Everyone expected Mercedes-Benz to walk away from petrol any day now. It won't. The roadmap for 2027 lists 14 launches, and only three of them are electric. The other eleven come with a combustion engine. Most of the names are still under wraps.
The busiest part of the plan is the mid-range, the one Stuttgart calls Core: the C-Class, E-Class, GLC and GLE families. Six combustion models and derivatives are scheduled here against a single EV. In the top-end segment the split is softer — four combustion launches and two electric ones. And the entry segment gets exactly one new car. With an engine, of course.
Just don't assume the ICE label in Mercedes plans means a plain petrol or diesel unit with no electricity involved. The company is talking about electrified powertrains: mild hybrids, plug-in hybrids — and new V8s. Yes, eight cylinders. In an era when the V8 is supposed to be dead and buried.
Only one premiere has been confirmed outright so far — the open-top G-Class, arriving in 2027. On top of that, the electric four-door Mercedes-AMG on the AMG.EA platform is due to be followed by an SUV. A downsized member of the G-Class family is on the list too, announced earlier, but the company still hasn't revealed either the timing or the powertrain line-up.
Between 2025 and the end of 2027 Mercedes-Benz intends to roll out more than 40 new and updated models. And here is what this chart really says: there is no “comeback” for combustion. There is a refusal to choose. EVs will keep developing, but petrol, diesel and hybrids remain a heavy part of the range — and they are not clearing the stage yet.
Earlier it was reported that the first photo of the Mercedes-Benz GLA surfaced a day before its world premiere.
