MOTORTREND NAMES MERCEDES-BENZ E-CLASS 2025 CAR OF THE YEAR
MotorTrend Group, a Warner Bros. Discovery company, has named the Mercedes-Benz E-Class as its 2025 Car of the Year. The 10th-generation E-Class won for its elegant design, performance, and technology advancements. The vehicle features the latest MBUX user interface with AI capabilities, over-the-air updates, and third-party app integration. The E-Class impressed judges across all six criteria: safety, value, design advancement, engineering excellence, efficiency, and performance of intended function. This marks the second time in five years that Mercedes-Benz has secured MotorTrend's Golden Calipers award.
MotorTrend Group, una società di Warner Bros. Discovery, ha nominato la Mercedes-Benz E-Class come Auto dell'Anno 2025. La decima generazione della E-Class è stata premiata per il suo design elegante, le prestazioni e i progressi tecnologici. Il veicolo è dotato dell'ultima interfaccia utente MBUX con capacità di intelligenza artificiale, aggiornamenti over-the-air e integrazione di app di terze parti. La E-Class ha impressionato i giudici in tutti e sei i criteri: sicurezza, valore, avanzamento del design, eccellenza ingegneristica, efficienza e performance della funzionalità prevista. Questo segna la seconda volta in cinque anni che Mercedes-Benz ha ottenuto il premio Golden Calipers di MotorTrend.
MotorTrend Group, una empresa de Warner Bros. Discovery, ha nombrado la Mercedes-Benz E-Class como su Auto del Año 2025. La décima generación de la E-Class ganó por su diseño elegante, rendimiento y avances tecnológicos. El vehículo cuenta con la última interfaz de usuario MBUX con capacidades de inteligencia artificial, actualizaciones over-the-air e integración de aplicaciones de terceros. La E-Class impresionó a los jueces en los seis criterios: seguridad, valor, avance del diseño, excelencia en ingeniería, eficiencia y rendimiento de la función prevista. Esta es la segunda vez en cinco años que Mercedes-Benz ha asegurado el premio Golden Calipers de MotorTrend.
모터트렌드 그룹은 워너 브라더스 디스커버리의 자회사로 2025년 올해의 자동차로 메르세데스-벤츠 E 클래스를 선정했습니다. 10세대 E 클래스는 우아한 디자인, 성능, 기술 발전으로 수상했습니다. 이 차량은 AI 기능을 갖춘 최신 MBUX 사용자 인터페이스, OTA 업데이트 및 제3자 앱 통합 기능을 특징으로 합니다. E 클래스는 안전성, 가치, 디자인 발전, 공학적 우수성, 효율성, 의도된 기능의 성능 등 6개 기준 모두에서 심사위원들에게 깊은 인상을 주었습니다. 이는 메르세데스-벤츠가 모터트렌드의 골든 캘리퍼스 상을 받은 다섯 해 중 두 번째입니다.
MotorTrend Group, une société de Warner Bros. Discovery, a nommé la Mercedes-Benz Classe E comme Voiture de l'Année 2025. La dixième génération de la Classe E a été récompensée pour son design élégant, ses performances et ses avancées technologiques. Le véhicule est équipé de la dernière interface utilisateur MBUX avec des capacités d'intelligence artificielle, des mises à jour en direct et l'intégration d'applications tierces. La Classe E a impressionné les juges dans les six critères : sécurité, valeur, avancement du design, excellence en ingénierie, efficacité et performance de la fonction prévue. C'est la deuxième fois en cinq ans que Mercedes-Benz remporte le prix Golden Calipers de MotorTrend.
Die MotorTrend Group, ein Unternehmen von Warner Bros. Discovery, hat die Mercedes-Benz E-Klasse als Auto des Jahres 2025 ausgezeichnet. Die zehnte Generation der E-Klasse gewann für ihr elegantes Design, ihre Leistung und technologische Fortschritte. Das Fahrzeug verfügt über die neueste MBUX-Benutzerschnittstelle mit KI-Funktionen, Over-the-Air-Updates und die Integration von Drittanbieter-Apps. Die E-Klasse beeindruckte die Juroren in allen sechs Kriterien: Sicherheit, Wert, Fortschritt im Design, ingenieurtechnische Exzellenz, Effizienz und Leistung der beabsichtigten Funktion. Dies ist das zweite Mal in fünf Jahren, dass Mercedes-Benz den Golden Calipers Preis von MotorTrend erhalten hat.
- Recognition from MotorTrend enhances WBD's automotive media authority
- Content generation opportunity for WBD's automotive media division
- None.
Insights
The MotorTrend Car of the Year award for Mercedes-Benz E-Class, while prestigious, has minimal direct financial impact on Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD). The award announcement, published through MotorTrend Group (a WBD subsidiary), represents a content generation opportunity rather than a significant revenue driver. The primary beneficiary is Mercedes-Benz, not WBD.
The article demonstrates MotorTrend's continued relevance in automotive journalism, but any advertising revenue or brand value enhancement for WBD would be marginal compared to the company's
– Mercedes-Benz's elegant midsize luxury car has outdone its competitors to secure MotorTrend's Golden Calipers for the second time in five years –
Both the E350 and E450 models feature significant advancements in exterior and interior design. Refined over decades and now in its 10th-generation, the E-Class merges elements from both the S-Class and C-Class while establishing its own identity. The new E-Class is more thoughtfully designed around its occupants than ever before, demonstrated, for instance, through the sophisticated infotainment system, the center console's hidden wireless phone slot, foldaway front cupholders, and its spacious, practical cabin layout.
Following the trend of software evolution in modern cars, the E-Class features the latest version of the MBUX user interface, a system aided by artificial intelligence software developed in-house that now uses a single powerful processor to allow for innovative, user-friendly features. The newly updated system offers increasingly seamless over-the-air updates to the infotainment system and the addition of third-party apps such as Zoom (via an optional dash-mounted cabin-facing camera), TikTok, YouTube, and the Vivaldi web browser, all of which are already available on the E-Class.
"The meticulous and thoughtful changes that went into the 2024 E-Class are easily notable and incredibly impactful, which left the MotorTrend team thoroughly impressed," said Ed Loh, MotorTrend Group's Head of Editorial. "The E-Class met the mark across all six of our judging criteria and was undeniably the inner when compared to other vehicles in the segment."
MotorTrend's expert team of editors and guest judges also noted the enhanced engineering that benefits the E-Class, focusing on ride comfort, stability, and efficiency, with elevated driver assistance features. The E-Class offers a sublime driving experience with great acceleration and handling characteristics. Its performance metrics and safety ratings further bolster its status as one of the best midsize luxury cars of the 21st century.
Each MotorTrend Car of the Year competitor is judged against MotorTrend's six key criteria: safety, value, advancement in design, engineering excellence, efficiency, and performance of intended function.
For a more in-depth analysis of why the Mercedes-Benz E-Class was named 2025 Car of the Year, please visit MotorTrend's Car of the Year award story here.
Becoming the MotorTrend Car, Truck, SUV, or Performance Vehicle of the Year is a crowning achievement in the automotive world, a testament to the unparalleled prestige and long-standing tradition of these awards. MotorTrend stands alone in its commitment to exhaustively evaluate and track-test vehicles for these coveted honors, a practice it has upheld with dedication since its inception in 1949 for the Car of the Year award. The Truck of the Year award was added in 1978, SUV of the Year in 1999, and Performance Vehicle of the Year in 2022, in recognition of an ever-evolving market. MotorTrend's iconic Golden Calipers trophy symbolizes excellence and serves as a powerful marketing tool, a testament to the awards' impact on the automotive industry and consumers alike.
About MotorTrend Group
MotorTrend Group, a Warner Bros. Discovery company, is the world's largest automotive media group dedicated to introducing, inspiring, and intensifying people's passions for the motoring world. Comprising more than 50 iconic brands including MOTORTREND, HOT ROD, ROADKILL and more, MotorTrend Group is the ultimate source of entertainment and information for both auto enthusiasts and car shoppers, with a monthly audience over 30 million in addition to over 70 million social followers. Featuring world-class automotive entertainment across the No. 1 television network for automotive fans, digital streaming channels, iconic events, the largest automotive social network, category-leading podcasts, over seven decades of print and digital editorial content, and cutting-edge resources for new car shoppers, MotorTrend embodies every corner of car culture. From electric vehicles to timeless classic customs, MotorTrend Group brings the latest motoring trends to fans of all generations.
About Warner Bros. Discovery
Warner Bros. Discovery (NASDAQ: WBD) is a leading global media and entertainment company that creates and distributes the world's most differentiated and complete portfolio of content and brands across television, film and streaming. Available in more than 220 countries and territories and 50 languages, Warner Bros. Discovery inspires, informs and entertains audiences worldwide through its iconic brands and products including: Discovery Channel, Max, discovery+, CNN, DC, Eurosport, HBO, HBO Max, HGTV, Food Network, OWN, Investigation Discovery, TLC, Magnolia Network, TNT, TBS, truTV, Travel Channel, MotorTrend, Animal Planet, Science Channel, Warner Bros. Film Group, Warner Bros. Television Group, Warner Bros. Games, New Line Cinema, Cartoon Network, Adult Swim, Turner Classic Movies, Discovery en Español, Hogar de HGTV and others. For more information, please visit www.wbd.com.
Press Contacts
MotorTrend Group
Scott Shaffstall
scott.shaffstall@motortrend.com
Extension PR
Dmilford@extensionpr.com
Adavis@extensionpr.com
View original content to download multimedia:https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/motortrend-names-mercedes-benz-e-class-2025-car-of-the-year-302311054.html
SOURCE MotorTrend Group
FAQ
Why did MotorTrend (WBD) choose Mercedes-Benz E-Class as 2025 Car of the Year?
What are the key features of the Mercedes-Benz E-Class highlighted in MotorTrend's (WBD) 2025 award?
How many times has Mercedes-Benz won MotorTrend's (WBD) Car of the Year award recently?
