Comfort comes first in the W212. From development to the advertising department, half of Stuttgart was focused on the highest possible quality for the E-Class. The high waistline should provide a sense of special security, ventilation nozzles in the form of a radiator grille are flaunted on the monumental center console. All this should turn the cart into a castle. This worked almost too well, as 212 seems too cumbersome to many. Daimler itself returned to the facelift in 2013. The side line of the pontoon above the rear wheel arches is smoothed, the angular front is clearly rounded. Since then, avant-garde models have been delivered for the first time with a "coupe grille", that is, with a more open radiator section with a large Mercedes central star. For the basic configuration and the Elegance line, there is a grille with a classic star on the hood, although with a slightly more rounded nose. The interior also lost many corners and faces, as well as two round tools. Instead of the previous five hours, there are only three on it, but this does not detract from the functionality at all. Already in the center of the instrument cluster, a round color display with high resolution appeared. Before that, there was a dot matrix with a very fine stretch.