feel goes, it's a little bit on the softer side, if I'm being honest. I don't mind it. It feels perfectly fine, but it is a little bit on the softer side. So more in the luxurious side of things, I guess you could say, but then touching on suspension and handling upfront, you're going to get the independent four link front suspension in the back, independent five arm multi-link rear suspension, lowered adaptive damping suspension, also coming standard on the E-Class. Essentially what that does is it monitors each shock absorber individually, not only adjusting to the road imperfections, giving you a smoother ride, but it's also going to tighten up that suspension during heavy cornering, giving you the best of both worlds. So I always enjoy a good adaptive suspension system because they are always immediately noticeable the second you start driving a vehicle with one of those equipped. So definitely very nice there. And it did what I also mentioned though, if you wanted the very ultimate luxurious ride, there is an air suspension available for an additional $1,900 if you wanted to go that route as well. But overall as far as ride quality goes, it has been 100% perfectly fine. That adaptive suspension is certainly doing a very good job here. I will say Hagerstown roads are pretty darn smooth, but still very, very, very smooth ride here in the E-Class. Another thing, the first thing actually, I immediately noticed when I started driving this one, is this is an incredibly serene cabin. There isn't a whole lot at all, exterior wind noise or even road noise coming into the cabin. This is definitely a very luxurious cabin and not only that, there is an acoustic comfort package. It gets for $1,100 that also contributes to that, that gives you a laminative front windshield and laminative front door glass as well. So that is very nice. As far as steering feel goes, it's a little bit on the looser side if I'm being quite honest. Even in that Sport Plus driving mode, it still tends to lean a little bit on the looser side of things, but this is actually more of a luxury vehicle than a race car, so maybe I'm being a little too critical, but wouldn't have minded if Mercedes kind of firmed up that steering feel, give it a little more of a weight to kind of match that brilliant acceleration and paddle shifters that you got in this thing. So a little bit on the looser side, that's all I'm saying, but that touching of visibility, I can see 100% perfectly fine out the back. Definitely not gonna have any issues there. Brains sensing windshield wipers have actually already come on in my short test drive here today because it's drizzling a little bit. So you do have that coming standard as well, and there's an optional head up display projecting your speed, speed limit and safety features on your windshield. That goes for $1,100 if you wanted to go that route as well, but that pretty much rounds out the performance segment of this review guys. Let's go ahead and take a look at the exterior of our brand new 2022 Mercedes-Benz E350. All right, so here she is you guys, the new 2022 Mercedes-Benz E350 finished in graphite gray metallic. In case anybody was curious of our exterior color name and speaking of colors, let me go ahead and touch on the new colors for the 2022 E-Class real quick. Nautical blue metallic, you have Starling blue metallic, manufacturer moonlight white and manufacturer Starling blue metallic as well. So those are the four new colors in case you wanted the latest and most updated when it comes to that. But anyways, let's go ahead and start up front of the E-Class here. LED headlights with LED daytime running lights of course do come standard. Automatic feature coming with that along with automatic high beams which is a newly standard feature for the 2022 E-Class actually. Essentially what that is is when you have your high beams on at night and it senses a vehicle coming in the opposite direction. It's gonna automatically didn't that lighting back to low beams. Then when the vehicle is gone, it's gonna automatically bounce it back up to high beams for you. So kind of a very convenient feature there. Mercedes-Benz diamond block front grill of course coming standard on the E-Class and you will find some aluminum trim on that lower portion of the front bumper then as well but very nice look, very nice design to the headlights. So definitely a very elegant looking front end but now let's go ahead and make our way to the side of this one. All right, so up now since we are around to the side chrome windows surrounds do come standard. You will also get some chrome accents on the door handles. You guys can see that as well. Take a look at the side mirrors. They are body colored power adjustable side mirrors. They will be heated with LED integrated turd signals and you can actually get Mercedes-Benz LED logo projection lighting off their side mirrors for an additional $275 a night. So if you wanted that MB logo on the ground at night that is definitely an option. So I did want to mention that as well. Take a look at the wheel configuration. It's gonna differ of course, 18 inch double five spoke alloys is gonna be the standard setup. 18 and 19 inch wheel designs are gonna be available and there's some 18 inch AMG alloys that are gonna come with the AMG packages of course and they do add some black accents then to go along with that as well but very nice looking side profile here. So now go ahead and make our way to the back. It's up now since we are around to the back of this one there is a rear spoiler available for an additional $350. You can actually get that in either gloss black or body colored your particular choice. You will have some chrome accenting just below the Mercedes-Benz logo there to tie in with the side in the front of course. LED tail lights are going to come standard for added illumination at night. LED license plate lighting also coming standard. I don't want to leave out that feature because that is pretty cool and you don't always get that as well and just below it all, you will find integrated dual exhaust outlets with chrome tips. So having said that, I do believe you guys know what we have to do next as always here is that exhaust clip. And so now since we are around to the back of the E-Class when it comes to open that rear trunk there is a button on the key fob. There is also a button on the driver's side door. Any button on the trunk itself but it is a power trunk. It does come standard on the E 350. So that's pretty cool. Anyways, once opened up cargo capacity is going to come in at 13.1 cubic feet. If that was not enough space there is a 40-20-40 split meaning the rear seats do fold down for quite a bit of extra space then if you needed it. There is some cargo lighting back there. There's a little bit of netted storage to the sides. There's actually a cargo box that goes for an additional $300. We do have that today. So I wanted to show it to you guys and that's going to be found kind of on the top part of that cargo area which was pretty cool. If you lift up underneath of that cargo floor you're actually then going to find a decent amount of in-floor storage back there then as well. But then making our way to the rear legroom that is going to come in at 36.2 inches. So for reference I mean even six feet tall. This is how much space I have back there. Rear passengers can find rear ventilation. There is a rear center armrest with cup holder as well. There are two phone charging ports and you can get two rear USB charging ports for an additional $50 if you wanted to go that route. Heated rear seats go for $580 and there will be an optional rear window sunshade. That is going to go for $440 if you wanted to go that route. But then making our way to the front seats, power adjustable front seats will come standard memory settings also coming standard for up to three different drivers and passengers. Yes, I said that right. There's actually memory settings for the passenger seat then as well which is pretty cool. Heated front seats do come standard ventilated front seats go for an additional $450 but as far as seat comfort goes they were plenty adjustable. Power lumbar is included so definitely not going to have any issues when it comes to seat comfort in the E class. But then taking a look at the steering wheel there's tilt and telescoping. It is leather wrap that will come standard wood leather combination steering wheel goes for $600. Otherwise you're just going to get your traditional leather wrap steering wheel like we have here today and you can get a heated steering wheel for an additional $250 then if you wanted to go that route. But then make our way to the startup. Let me start by showing you guys the key. Essentially all of your buttons are located on one side of the key. You got your Mercedes-Benz logo front and center. Lock is going to be up top. Unlock is going to be just below that and then you got the button to pop the power of your trunk as well. But essentially it is all keyless entry with a push button start. So all I'm going to do here is simply put my front of the brake and press that engine start button located just to the left of the center air vents there. And so once started up gauge cluster is completely digital. It is a 12.3 inch digital gauge cluster and it is completely customizable as well. And so it's going to of course give you your tachometer, speedometer, digital speedometer if you wanted that outside temperature how many miles you have left and to hit empty. But my very favorite part there's actually a theme section at the bottom of the infotainment screen where you can adjust the different loadouts essentially for the digital gauge cluster. So there's so many different looks. I shouldn't say so many. I think there's four different looks that you can go with changing up the colors, the display and all of that. So it definitely gives you the opportunity to really make the vehicle your own. So I'm a huge fan of the customization and the digital gauge cluster overall. Instead of making our way to overall interior quality there is a panorama roof that is optional. We have that that goes for $1,000. Homeland controls can be found just underneath of the frameless rear view mirror that does come standard for up to three different garage doors by the way. Dual zone climate control also coming standard. You will find 64 colors of ambient lighting also coming standard and Mercedes Benz always does their ambient lighting extremely well. So I'm a huge fan of that. You will find illuminated door sills if you wanted to spring an extra $350 there. Ashwood trim does come standard. Big fan of that wireless phone charger then is going to be a $200 option there as well. But overall interior quality is absolutely brilliant. Just in front of the touch pad controller you can find a 12 volt power outlet. There's a phone charging port, a little bit of rubberized storage, dual cup holders and then the center armrest, two more phone charging ports and a little bit of storage within that as well. But very high quality finishes like I said the Ashwood, the soft touch material even the texturized finish just around the touch pad controller and buttons here and the contrast stitching found in the doors as well. So it's finished essentially like a Mercedes Benz should be finished. But now let's go ahead and take a look at the infotainment screen. Of course it is going to be a 12.3 inch color touch screen display to match the 12.3 inch digital gauge cluster. There's a couple of different ways you can control what is on this display. Of course like I said it is touch screen but you do have a touch pad controller and buttons directly behind the cup holders and it is voice activated actually as well by simply saying hey Mercedes and then it is going to do essentially whatever you want it to do. So that's pretty cool too. But anyways, Bluetooth and audio streaming do come standard Android Auto, Apple CarPlay, factory navigation system also coming standard. You can check out your climate control information up there as well. And of course like I said if you swipe up just at the very bottom of the screen you have your different theme settings as well which completely changes the look of the vehicle. You can choose between trip, experience, efficiency, lounge and standard kind of giving you completely different look. It does things like adjust the ambient lighting, adjust the gauge cluster readout and a bunch of other things as well. So that is pretty cool. Always a huge fan of that. But also of course you can check out your radio information up there. And so when it comes to the sound systems the standard sound system is going to be eight speakers. However, there is a premium package that we do have here today that goes for $2,400. That is going to give you a bunch of things including a Bermester surround sound system. So having said that, what do you guys say? Let's go ahead and turn on the radio see what we got playing today and let's test out the clarity of this one. Sound system is brilliant without a doubt. Definitely more than enough clarity plenty of bass on this thing. So definitely a very nice sound system without a doubt for the E-Class. But anyways, last thing I want to mention to you guys on the infotainment screen is when you do put the E-Class in reverse you will find a rear view camera coming standard across the board. And if you go with that premium package like I was mentioning just a second ago you also get a surround view monitor giving you that bird's eye view letting you know what is completely all around you which is always is going to lead us into safety. And so let me first start by saying the 2020 Tumur Sadie's Benz E350 is an IIHS top safety pick plus which is the very highest designation given by IIHS that pretty much does it all right there. Front side side curtain airbags do come standard to driver's knee airbag as well. There is an optional rear seat side impact airbags that goes for $700 if you wanted to go that route. Also, since we're in the back latch AKA lower anchors and tethers for children for the rear car seats, rear child door locks, tire pressure monitoring system, but also coming standard active brake assist, attention assist, crosswind assist, blind spot assist, adaptive braking technology and a parking damage detector as well which is pretty cool if somebody like hits your door or something that's pretty nice but then I did what I also mentioned here is the driver assistance package that gives for $1,950 that gives you adaptive cruise control, active steering assist, evasive steering assist, active blind spot assist, lane change assist, active lane change assist with cross traffic function, congestion, emergency braking, speed limit assist and route based speed adaptation as well. So overall when it comes to my final thoughts here of the new E-Class, elegant styling, great ride quality, great interior quality, brilliant ambient lighting. I always say Mercedes Benz does ambient lighting better than anybody else. The only room for improvement quite honestly I could think of in this thing is it does tend to get quite pricey because there are so many different options available for the E-Class as well as really any Mercedes for that matter. So just keep that in mind but other than that I was definitely impressed. Let me know what you guys think of the new E-Class in the comments section below. That is about it for this one. You guys thank you so much for watching. Feel free to follow me on social media if you wanna see what's coming next on the channel before it actually gets to YouTube. Be sure to hit the subscribe and the bell notification button if you're into new car reviews. That is what we do here on this channel after all. Do appreciate you guys watching more than you know. I will see you guys all in the next video. Stay Gold.