The standard 3.5 - liter gasoline V - 6 offers 302 horsepower and 273 pound - feet of torque, while the available
BlueTEC diesel offers 200 horsepower and 369 pound - feet of torque from its 2.1 - liter, twin - turbo four - cylinder.
Not exact matches
However, both of these cars
offer larger, more powerful 3.0 - liter six - cylinder
diesel engines and do not match the E250
BlueTec in terms of fuel efficiency.
The ML350
BlueTEC 4MATIC also launches this September, powered by a 3.0 - liter
diesel that
offers more grunt (240 hp, 455 lb - ft) and improved efficiency (20/25 mpg).
The Brabus C - Class refinement program is more subtle than most, and
offers power upgrades for the petrol - powered C200 and the
diesel - fired C220
Bluetec.
A
Bluetec diesel will continue to be
offered, and a hybrid model is also rumored, using either a small gasoline or
diesel engine.
Each
offers extraordinary levels of luxury including the Valetta leather upholstery and available in - seat personal massage functions on the A8, immense power such as the 455 lb - ft of torque delivered by the Mercedes - Benz S350's 3.0 - liter V6
BlueTec diesel engine, and customized features such as the BMW's four distinct drive modes and suspension selection choices.
With the S300
BlueTEC Hybrid, a four - cylinder
diesel engine is being
offered to S - class buyers in the UK for the first time
The Mercedes - Benz ML350
BlueTEC clean
diesel offers comfort, capability and remarkable efficiency, but driving a Mercedes - Benz has larger implications.
As a next step, Mercedes - Benz is now due to
offer the R, ML and GL 320
BlueTEC in the USA, the world's first three
diesel cars which not only meet the particularly demanding criteria of the American Bin 5 standard, but also have the potential to fulfil the stringent EU6 standard due in the future - and which therefore considerably better all the current, worldwide exhaust emission standards for
diesel passenger cars.
When Mercedes - Benz first introduced their E250
Bluetec sedan in 2009, it was positioned as a vehicle that would
offer unparalleled luxury with «hybrid - like» fuel economy numbers from a
diesel engine.
And with the new E 350
BlueTEC, Mercedes - Benz
offers the world's cleanest
diesel, undercutting the limits of the EU 6 standard, which is not even due to come into force until 2014.
For now, powertrain options are limited to the V6, but Mercedes will
offer its GLK250
BlueTec diesel version of the GLK sometime early next year.
Adding an efficient
diesel motor to what was already a potent compact luxury SUV package was a smart idea from Mercedes - Benz, and the GLK250
BlueTEC 4MATIC also manages to
offer respectable performance thanks to the 200 horsepower and 369 lb - ft of torque produced by its 2.1 - liter, four - cylinder turbodiesel mill.
Three four - cylinder and one six - cylinder gasoline engines are
offered, alongside a C350 Hybrid with 275 hp, and a C300 BlueTech hybrid that pairs an electric motor to a
Bluetec diesel drivetrain for 74 estimated mpg on the Euro - cycle.
Known for being a leader in
diesel innovation and engineering, Mercedes - Benz expanded its
diesel offerings in the fourth quarter of 2006 to include SUVs (ML - Class CDI, R - Class CDI, and GL - Class CDI), and also introduced the cleanest
diesel technology available in a passenger car through the E320
BLUETEC.
In fall 2013, an E250
BlueTEC with 4Matic all - wheel drive will become available,
offering a four - cylinder
diesel to the E Class range.